Aaaand this is exactly why there were angry mobs in Argentina... Because they didn't have all the facts, they just wanted to be mad. Just like yourself, who didn't read this article. You just wanted to be mad without all the facts, and here you are with absolutely no idea what you're talking about...

Top Gear looks the same as they always did. Argentina just went from having almost no international reputation to looking like a practically lawless zone with a bunch of violent dicks forming a mob over a bad joke. Tourism will drop from this. But at least you all don't look like you'll take shit from anyone. As if…

So, an appropriate response to a joke is to start throwing objects and hitting people. Just making sure that I understand correctly.

And it wasn't on the car in the place that they were mobbed and attacked. Can you direct me to where it says the locals were upset about the license plate? Or are you just assuming that a plate that wasn't even present caused this whole mess?

Just because you say something or do something that can be considered offensive doesn't mean the offended person should become violent. Salman Rushdie had to hide for years because he wrote something someone else didn't like. Violent behavior has no place in the 21st century. Regardless if you dislike Clarkson or…

How on earth do you read this article and think "looks like they tried the wrong joke this time"? It's like the commenters here can't even read.

You can attempt to rationalize it all you want. You're still way off target.

Yep, H982 FKL, definitely trying to piss off the locals. Imagine what could have happened if they had actually insulted them.

I like how you nonchalantly try to drag the US into this, when there were no North Americans involved in this event.

For what it's worth, the hosts of Top Gear have actually had kind and appreciative words for the people of Argentina, excluding the ones that came after them:

You're not fooling us, Argentina.

Throwing a rock at someone's head is not a joke.

Except... they didn't. You have to being trying really hard to see the intentional provocation here. Even if "H982 FKL" was intentional, even if that plate hadn't been on the car since 1991 (which it had), it's the most obtuse provocation I've ever seen.

THINGS YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.

"I've seen things."

Some folks just want to see the world burn

Batman of Shanghai could have been CN's answer to Korra.

into a bleak existential action flick it always wanted to be