How is it not discrimination that Snoop can say 'ho' and 'nigga' in his songs, but Imus can't say 'nappy-headed ho'?
Free speech is being applied through filters. On 4/16/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "discriminating against the white man" ;) > > Hehehe. I'm outta here. That's not even worth a reply. > > Dana > > >> Dana wrote: > >> But I'm definitely not shedding a tear on his behalf. > >> > > > >The issue is professional not emotional and it's an issue of a double > >standard. The question is whether we, as a society, should judge a > >man's career based on a botched joke for which he's apologized. If > >the answer is yes, then we should expect that all will apply that > >standard broadly. > > > >E.g., SnoopDog will be shunned by media companies (at least CBS) and > >advertisers (at least those that took a stand against Imus). > > > >If this doesn't happen then we need to understand why we're > >discriminating against the white man. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
