Amazon Sign Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May

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Post by charlieirish » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 10:12 AM UTC

Amazon Sign Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May
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Post by ris » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 11:28 AM UTC

This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.

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Post by JosephRedfern » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 11:55 AM UTC

ris wrote: post #2

This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.

If you were to follow the same argument, you could also argue that the continued popularity of Top Gear is an equally interesting statement by society about it's stance on (persistent) racial slurs.

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Post by stephenr » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:09 PM UTC

ris wrote: post #2

This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.

Which racial slur is that exactly?

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Post by abstractbeliefs » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:10 PM UTC

stephenr wrote: post #4

ris wrote: post #2

This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.

Which racial slur is that exactly?

It's well known in the UK and in that article that he ~ambiguously~ mumbled the word "tigger" in a nursery rhyme.

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Post by stephenr » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:13 PM UTC

abstractbeliefs wrote: post #5

stephenr wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which racial slur is that exactly?

It's well known in the UK and in that article that he ~ambiguously~ mumbled the word "tigger" in a nursery rhyme.

I'm not sure how a guy saying something that offends some people once, is "a persistent racial slur"?

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Post by abstractbeliefs » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:18 PM UTC

abstractbeliefs wrote: post #5

stephenr wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which racial slur is that exactly?

It's well known in the UK and in that article that he ~ambiguously~ mumbled the word "tigger" in a nursery rhyme.

I nominally agree that I don't think this says much about Amazon, and that Clarkson probably isn't an out and out bigot. His does have a fairly significant track record of controversy that makes it easy to paint him as such though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson#Controversy

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Post by JohnTHaller » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:18 PM UTC

It's a shame they went to Amazon instead of Netflix since Amazon's video apps universally suck in comparison (I'm especially looking at the Xbox 360 and Xbox One Amazon apps). Heck, you can't even watch Amazon Prime Video on your Android device without compromising the security of the device and enabling untrusted app installs.

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Post by abalos » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:21 PM UTC

abstractbeliefs wrote: post #5

stephenr wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which racial slur is that exactly?

It's well known in the UK and in that article that he ~ambiguously~ mumbled the word "tigger" in a nursery rhyme.

One thing people have to remember about Clarkson is that he grew up in an entirely different generation. It's not an excuse, but it's plausible that the man simply messed up. In the unfortunate era he was brought up in, the word wasn't tigger.

EDIT: Also, not saying he's not a total arse sometimes. Just saying that I think in this particular scenario he got kind of shafted.

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Post by johneth » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 12:23 PM UTC

As much as I enjoy watching those three mess around on TV, I'm not giving tax-dodging Amazon £80 (~$125) a year for the privilege. Prime seems to have a poor UI (and from what I've read has an inferior service in the UK in terms of apps and content). I wouldn't benefit from the next day delivery because I don't order enough from them.

Their (Clarkson, Hammond, May) audience will decrease wherever they ended up, but Amazon is probably their worst choice in that regard (compared to Netflix or even Sky). All I can assume is a lot of money was given to them, which suggests Amazon is aggressively expanding into Europe (where C, H, M are popular).