[jlgreco]

As an American, my perspective is that Americans seem to be more "throat jumpy" when it comes to corporate responses and lawsuits, though Europeans (well, the British) seem to be more throat jumpy with social outrage.

In other words: while getting sued for a bad revue strikes me as distinctly American, I can't picture Clarkson getting flak in America for saying many of the more "offensive" things he seems to get flak for in the UK. I think Americans would be more understanding of the fact that Clarkson's public persona is basically a satire of itself and that comments like "I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families" clearly should not be taken seriously.

Then again Gilbert Gottfried did get fired from his duck commercial gig over some silly joke... Maybe I'm giving Americans too much credit.