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Flickr is riddled with photographers, some young, some old. Two of the younger ones (both barely able to hold a camera) are Alex and Joe who both are co-NikonD40-users. Below is a photo Joe made a while back that amazed me by It’s complexity in production.

Ace 5 by Joe Baynham

I don’t understand that part of the British audience that first complained about the Ross & Brand debacle and then complained about Clarkson in the first episode of the new Top Gear season.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!

Let me get it right, ok, the majority of people LOVE to watch idiots like Russell Brand because he is so outrageous and surreal. People make money because of the high viewing numbers of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and Top Gear. So why are these guys suddenly to blame for what we, the UK viewing, have always encouraged them to do?

It’s like teaching a kid loads of bad habits and then slapping them in the face when you notice other parents are watching! Plus what I honestly don’t get is why Ross, Brand and Clarkson are to blame for all this.

IT WAS ALL RECORDED!

Yes, the radio show was pre recorded and so was Top Gear. Which means that the material went from hand to hand before anyone decided to put it on the air. Even worse: there were loads of people probably on location (studio directors, producers, god knows who) that could have told any of them: hey, are you sure this is wise?

I don’t want to discuss wether or not what they did was right, wrong, distasteful or unethical, because that’s not my point. My point is that the scape goats are far from the only ones to blame, and the biggest blame probably rests on the viewers who complained about it!