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Top Gear to be censored...

Apparently the Mexican joke controversy has led them to edit out the offending remarks for the USA edition.

Television - News - 'Top Gear' Mexico jokes 'cut for US edition' - Digital Spy

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You didn't know the've been editing the version shown in the USA already? American's can't take any ribbing.
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The jokes were funny...
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They edit some parts compared to what was on the internet.
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It does pop up on you tube, then they pull it off...

It wasn't that bad, even my Mexican wife thought it was funny...
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come to think of it I was glad they edited the Christmas gift part.
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I got curious and searched for those jokes. Here is my find:
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Here's the bit from the show.

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But, but...why censor it in the US if the joke is about mexicans? Oh, right, nevermind...
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I have seen what they say about Americans, and that is pretty rude as well. Funny but rude.

I hate censorship.

And yes I realize that Mexicans and Canadians are both Americans since they live in the Americas.
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You didn't know the've been editing the version shown in the USA already? American's can't take any ribbing.
Wasn't the Americans, it was the mex ambassador who whined, wonder if he even has the proper papers..
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Wasn't the Americans, it was the mex ambassador who whined
He's probably pissed because he probably did actually sleep through the show. Someone else probably saw it and DVRed it for him to see later when he was awake.

I thought the bit about the "rug with a hole in it as a coat" part was hilarious.
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dead on about mexico, and france for that matter. But, since California is mexico, we must be pc.
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I love the show for their lack of PC. Everybody in America is too afraid to speak their minds. As for censorship on BBC America, that's why I just watch the uncut BBC version.
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I love the show for their lack of PC. Everybody in America is too afraid to speak their minds. As for censorship on BBC America, that's why I just watch the uncut BBC version.
I also enjoy the show for the same reasons.

I also liked the Sopranos... That series had an interesting twist...
Because they were "Mafioso" and so lived outside of the law they could be racist and non PC and it be justified by saying it's "realistic" within their community.

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Was that video above racist? Well yes but not any more racist or non PC than so many other segments done by Top Gear.

Can I ask? Why are the Mexicans so offended?

I'm sure there are many hardworking, educated and successful Mexicans that would have laughed when seeing that.
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They make at least equally rude but funny comments about...wel... EVERYONE...

They just enhanced the stereotypical view that most of the world has about Mexico...
See them sleeping under a tree with a big sombrero on their head... SO WHAT
And about the food comment, maybe Hammond really does not like Mexican food... SO WHAT
And a lot of stolen cars DO end up in Bulgaria and other central European countries... SO WHAT.
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Go to Mexico and mid-day siestas under a tree make total sense.
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They make at least equally rude but funny comments about...wel... EVERYONE...

They just enhanced the stereotypical view that most of the world has about Mexico...
See them sleeping under a tree with a big sombrero on their head... SO WHAT
And about the food comment, maybe Hammond really does not like Mexican food... SO WHAT
And a lot of stolen cars DO end up in Bulgaria and other central European countries... SO WHAT.
Actually, the only comment I found truely bad was where Richard Hammond said "Imagine waking up and finding you're a Mexican."
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