Looks like the Top Gear trio is causing trouble again. A few months after Jeremy Clarkson was blamed for a few idiots over in the UK flipping a Reliant over on its side shortly after seeing Clarkson do it on Top Gear, the crew is back in the headlines for yet another fouled up attempt at hilarity.
Apparently a few fans of the show are up in arms about the men donning burkas on their Christmas special. Burkas are a piece of clothing worn by Muslim women that cover them completely from head to toe, with the exception of their eyes. The men wore the burkas during their Christmas special as a "disguise" so that they could travel through the city without being "recognized."
The Twitter lines simply lighted up after the scene with many people taking offense to the choice of attire. One viewer said, "This is probably the worst top gear special. Y the f*** r they wearing burkas!!?" Another added, "Top gear – the burka joke wasn’t funny."
Still some fans came to the UK show’s defense by saying, "Why are so many people offended. It’s just a piece a clothing. The Burka is not in the Quaran at all. If people are so offended, why don’t they switch over the TV?"
In all honesty, we don’t think Top Gear intended to offend anyone. This was just their way of "blending in" so that no one would recognize them. It’s the equivalent to the men throwing on some kilts if they decided to do a show in Scotland or a cowboy hat to drive through the state of Texas. Of course, it probably wouldn’t have been so bad had Clarkson not made a comment about seeing a Muslim woman sporting a G-string under her gown a few months ago.
I just hope that it wouldn’t end up in another law suit!lol Well, this is already a old news. I hope they are forgiven already!hehe. BTW, I haven’t see insulting here.
@MIKEDB2618, You got a point in there. I have the same opinion as well. I can’t see any offense in wearing Muslim clothes, its not even a sacred thing the are just insulted that Christian wearing their clothing.
Clarkson is such a fussy(sorry for the term). I have seen them wear Burkas during their Christmas season. And if I’m not mistaken they were in the Muslim area. I think its better if they use other disguise clothing rather than being so insensitive about the “culture” of other people.
Still some fans came to the UK show’s defense by saying, "Why are so many people offended. It’s just a piece a clothing. The Burka is not in the Quaran at all. If people are so offended, why don’t they switch over the TV?"
yes that is the one, honetly it’s really hard to balace a car like that specially when you are in a tight curve. i wonder who is brave enough to used this thing for drifting.
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02.23.2012 @ 01:07