Bikies,
From what I know about WJJO's morning show, it is complete trash and
not worthy of all this worry and angst. This is a sexist, racist,
and apparently gay-bashing show. Just don't listen to it! We all
know that Madison has both the educated biking crowd that believes
in human rights and the white-trash types who have no respect for
anything and would rather let their body and minds rot away. Why
get so worked up about their stupidity and remedial "humor". This
is liking asking Howard Stern for an apology to women.
I would say, just don't ever listen to the show. The people that
would care about the apology, already understand.
kris
From: India Rose Viola <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:03:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Hateful WJJO Podcast
Randy,
I can't speak for anyone else, but I would like to see WJJO make a
formal retraction, apology, and commitment to atonement via some
public service to the cycling community, the LGBT community, and the
developmentally challenged in our community.
I don't think simply taking the podcast off the air does much. But
making a public comment that shows that the station has learned from
their mistake/lack of judgment might be a good place to start. We
all make mistakes, some bigger than others, and since we can't go
back in time to undo them, we have to decide where to go from here.
After first hearing the podcast I was initially completely outraged,
and now I have decided that I don't really want to fuel the hatred
that was the motivating force behind the original podcast piece.
That's my 2 cents, and because we cyclists and listeners are a
diverse bunch you will no doubt still get lots of other opinions.
Be open to them and try to make informed decisions from hereon out.
Best of luck,
India
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India Viola
Stretton Lab
Zoology Research Bldg.
1117 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53706
608.262.3336
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"How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge
them?" -Anonymous
"We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Hawke <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:47 am
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Thank You For Your Comment
To: India Rose Viola <[email protected]>
> It was actually August. I remember the day well. I was not happy.
> It is my fault it remained online. That blame falls on me. I
left it
> up because I felt taking it down would look as though I was trying
to
> hide from this and I am not now. I would also come to any meeting
> your organization wishes to have and speak directly with everyone.
>
> Randy Hawke
>
> India Rose Viola wrote: Let's all pause, take a breath and think of
> how to make something positive come out of this stinky crap. This
is
> the first time many of us have been made aware of the WJJO podcast
> "joke" about killing cyclists, and I think we are completely
justified
> in our outrage. That said, it seems that Randy at WJJO is willing
to
> have a dialogue and to learn from this unfortunate choice in
> programming that was made a year ago. -India
>
> ***********************
> India Viola
> Stretton Lab
> Zoology Research Bldg.
> 1117 W. Johnson St.
> Madison, WI 53706
> 608.262.3336
> ***********************
>
> "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge
> them?" -Anonymous
>
> "We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart
Levy
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Thank You For Your Comment
> From: Randy Hawke <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:20:50 -0500
> To: India Rose Viola <[email protected]>
> To: India Rose Viola <[email protected]>
>
> Thank you for hearing me out. That is all I ask. The debate has
> been quite an education for me.
>
> Randy
>
> India Rose Viola wrote: This is the response I got from WJJO just
> minutes after sending them my message. I think Randy has some valid
> points (and some bogus ones) and I will respond when I have a few
> extra moments to be careful, thoughtful, and concise.I'm glad this
is
> being addressed.-India
>
> ***********************
> India Viola
> Stretton Lab
> Zoology Research Bldg.
> 1117 W. Johnson St.
> Madison, WI 53706
> 608.262.3336
> ***********************
>
> "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge
> them?" -Anonymous
>
> "We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart
Levy
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Thank You For Your Comment
> From: Randy Hawke <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:12:21 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> I am the Program Director for WJJO Madison. I want to you know the
> entire story. The bit posted online is from last year. It was not
> aired yesterday. It was dealt with at that time and never aired
> again. I apologize for leaving it posted on the podcast site. I
did
> not pull it at the time because it felt like I would be trying to
hide
> from the issue and I am not. It has since been pulled. We have
> changed 50% of the morning team since then. They actually had
nothing
> to do with this pit. It is from last year. How could I possibly
take
> action on those people for the bit? Our General Manager and
President
> is Tom Walker. His Father ran this company until he passed away a
few
> years ago at 82. It has been run by a Walker since it was founded
> over 50 years ago. Tom's sister, Mr Walker's daughter was killed
> while riding her bike on university ave in Madison. He was
listening
> this morning. He feels both sides were represented. Forward that
to
> your organization. I watched this morning as he received these
> misinformed e-mails accusing him of supporting what took his sisters
> life. I have been a BMX and Mountain Bike racer for 20 years. I am
> on the trails of Madison all the time with my two children in the
> Burley. I feel your pain. However there are a lot of BAD cyclist
out
> there. It is a fact. They do us no good. I do feel both sides
have
> being were discussed. Unfortunately I looked at the fifteen txt
> responses to the studio during the topic and ALL OF THEM were anti
> cyclist. These people have a right to there opinion and their
opinion
> is cyclist are a problem. Not allowing them to discuss it, does not
> change that fact.
>
> Thank you for hearing me out. Respectfully,Randy HawkeWJJO PD
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