How is it a double standard? The gay community are the ones that needed to speak out about that issue if they felt it was warranted under the circumstances. They pursued it, Isaiah denied making the statements, he did not do so on nationally syndicated talk radio, it was ALLEGED comments made on the set. Not out in public.So the two cannot be compared, no matter how hard you try to stretch things.
The only comparable situation would be if a black, nationally syndicated talk show host did the same thing to a white women's basketball team. Has this occurred? I raised this point before and received no response. There are SEVERAL sponsors pulling their advertisements and sponsorship from the Imus show in protest. They started doing so as soon as the story broke, not weeks later. Are all these companies run by black people? CBS's own Staff apparently felt offended and they too complained and CBS stated that this was the reason, more than any other, for the move to take Imus off the air. Are they all black? People generally were upset by the comments. Are you going to say they had no right to be upset? Or if they are upset at this they are supposed to be upset to the same degree at every other incident? Where's the double standard? In America is it ok for someone to do something repeatedly and each time they say sorry and that makes it ok? Sure you can forgive, but that doesn't absolve the person from facing the penalties if any for the action in the first place. Imus was wrong. He apologized, some forgave him...but that does not mean he does not have to pay the penalties, if any, for his actions. On 4/16/07, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And what of Isaiah Washington, the black actor who referred to homosexuals > as 'faggots'? Why is that OK? Why didn't the Reverends Sharpton and > Jackson condemn him and demand his job? Why wasn't the black community > rallied to boycott ABC and the sponsors of 'Grey's Anatomy'. Was it > because > the slur was not aimed at blacks, or because a black man uttered it? > > Its a double standard. And that is was infuriates me about this issue. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232641 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
