Paraplegic Protests

Jeremy Clarkson has once again put his foot in his mouth by supposedly being mean to Gordon Brown because of his disability (he has a glass eye). I disagree. What Clarkson actually said was, "we’ve got this one-eyed Scottish idiot, he keeps telling us everything’s fine and he’s saved the world and we know he’s lying, but he’s smooth at telling us.”

I know that I may well not be the most sensitive of folk to roam the world, but that's not that bad. He is a one-eyed Scot; it's not an insult, purely a matter of fact. And whether he is an idiot or not is a matter of opinion. However, throughout all of this, my favourite bit is the comment that one man made on the matter:

"Labour Scottish minister Lord Foulkes added: “It is an absolute outrage of the worst kind. Disabled people will be up in arms.”"

What an unfortunate use of words. I don't think they'll be getting up for anything.