UK Government: Insulting Mexicans Is Okay If You Do a Lot of That Sort of Thing

We were pretty critical of the Mexican overreaction to the whole stupid Top Gear thing, and especially of the argument that, because the BBC is a government broadcaster, the addled musings of Jeremy Clarkson are, in effect, pronouncements by the British government. But now the British government, in the form of its broadcast regulator, Ofcom, has in fact weighed in on the controversy. Its verdict: Jesus, can't you lazy, feckless, flatulent and overweight Mexicans take a joke?

Although the watchdog group said the comments could be read out of context as “very offensive,” it said were part of the program’s “irreverent style and sometimes outspoken humor” which had spared few nationalities.

"Ofcom considered that the majority of the audience would be familiar with the presenters' approach to mocking, playground-style humor, and would have considered that applying that approach to national stereotypes was in keeping with the program’s usual content and the presenters' typical style,” the regulator said.

Don't you wetbacks get it? These guys are always saying shit like this! So it's no big deal. Now run along and make yourself a plate of refried sick with cheese on it.