- Signatures: 3,038
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 9-16-2005
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Jeremy Clarkson has publicly expressed values which run counter to social responsibility and stewardship of environmental and public resources. Oxford Brookes University should dissociate itself from such views and should not condone them by the award of an honorary degree.
| Number | Date | Name | City | I am signing this because... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,294 | 2:16 am PDT, Jun 26 | Anonymous | lewes | |
| 3,292 | 2:30 am PST, Jan 6 | Simon Morris | Gunnislake | Jeremy Clarkson is just a man who ratchets up his profile (and earnings) by being more offensive for the sake of it. I don't think he has any firm convictions, he just spouts off for the sake of it. This is not the mark of a man who deserves an honary degree. |
| 3,291 | 12:41 pm PST, Dec 6 | THE ADMINISTRATOR | london | THIS PETITION IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT. |
| 3,290 | 8:33 am PST, Dec 2 | Pe B | Brighton | I think Jeremy Clarkson is annoying self satisfied prick with too much of cult following. Please, not only take away his honorary degree but if you ever see him, in a car or just walking around, plough your car into him. If he makes "a clever analogy" or says something "witty" reverse or get out to make sure he is no longer breathing and I will pay the insurance for your car for the rest of your life. |
| 3,289 | 1:58 am PST, Nov 24 | Jeremy Clarkson | London | I'm sorry everyone, I am a prat and don't deserve this accolade from Oxford. I promise to return it and will try to stop being such a wanka in future. |
| 3,288 | 1:49 am PST, Nov 24 | Richard Hammond | London | Jeremy has his views and all that, we all know, but every race he makes us do against him in a fast car is rigged. He never lets us have equal footing and the odds are always in the cars favour. I love cars, but Jeremy's gone overboard and needs to be 'rested', so time to put him out to pasture. |
| 3,287 | 2:41 am PST, Nov 22 | ingo Wagenknecht | Norwich | jeremy Clarkson, with rising popularrity should have realised his greater responsibilities towards a wider public health and safety. His PR antics, designed to further his brand of programming are not condusive with his, or his childrens needs. He should show some responsibility, not fawn at every opportuinity, because of cars. |
| 3,286 | 11:21 pm PDT, Oct 20 | samreen iram | calcutta | JC is just a confused old man who's grown too big for his pants, and desperately needs to be cut down to size. in fact, what he deserves ,rather than an honorary degree, is a good,healthy,old fashioned spanking |
| 3,285 | 5:09 am PDT, Sep 13 | Jeremy Clarkson | London | I think I deserve my degree. Now clear off you bunch of saddos |
| 3,283 | 7:14 pm PDT, Jul 31 | CMD CMD | Leeds | To be honest the petition says it all. Many people are in fact in favour of Mr Clarkson me being one, who consider him to be sat at the left hand of god! Whatever idiot set this up has failed miserably, they wanted 5000 signitures by two years ago, theyve got just over 3000 and lets face it most of them are not against jezza. One word describes all you wannabe greenpeace vegetarian hybrid activists: TITS! |
| 3,282 | 1:05 am PDT, Jul 31 | Jay Dee | gaylord | you airy fairy queers should all get jobs, you pie throwing bludgers!!!!! |
| 3,281 | 6:48 am PDT, Jul 10 | Anonymous | Bristol | |
| 3,280 | 8:26 am PDT, Jul 7 | nickneachtain fig | oakbank | i think he advocates wrecklessness, he is a bigot, a racist and generally likes when his actions get on peoples nerves. but you can see in his body shape and quality of features, he is a product of bad breeding. let him have his little fun now while he can. he will die soon, probably from some respiratory disease, he will bred out of the human race, he will not bother us then, we can get on with our real task then. EVOLUTION |
| 3,279 | 1:25 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Jeremy Clarkson is God | glastonbury | Jeremy Clarkson is God |
| 3,276 | 9:16 pm PDT, May 16 | Anonymous | New York City | ...nancy twits like you ought to be canned and shot into the cosmos. Thank God you ninnies are a minority in the world and there are handicap laws protecting your sorry bums, else you would be. Jeremy Clarkson is a lovely wart on the fat dick of humanity, and we love him for it. You're just jealous of him for the fact that he's proud to stand, dick out, singing God Save the Queen pissing into the faces of your bloody communist forebears. Rot in hell, you bum suckers. |
| 3,274 | 3:40 am PDT, May 12 | MJ Renyar | Helsinki | Well, driving cars at high speeds on public roads is akin to walking round a shopping centre and doing tricks with a loaded gun. Cars and guns both have their places, but you have to be very careful with them. |
| 3,273 | 9:29 am PDT, May 5 | Festus Q. Pussywillow | Octopusville | I love the way he hates Americans! It's so cool! signed, Festus Q. Pussywillow |
| 3,272 | 9:49 am PDT, Apr 29 | joe bryan | wakefield | JEREMY CLARKSON RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!! COWS RUIN THE ENVIRONMENT SO EAT CARROT |
| 3,271 | 2:19 pm PDT, Apr 27 | felix tennison | leeds | you hippies need to get a job. so the environment is getting damaged, its not like it hasnt happened before. if the wether changes drastically, so be it. nature will have a way of sorting itself out.if you hate jeremy clarkson so much why can you not stop talking about him? you all just seem to think that youre making a difference when youre not. as if this potition is gonna get rid of jeremy clarkson on top gear anyway. democracy may give everybody a voice but getting rid of somebody fom there job just because of personal views isnt going to happen. whats the point in having the gift of life if all ure going to do is worry about everything. |
| 3,270 | 1:17 pm PDT, Apr 13 | Anonymous | Ipswich | www.jeremyclarkson.co.uk |
| 3,269 | 1:05 pm PDT, Mar 15 | Niels XXXX | San Jose | Are you people basing your complaints simply around the environment? It's time everyone got used to the fact that cars are here to stay, as is Clarkson. Don't say none of you don't have any bias or "ignorance". It's only human. |
| 3,268 | 4:22 pm PDT, Mar 14 | Mr Mackie | ennis | cars are bad, m'kay and driving cars is bad, m'kay. we shouldn't drive, m'kay, because cars are bad, m'kay. |
| 3,267 | 7:27 am PST, Mar 10 | Geraint Shufflecock | Much Wenlock, Salop | I disagree with Mr Clarkson's stance on environmental issues, even though he'd be quite a catch with his curly hair, firm buttocks and turgid masculinity. He makes me go weak at the knees. |
| 3,265 | 3:37 pm PST, Mar 4 | Green Haze | Cambridge | He is a bigoted ignorant fool that supports the destruction of my home (the earth) so he can continue to make money from car programs and other media, and drive his fast cars to upkeep his mindless pastime. |
| 3,263 | 3:50 pm PST, Feb 5 | Ian Perry | CARDIFF | It is my great pleasure to sign this petition. Mr Clarkson lives in complete ignorance of the environment. Not just the greenhouse gases, but noise and ugly metwl boxes moving or stopped on our streets. The age of the car is almost over and Mr Clarkson is almost a relic - someone to laugh at for his sheer ignorance... |
| 3,262 | 2:08 am PST, Jan 29 | Anonymous | Zurich | How amusing; I have to say I've never seen or heard "Guardian-reader" used as an insult before - except when Jeremy Clarkson was complaining about a Porsche supercar. Which brings me to my point - if Clarkson or one of his co-presenters ever made a joke about vegetarians being reponsible for global warming (because they don't eat cows), then this forum (for that's what it's become) should be evidence enough for the BBC that they must do something about the show (as they promised to do, if they became convinced that people did not take the presenters' comments as un-seriously as they are ostensibly meant) - it's obvious that many people really believe this, as I gather from the posts. Good God. |
| 3,261 | 5:43 pm PST, Jan 18 | Patrick Simborth | LIMA | |
| 3,260 | 3:27 pm PST, Jan 15 | Martin Kay | Warwick | I like JC and find him very, very entertaining indeed. However I certainly don't support the selfish attitude he promotes with regard to fast driving on the public roads. I like his enthuisiasm for engineering. JC will change his mind about speed on the roads as he changes his mind about many things... |
| 3,259 | 12:00 pm PST, Jan 11 | Angus Cheng | Hong Kong | Hahahahah! Your petition sucks. A LOT! HAHAHAHHAHA you really think his doctorate is going to be taken away? You think he cares? You stupid Guardian readers. Maybe if you didn't spend so much time with petitions you could do something useful/entertaining. |
| 3,258 | 2:17 am PST, Jan 5 | Clarkson Rocks! | Lancaster | Clarkson is as close to a God that any mere mortal will get. His straight forward no nonsense attitude would make our country great once more.Tony Parsons described him as "a dazzling hero of political incorrectness". From punching Piers Morgan in the face on a Concorde to claiming that German Sat Nav takes you straight to Poland. From spending £450 on Russian night vision goggles to help him kill a troublesome fox to being chauffeured around London on May Day in the hope of finding and joining a riot we can all relate to him. |
| 3,256 | 4:41 pm PST, Dec 16 | amy dyson | harrow | vegetarians do not need ignorant people like you giving us crap. if you wanna kill an innocent baby animal then kill it just so you fat meat eaters can eat a freakin burger in mcdonalds then fine screw you, you just go do that you moron. go shove some turkeys up your arse |
| 3,255 | 8:15 pm PST, Dec 5 | Yo Jezza | Pyong Yang | Why don't you envious, namby pamby, free enterprise-averse, nanny state-types take a leaf out of Clarkson's book and push for a society that values its engineers, risk takers and entrepreneurs? |
| 3,253 | 9:01 am PST, Nov 21 | Anonymous | London | Jeremy Clarkson is the nearest thing to god and Transport 2000 are a bunch of envy green people |
| 3,252 | 2:11 am PST, Nov 16 | Huge Fan | alaska | I love reading what students have to say. Their views are so refreshing. |
| 3,251 | 12:52 pm PDT, Oct 24 | David Jordan | Kidderminster | the ethos of 'Top Gear' and thus it's presenter, is socially divisive. It's stance is arrogant in that it mocks the underpriviledged and promotes a celebration of the fortunate (in wealth, ability and ruthlessness). it has even mocked adult values in driving such as good manners with the term 'Christian Driving'. It, and he, therefore condone the teenage, 'devil take the slow' approach to road-use that is so divisive and dangerous. he should grow up. |
Petition Against the Award of an Honorary Degree by Oxford Brookes University to Jeremy Clarkson
We, the undersigned, object to Oxford Brookes University's award of an honorary degree to Jeremy Clarkson and call for the decision to be reviewed on the grounds that Jeremy Clarkson has publicly expressed views and values which run counter to those which the University claims, in particular that the University will uphold "social responsibility and ensure the understanding and care of people and stewardship of environmental and public resources"
Brookes works hard with staff and students in order to create awareness of, achieve and maintain inclusive and sustainable practices. The University should dissociate itself from views such as those expressed by Jeremy Clarkson and should not condone such views by the award of an honorary degree.
Brookes works hard with staff and students in order to create awareness of, achieve and maintain inclusive and sustainable practices. The University should dissociate itself from views such as those expressed by Jeremy Clarkson and should not condone such views by the award of an honorary degree.
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