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"Steve Coogan has criticised Top Gear after last week&amp;#039;s show was the subject of a complaint from the Mexican Ambassador. The BBC issued an apology to Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza earlier this week following jokes the show&amp;#039;s presenters made about Mexicans and their culture. Writing in The Observer, Coogan said: &amp;quot;I normally remain below the parapet when these frenetic arguments about comedy and taste break out. But this time, I&amp;#039;ve had enough of the regular defence you tend to hear - the tired line that it&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;just a laugh&amp;#039;, a bit of &amp;#039;harmless fun&amp;#039;. Coogan went on to add that his own experience living in the US had taught him that Mexicans &amp;quot;work themselves to the bone&amp;quot;. He continued: &amp;quot;The Lads have this strange notion that if they are being offensive it bestows on them a kind of anti-establishment aura of coolness; in fact, like their leather jackets and jeans, it is uber-conservative... Big viewing figures don&amp;#039;t give you impunity - they carry responsibility.&amp;quot; The comedian has appeared on Top Gear three times and acknowledged in his article that he was a fan of the show. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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