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Top Gear driven from Argentina after Jeremy Clarkson number plate row

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Laurent.
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Clarkson has done it again.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/03/top-gear-argentina-jeremy-clarkson-bbc

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2779236/Jeremy-Clarkson-Top-Gear-team-forced-leave-Argentina-early-police-escort-inciting-Falklands-outrage-H982FKL-number-plate.html


Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear co-presenters have been forced to flee Argentina after the cars they had been using were pelted with stones by a mob of Falklands War veterans incensed by an 'offensive' number plate.
Video footage shows the three cars which had been driven by Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond speeding away under police escort after coming under attack near the town of Tolhuin on the way to the Chilean border.
In an incident which has proved to be PR gold dust, members of the production team, who were driving the vehicles at the time, were later forced to abandon them at a police checkpoint after learning another mob was waiting for them a few miles up the road.







Stay mad Argies.
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louie.mirags
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damn... his plate could just be a coincidence though
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Kooky_Lukey
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louie.miragsdamn... his plate could just be a coincidence though


It was: Andy Wilman, executive producer for Top Gear, said on Thursday: "Top Gear production purchased three cars for a forthcoming programme; to suggest that this car was either chosen for its number plate, or that an alternative number plate was substituted for the original is completely untrue."

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29474422
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cool_name
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really?
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PacificRimJob
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Pretty sure this has less to do with the numberplates and more to do with the fact that they are still angry about some stupid patriotic war that the Junta propagated to the public in an effort to gain support.

Seriously. They're fighting a war over THIS...



Even the USA under a warmonger like Reagan thought it was pretty fucking silly.
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deleted5
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DingoSeanPretty sure this has less to do with the numberplates and more to do with the fact that they are still angry about some stupid patriotic war that the Junta propagated to the public in an effort to gain support.

Seriously. They're fighting a war over THIS...



Even the USA under a warmonger like Reagan thought it was pretty fucking silly.

^ you want to explain I don't understand why this is offensive.
What happened in 1982?
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Laurent.
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zzzskizzz^ you want to explain I don't understand why this is offensive.
What happened in 1982?


The Falklands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, Argentina has been claiming ownership for ages despite the British settlement existing before Argentina existed.

In 1982 Argentina invaded the Falklands, what then ensued was a war in which Argentina experienced deep visceral rape by the U.K.
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah, basically the dictator was losing his power in Argentina, and in an effort to broil up a last ditch option to get support, started this war where they took the islands.

Thatcher was in office, and... as dumb as a lot of her domestic policy was, she was the female Churchhill... and you don't fuck with anything like that.

So the Brits sent in a couple ships and some planes and mopped up right quick.

Argentina then got revenge 4 years later when Maradonna scored with the hand of god goal.. and since then there have been tensions between the two.
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I'm not buying the BBC saying it was a coincidence.
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slamdunk
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CirilloI'm not buying the BBC saying it was a coincidence.


coincidence my ass! as sean said the argentinians' made a big deal out of it in the past and no doubt they will again to distract they're people form the economic problems plaguing them just now.
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PacificRimJob
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CirilloI'm not buying the BBC saying it was a coincidence.


Even if it wasn't... how fucking sensitive can you be. This is like former American soldiers who had a bad time in Iraq being racist against Muslims. It's fucking stupid.
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cobra_commander
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cool, now Argentina can go back to being completely irrelevant, other than being a country full of selfish morons.
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saskskier
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I predict another incredible Christmas special...
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El_Barto.
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DingoSeanEven if it wasn't... how fucking sensitive can you be. This is like former American soldiers who had a bad time in Iraq being racist against Muslims. It's fucking stupid.


Its way worse. Its like an Iraq war vet being offended by the beach because its sandy like Iraq or being offended by the day Tuesday because they had to be in Iraq on a tuesday.
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deleted5
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El_Barto.Its way worse. Its like an Iraq war vet being offended by the beach because its sandy like Iraq or being offended by the day Tuesday because they had to be in Iraq on a tuesday.


Can we just talk for a second about how much sand does suck at the beach, I still have in my shoes from the summer.
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theabortionator
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Top gear has never staged anything for ratings or anything.
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GayWolf420
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semi related, this video is nuts.http://youtu.be/IUZu8bvxJs4
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SpookyCat
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and in other news, a very similar event happened to them a while ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcJ-0bAHB4

Moral of the story, there are a group of overly sensitive and violent idiots no matter what country you're in.
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Abu_Hajaar
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I think they might be telling the truth seeing that clarkson is on probation with the bbc already after all his recent shenanigans
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SpookyCat
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cigI think they might be telling the truth seeing that clarkson is on probation with the bbc already after all his recent shenanigans


He's the star of the most popular TV show on the planet. He was never on probation. The local newspapers always try to make it seem worse than it is or they try to blow any story about him out of proportion. Clarkson is outwardly critical of them and they've always tried to smear him and turn the public against him. They have a history of taking quotes out of context as well.
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cobra_commander
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George Washington
Margret Thatcher
Jeremy Clarkson

All British born American heros.




Top Gear probably has a higher GDP than Argentina.
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Garebear
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cobra_commanderTop Gear probably has a higher GDP than Argentina.


I lost it at this
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ThundaKilla
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zzzskizzzI still have in my shoes from the summer.


fuckin shoobie
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Peach.
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I feel bad for these guys some times. There's a large populous of the public that would like morning more for them to be kicked off air. Everything they do is under a microscope. Especially clarkson. With that being said do I think they would go for that license plate on purpose? I doubt it. But even if they did the reaction doesn't justify the occurrence. I don't know. I'm probably rambling.
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yangumane
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omnidata


judging by the cars they were driving, the episode will be great (if they're airing it)
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PacificRimJob
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cobra_commanderMargret Thatcher


Fuck Thatcher. What a fuckin cook...
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ZeMagnificentKev
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They were so upset they made a cartoon showing how awesome they are and how much the brits suck. Like basically all propaganda, it portrays the Argie's as super awesome and heroic, and the brits as evil. Also The Brits didn't steamroll the Argie's, both sides lost way too many men for a shitty fucking rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkcTpCur7g
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theabortionator
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macinnisThey were so upset they made a cartoon showing how awesome they are and how much the brits suck. Like basically all propaganda, it portrays the Argie's as super awesome and heroic, and the brits as evil. Also The Brits didn't steamroll the Argie's, both sides lost way too many men for a shitty fucking rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkcTpCur7g


War is all about propoganda
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_CC_
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Jesus if he really wanted to reference it he would have written "you lost" on the hood.
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hey-dude-its-me
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I like the show and he's alright but I never understood why he's worshiped so much when he just seems like an average tv personality
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Abu_Hajaar
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hey-dude-its-meI like the show and he's alright but I never understood why he's worshiped so much when he just seems like an average tv personality


How many "average tv personalities" can say they've punched Piers Morgan in the face
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PacificRimJob
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caroline.Jesus if he really wanted to reference it he would have written "you lost" on the hood.



Either that or "Hand of Fraud"
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Kooky_Lukey
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More news about this coming out. Clarkson said they had to hide under beds from the locals and that the whole thing was a set up but the Argentinian government.

I think for once Top Gear actually didn't do anything wrong. I am not disagreeing with the fact that they troll everyone and everything, but once the license plate was pointed out to them (two days into the trip) they changed it. I wouldn't put it past the Argentinian government because of what they have done in the past and they are still butt-hurt about the whole Falklands thing.

Here is the link to the new story about the set up:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-gear/11141787/Jeremy-Clarkson-Top-Gear-ambush-was-set-up-by-Argentinas-government.html
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congrossman.
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Clarkson, the master troll
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mmallender.
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i remember reading in one of the comment sections of one of the news sites that the Porsche's plate was registered to the car years before it was ever purchased by the top gear production crew (yes production crew, the car was not purchased by clarkson)
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I was always more of a Richard Hammond man myself
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PacificRimJob
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macinnisThey were so upset they made a cartoon showing how awesome they are and how much the brits suck. Like basically all propaganda, it portrays the Argie's as super awesome and heroic, and the brits as evil. Also The Brits didn't steamroll the Argie's, both sides lost way too many men for a shitty fucking rock.


It really is fucking stupid... and the Argentinians need to fuck off of it. The British only care because the Falkland Islanders are legitimately UK Citizens, so it's somewhat of an obligation now... There's almost no real purpose to a couple of Islands when Argentina has just an assload of unused land - seriously, I don't know why Arg doesn't have a bigger immigration issue, as it's a pretty strong economy in comparison to many of it's neighbors... namely Paraguay and Bolivia.

Seriously, it has the same population as if you took California and Oregon and put them all into a country slightly smaller than INDIA. to make matters funnier, Buenos Aires makes up like 30% of it's entire population of the country. It has so much fucking space. Having the Falklands and South Georgia is legit just the Argies trying to swing their dick around harder.

Doesn't matter though. Argentinian women are super stupid fucking hot.

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mmallender.
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an update on the whole number plate situation

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/
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PacificRimJob
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That's so murphy's law right there haha. God damn...

...welp, when it comes to Argentina, I'm glad I'm from 'murica. Now I know how British feel when we americans have issues with... well... everyone else seemingly.

**This post was edited on Oct 10th 2014 at 3:51:35pm
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JGWI
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I'm still laughing from when they got chased out of Alabama by a bunch of rednecks.
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mmallender.
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DingoSeanThat's so murphy's law right there haha. God damn...

...welp, when it comes to Argentina, I'm glad I'm from 'murica. Now I know how British feel when we americans have issues with... well... everyone else seemingly.

**This post was edited on Oct 10th 2014 at 3:51:35pm


pretty much, and the newspapers/tabloids/media just EAT it up. like fuck, they wont even post a letter from third parties because it would show that the TG guys are innocent and didnt purposely try to start a rock throwing veteran shit storm?
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PacificRimJob
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JustGoWithItI'm still laughing from when they got chased out of Alabama by a bunch of rednecks.


That made us look like the least civilized nation of all time... Thanks, south. Winning us points. Again...
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JGWI
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DingoSeanThat made us look like the least civilized nation of all time... Thanks, south. Winning us points. Again...


Now all those tea drinking queen loving buck tooth barmpot's think we are all fat beer belly gun hoarding cousin lovin idiots.


Damn.
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PacificRimJob
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JustGoWithItNow all those tea drinking queen loving buck tooth barmpot's think we are all fat beer belly gun hoarding cousin lovin idiots.


Damn.


I'm not worried about the English.

...But I want to make sure the Swiss think higher of me so I can marry one of their women and live there one day.
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louie.mirags
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DingoSeanThat made us look like the least civilized nation of all time... Thanks, south. Winning us points. Again...


if anybody in a different country wants to think they are more civilized by assuming everybody in our country is like a southerner, then fuck em. Not even everybody from the south acts like a stereotypical southerner....
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PacificRimJob
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louie.miragsif anybody in a different country wants to think they are more civilized by assuming everybody in our country is like a southerner, then fuck em. Not even everybody from the south acts like a stereotypical southerner....


Yeah, but it's these fucksticks who get all the attention with their aggressive and low-brow behaviour ;)
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