I'd say tried to supplement rather than break away.

He's just not very good at anything else and he's tried most.

Optimistic as ever

I don't think he really cares.

Probably shelved the last episodes when the realised he was intentionally pushing his luck.

I'll remember that in future TUX; my opinion may be less valid in your eyes if I didn't (I think) post at all on a thread in palace talk with a theme with some overlap one or two weeks earlier.I don't even need to have expressed a contrary opinion for you to have a pop.Love and peace;chill out.

Where's the contradiction? Mile fairly promptly had disciplinary action taken against him,by both his employer and his area of work's governing body.He could be said to be a role model with a public profile.Don't remember too many posting there saying that if it was deliberate,it didn't merit disciplinary action,though to be fair you thought he should be punished but hoped he wouldn't be.I thought he should be punished too.

Some thought (I think) he shouldn't be because other similar incidents hadn't been. It is important a given employer or work area body don't treat different people differently.In the BBC's case they introduced a new "bullying behaviour" code following the Saville revelations and will likely have dissatisfaction amongst staff if Clarkson is now treated differently to how a regular BBC person already on a "final warning" would be.

Edited by legaleagle (18 Mar 2015 12.13am)

There are two distinct groups of people: "Gypsys/Roma" and "Travellers", who tend to get mixed up,though in recent years here there has been quite a lot of inter marriage.

"Travellers" here come largely from from Ireland.

"Gypsy" became widely used in Europe,often in a derogatory way, to describe Roma people.Roma,which in the Romani language means "people", originate from northern India. The root of the Romani language is ancient Punjabi, or Hindi. The words Roma and Romani have nothing to do with the country Romania in which the Roma are called Tsigani (Gypsy).

They are very much a distinct ethnic/racial group.They have faced great prejudice in Europe (particularly,Central,Southern and Eastern Europe),for centuries,and were singled out by the Nazis as one of the ethnic/racial groups to be slaughtered in the Holocaust for being "sub beings".They still face widespread discrimination and prejudice in many countries today.

One theory of the origin of "pikey" it that it comes from "turnpike", the place where itinerant travellers and thieves would camp near a settlement.So,a derogatory origin but not a racial/ethnic one.But one which grew to describe Roma and Travellers particularly,and with a very negative connotation.

A legacy of that here is the way the description "pikey" has become a general negative term in describing "naff" people in a negative way as well as a term to describe Roma/Travellers,and likely to be offensive to Roma and Travellers.

Edited by legaleagle (18 Mar 2015 9.54am)