you mean you read what he writes 😯
No wonder the NHS is bankrupt....... Seriously, i think they probably have better things to do than "fix bruised lips" of people stupid enough to get themselves into poxy handbagging "fights" (and i use the word "fights" in the losest possible sense of the word.
perhaps you could be on the door and send folk home with the instruction to toughen up princess?..
Its not bankrupt and he did not get into the fight, he was the victim of it 🙄
The mind boggles at this whole episode. What a load of tosh all round - has the world come to this???
Not condoning JC's behaviour but really, a guy is a dick, gets nowty, sounds off and there is a minor bit of handbags. The victim makes no complaint but goes to hospital (????) because of a swollen and bleeding lip. Well bugger me (not literally)......shades of Hugh Grant and Colin Firth having a fight (sic) in Bridget Jones.
And then in the world of 24 hours news, this becomes....
"Verbal abuse sustained over a long(er period." - blimey, and to think they televise sport on a weekly basis where this is part and parcel of the fun. What's "sustained"....days, weeks, months...?
But what? it contained "the strongest expletives" no less!!! How horrific can this story become.
"A physical assault lasting......wait for it....30 seconds"
An "attack" - where are Goose and Mav when you need them?
Blimey the hyperbole meter must have been pinging in the news editing room.
What happens when we need to report real abuse and assault? What vocab and hyperbole for that? Surely we will have run out?
What a total croc....
why not hire him then seeing as he is free and what do you mean by "real assault and abuse"?
A [s]physical assault[/s]rape or mugging or robbery lasting......wait for it....30 seconds"
I am not sure why you think 30 seconds of assault where he had to be dragged off by a witness is something trivial.....what if it was [ no offence meant] your wife who received this at work?
Dont you [chewkw] ever get tired of talking such complete rubbish all the time?
Well, evidence so far is "no".
Tony Hall's gravitas was very comforting and the sincerity of his "regret" was palpable. He must be very proud of his own moment on TV.
So how would "real" verbal abuse and "real" assualt be different?
The victim makes no complaint
As has been pointed out numerous times in this thread, such is the life of an AP, that they are often afraid to make a complaint. I suppose we should never investigate anything unless the victim complains.
a fight
It wasn't a fight, or are you privy to new information?
But what? it contained "the strongest expletives"
Reported to have contained references to his nationality. Can you imagine that kind of bigotry from your Sunday night poster boy? I know, crazy isn't it?
Blimey the hyperbole meter must have been pinging in the news editing room.
It's pinging right there in your post. This is hardly outrageous, but y'know, the country's favourite bigot's been caught out being an arse. If you don't want to hear it discussed, then follow the advice given here every Sunday evening.
What happens when we need to report real abuse and assault?
Well, by your own standards, we have to wait for the victim to do it.
What a total croc....
Excellent summary.
anagallis_arvensis - Member
Dont you ever get tired of talking such complete rubbish all the time?
That depends.
DrJ - Member
Well, evidence so far is "no".
In this case no.
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Excellent summary.
Thank you. I thought so too.
Edit: DD no need to personalise it (no really) as both sides are as bad. May is calling the news a "tragedy".
Yes a real, tragedy.....get a bloody grip.
"A physical assault lasting......wait for it....30 seconds"
What a bizarre comment, a tremendous amount of damage can be done to someone in 30 seconds.
And I suspect that 30 seconds of hitting someone is as much as a middle-aged unfit overweight smoker can manage.
Indeed it can Ernie, indeed it can, and in this case as tremendous as a swollen lip. Truly shocking. Hold the front pages.
That depends.
Must be hard work though this act. Careful you dont get stressed and attack a minion.
A single punch that can kill takes less than a second, so to say that assaulting someone for 30 seconds is trivial is slightly hilarious.
The fat, ugly racist prick got what he deserved.
Indeed it can Ernie, indeed it can, and in this case as tremendous as a swollen lip. Truly shocking. Hold the front pages.
It's the thought that counts.
Indeed it can Ernie, indeed it can,
So why did you say [i]"lasting......wait for it....30 seconds"[/i] then? 🙄
BBC3 now...another 2009 episode...watch the difference to a later episode
anagallis_arvensis - Member
That depends.
Must be hard work though this act. Careful you dont get stressed and attack a minion.
Yes, it's hard work when I am surrounded by ZMs. 😆
No, I don't go around attacking people but I do like to call them ZM. 
The fat, ugly racist prick got what he deserved.
Fourteen million quid and a new series on Netflix?
Fourteen million quid and a new series on Netflix?
There is that downside, he will probably pull in even more viewers now.
If I hit someone at work I'd be marched off site. Ah but no, JC has celebrity status and as such is untouchable. Or so his fans think anyway. I'm glad that the same rules that apply to me have been applied to him too.
The fat, ugly racist prick got what he deserved.
Indeed. I wonder if his language was as bad. Gosh, he might have used the F-word? I hope not, how would we describe that - extreme verbal torture?
Of course, someone can get injured in less than 30 seconds. But this is not what happened. Sounds like a short scuffle with a very minor injury. Yes, the result is correct as that alone is inexcusable in the work environment, but we don't need the absurd hyperbole.
Of course, someone can get injured in less than 30 seconds.
So why did you say [i]"lasting......wait for it....30 seconds"[/i] ?
plop_pants - MemberIf I hit someone at work I'd be marched off site. Ah but no, JC has celebrity status and as such is untouchable. Or so his fans think anyway. I'm glad that the same rules that apply to me have been applied to him too.
The question is why would you want to hit someone? 😯
Read the first post. It's obvious.
It's obvious.
You're right, it is obvious. You were trying to suggest that because the assault "only" lasted 30 seconds it couldn't have been that serious.
Whether or not the assault caused serious physical damage has nothing to do with the fact that it lasted 30 seconds.
edit.
teamhurtmore - MemberRead the first post. It's obvious.
FFS! Can you not quote the previous thread rather just a reply as I thought you were replying to my thread.
It's a bit like those annoying youtube video clips shot in "portrait" rather than "landscape".
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I bet JC is cursing the person who grassed him up.
Oh.
You're right, it is obvious.
Phew, glad that's cleared up and there is no sense of irony anywhere.
You were trying to suggest that because the assault "only" lasted 30 seconds it couldn't have been that serious.
Not at all. We know it wasn't serious. That was clarified a while back.
Excuse me chewkw !!!
Sounds like a short scuffle
No, it wasn't one of those either.
Not at all.
Don't bullshit THM, you mentioned that the assault lasted 30 seconds for a reason. You even emphasized it by saying [i]"wait for it...."[/i]
You were very clearly making a point about it lasting 30 seconds, which was that nothing too serious can happen in 30 seconds.
The question is why would you want to hit someone?
I wouldn't. I'd be marched off site if I did.
THM can you clarify what 'real abuse and assault' is please?
plop_pants - Member
The question is why would you want to hit someone?
I wouldn't. I'd be marched off site if I did.
Ok, good to know that. 😛
grum - MemberTHM can you clarify what 'real abuse and assault' is please?
In Merica if you touch the police officer(s) that's an assault where you will have to face Mr Glock 27. 😆
[url= http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-day-i-was-bitten-by-bbc-boss-7086208.html ]At least he didn't bite anyone. The BBC really don't like that sort of thing. Oh, hold on.....[/url]
And another fan of Jezza, in an attempt to deflect, bizarrely posts what looks like a ****ing reprint of a Daily Mail article...from The Standard!! 😆 You couldn't make this stuff up.
Junkyard
perhaps you could be on the door and send folk home with the instruction to toughen up princess?..
TBH, that really wouldn't be a bad idea imo!
Thank god we Brits were made of sterner stuff back in '39........
maxtorque - Member
Thank god we Brits were made of sterner stuff back in '39........
In the air force one of the 6'2" bloke tried to bully my father (5'7") only for him to end up like a sack of potato dropping to the floor (think he got the "kung fu" wind pipe chop). He then went to make a formal complaint to the CO but was told he deserved all he got for trying to be a bully. 😆
Well three of us have asked that now Grum so cannot be long before he answers.
THM no one thinks it is the most important news story ever but the hyperbole is matched by those, including you , who try to trivialise his actions and /or the outcomes whilst mocking the victim for not being "tough" or going to hospital.
Neither is the correct response.
So once more what is real abuse and a real assault?
I hope that the beeb preface the news tonight with a suitable warning about how upsetting some viewers might find the story. Have the counsellors been put on stand by? Will Huw Edwards cope?
Spread bet on length of coverage on Newsnight?
Took me a while, but ZM, it's zombie maggots, isn't it?
Still not [i]entirely[/i] sure what a zombie maggot is but, I'm learning...
Spread bet on length of coverage on Newsnight?
The whole story will be eclipsed by the news that someone has left a boy band.
Now that is a tragedy. Life without Zane (is that correct). Perhaps the PM can comment on that too. We need a rock at times of such stress and trauma.
Tracker1972 - MemberTook me a while, but ZM, it's zombie maggots, isn't it?
Still not entirely sure what a zombie maggot is but, I'm learning...
Yes, you got it right. ZM is Zombie maggot ...
Someone on the forum complaint about the term so I just used ZM in order not to offend people ... 😀
Zombie = as in walking dead.
Maggot = as in Merica GI constantly yelling maggot to the new recruits.
Zombie maggot = Bureaucratic mindset that is like a walking dead with no sense reality.
I hope that the beeb preface the news tonight with a suitable warning about how upsetting some viewers might find the story. Have the counsellors been put on stand by?
There's no need to take the piss. Some people really liked Jeremy Clarkson and while I agree that the furore over his sacking is somewhat over the top I can see how some people might be quite upset.
Clarkson sacked, Camerron talking of resigning or fails to win the election, and Zane Mallick leaving 1 direction.Then Cleggy failing to do anyhjing, we have the new presenters for TG.
2 for the Daily mail readers and a boy band kid for the kids and youngsters.
TG is based on taking the piss so a highly appropriate denouement all things considered
