Originally Posted by Jel

yeah I agree, that's most likely what it was. Though it's not a huge surprise is it? It's a bit like a footballer doing something to warrant a red card... you know you acted in the heat of the moment, you know it's just one of those things, the other guy knows it's one of those things, and just wants to carry on (most of the time anyway), but ultimately you know the red card is deserved so you suck it up. What happens is that the supporters of the team the carded player plays for get all het up about how it was nothing, nobody got hurt, it happens all the time in a physical contact sport, player x did worse but didn't even get booked in that other game with the same ref, and so on and so on. All valid points to a degree, but all ultimately trying to justify an action that most of the time you just aren't going to get away with, and 9/10 times you accept the consequences of losing your head - which it seems clarkson has done, but the supporters haven't. And yeah I get that footballers only get suspended etc for x games, but like any analogy it's not an exact replica of the situation

99.9999999% of people know inside when they have done wrong (even if their ego won't allow them to admit it out loud) which is why I think clarkson has said pretty much fuck all on it - I admire him for that tbh, like I admire anyone who owns things, holds their hands up and says yep, I fucked up, and I'll take whatever comes my way.

What is interesting to me is how most people take umbrage on clarkson's behalf. Not saying it's right or wrong, just interesting