Alessandra
You are clearly right to complain, unfortunately
most the fuel protesters are very right-wing who
don't mind destroying our planet.
Keith
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:22:00 +0100 Alessandra Iantaffi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all, whilst reading an article on the petrol crisis at this site:
>
> http://www.author.co.uk/mag/polemia.htm
>
> I came across this quote on Clarkson
>
> "The boy-child Clarkson appears on British TV encouraging us all to buy
> bigger and faster. At 6'7" tall he is unusually large, something of a
> freak even these days. Clearly he is someone not qualified to judge
> the suitability of people carrying vehicles. He is beyond us all in
> size, wants to be in front of us all in speed and acceleration and, in
> my 'umble opinion, is behind in imagination and in understanding of the
> consequences of his behaviour. "
>
> I wrote to the author of the article to point out that although I
> personally agreed with his opinion on the petrol crisis and though I
> also dislike Clarkson, his comments were, in my opinion, disablist and
> tainted his article with ignorance and prejudice by implying that his
> 'freakishness' clouded his ability to judge.
>
> The author replied by saying that he stands by his comments and I should
> drop the PC attitude and invest my efforst into stopping pollution and
> so on. (I can forward both my letter and the reply if you are
> interested)
>
> I was wondering what you think (if you have had the patience to read
> this far!).
>
> Thanks
>
> Alessandra Iantaffi
>
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Keith
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