O 'hamster' em apuros

BBC:

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has suffered a "significant brain injury" after crashing a jet-powered car at speeds of up to 300mph during filming.(...)
The BBC, which is likely to face close scrutiny, has begun an inquiry.(...)
Referring to Hammond by his nickname, Clarkson [Top Gear co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May] said in statement: "Both James and I are looking forward to getting our 'hamster' back."
The presenter had been driving a jet-powered dragster similar to the Vampire - used by Colin Fallows to set the British land speed record of 300.3mph.

Primetime Land Speed Engineering, which is jointly run by Fallows, organised the event.(...)

Top Gear has courted controversy in the past over its big-budget car stunts, and in 1999 a group of MPs criticised the series for being "obsessed with acceleration and speed".
Last year, lobby group Transport 2000 called for the show to be taken off the air accusing it of "glamorising speed and failing to make the connection with danger on the roads".

Tenho poucos momentos de alegria com a televisão e o Top Gear está seguramente lá, no top.
Espero que o tipo recupere mas quanto ao programa, infelizmente, tenho as minhas dúvidas...
Os tempos em Inglaterra são de compaixão e de correcção política, não de gosto pelo risco e pela liberdade de levantar vôo numa pista privada, numa corrida privada.

O argumento do "mau exemplo" seguramente pode ser estendido a todo o desporto automóvel ou a outros desportos de massas, sem motor, onde os comportamentos sub-humanos dos intervenientes são divulgados ad nauseam na televisão.
E nada disto tem a ver com ministros portugueses andarem a fazer corridas em autoestradas, onde as regras de condução, comuns a todos os que optam por lá circular, limitam a velocidade a 120 km/h.
Espero que recupere, depressa e totalmente.