BBC hit show Top Gear faces legal action after branding Mexicans as “lazy, feckless and flatulent”.
It led to the Mexican Ambassador to Britain Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza writing to the BBC to complain.
And Mexican national Iris de la Torre wants to sue the BBC for £1million under new equality laws. Her legal team, from the group Equal Justice, is calling for the show to be taken off air while an inquiry is carried out.
It follows comments on Sunday night’s show when presenter Richard Hammond said vehicles from Mexico reflected their people’s characteristics.
He said: “Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, leaning against a fence asleep...with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.”
The BBC yesterday said it had not yet received a legal complaint and it would be handled through the appropriate channels.
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sensorium
The funnier bit is that the Mexican Ambassador actually responded.
I can understand why he took it personal though. One thing is to talk about a whole country but when you talk about someone specifically, it becomes response-prompting for that person.
WittyHandle
Mexicans are lazy? The Brits better get their stereotypes straight.
Lira
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Originally posted by sensorium
The funnier bit is that the Mexican Ambassador actually responded.
I can understand why he took it personal though. One thing is to talk about a whole country but when you talk about someone specifically, it becomes response-prompting for that person.
But, you know, you'd expect the ambassador to reply accordingly and say something like:
"Dear presenters,
Guess what? I'm awake! And, sure enough, I'm flatulent today, but that's because I had a full English breakfast this morning.
Are you sure that's actually food? I'm afraid Purina pulled a fast one on the lot of you,
xoxoxoxoxxo
Juan Rodriguez Fernandez Mendoza Chupacabra De La Vega Gonzalez"
Moongoose
Oh they released the name of the person that wants top gear off the air. Im sure tht wont cause him any inconvenience, not that the 300+ million of viewers top gear has around the world can be a bit vengeful if the worst happens.
Not that it will. The BBC has the RAF on speed dial anyway to help with the show so taking care of a few pests shoudnt be that much of a bother.
Also, the news broke on Friday, top gear airs on sundays. Which means it took the lazy mexicans a better part of the week to get on their soap box! Thats not proper outrage! When Clarkson accused lorry drivers of murdering prostitutes the outrage weas all over the papers on monday! But of course they werent mexican so they didnt sleep in for the first four days of the week.
Lira
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Originally posted by Moongoose
Oh they released the name of the person that wants top gear off the air.
LYNCH HIM!!!!
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Originally posted by Moongoose
Also, the news broke on Friday, top gear airs on sundays. Which means it took the lazy mexicans a better part of the week to get on their soap box! Thats not proper outrage! When Clarkson accused lorry drivers of murdering prostitutes the outrage weas all over the papers on monday! But of course they werent mexican so they didnt sleep in for the first four days of the week.
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bas
You really gotta love Clarkson & co for their titanic sized balls. If someone tried that here, not only would the show get canceled, everyone would end up doing the local high school sports broadcast for some bum town in Iowa.
shaw
I won't say that they're accurate, but let's just say that 11:30 AM is not a good time to be in the garage on a job site.
Halcyon+On+On
This could generate a lot of money for your country, woscar.
idoru
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Originally posted by bas
You really gotta love Clarkson & co for their titanic sized balls. If someone tried that here, not only would the show get canceled, everyone would end up doing the local high school sports broadcast for some bum town in Iowa.
It would also be the main headline of every political television show for two weeks.
