From the BBC:
'Jeremy Clarkson should be
sacked by the BBC over his "appalling" comments about killing striking
public sector workers, trade union Unison has said.
The union said it was considering reporting the Top Gear presenter to the police over comments on The One Show.
Referring to striking workers, Mr Clarkson said: "I'd have
them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of
their families."'
He didn't ACTUALLY mean they should be LITERALLY taken out and SHOT! That would be ridiculous! However, more ridiculous is Unison's belief that he is inciting hatred, fanaticism, and that his words echo those of Gaddafi!
How long are we going to tolerate such language from the unions? And while I am on the topic:
I am a self-employed private tutor, I make £100 a week and help my private sector working fiancee with bills, she cannot afford a pension (by the way!). I am 24 years old and have nothing to put away for when I retire. I cannot claim benefits because I haven't contributed enough national insurance (i.e. haven't had a proper job paying taxes) and cannot get a job for lack of experience! The word pension NEVER enters my daily conversations.
To see these public sector workers complain they don't get enough money after retirement, when so many private sector workers cannot even contemplate a pension, is disgusting. And I feel so repulsed by their attitude that I too feel they should be taken out and shot!
Of course Clarkson and I don't mean we are prepared to see them shot; what we are saying is they should shut up and keep working. And as if to make their position worse, Heathrow was working more efficiently without them!
Dear Unison, if you want Clarkson fired, why not put me in prison while you're at it, and probably the millions who agree with him!
So much for freedom of speech.
