Let's also not forget that he gets paid (by the very company that fired him) to be a shock jock.
It's his -job- to find the line...and then cross it. At any given time of any given show (whether it's Imus, Howard Stern, Opie and Andy, Mancow, etc) somebody can choose to be offended. That's what these people do. They get paid good money to say (or do) things that will elicit a response. This wasn't a member of the clergy, or a high-ranking politician, or somebody in a position of high esteem (viewed in high esteem by the general public) made an off color remark. The guy did what he was paid to do. Somebody took offense. OK. First off... who really got offended. Was it the players (it might have been... to be honest I haven't been following the story that closely and I'm not sure what their initial reaction was). Or was it just Sharpton and Jackson looking for a little bit of publicity? Should they have been offended? I dunno. Are they nappy haired hoes? If not, then they should be laughing at (not with... -at-) the idiot who made the comment. I quote from the 80's classic (and perennial 2am HBO movie) "Road House". Legendary cooler Dalton (played by Patrick Swayze) was trying to explain to his staff of bouncers how to "be nice". He didn't want his staff to be escalating an issue that didn't need to be an issue at all. One of the bouncers asks, "what if someone calls my momma a whore?" Dalton's response... "Is she?" Yes. I think we can all learn a lot from Road House (also good to remember... Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone.). Seriously... the problem is that a guy who got paid to be racy crossed the line and some publicity-hungry people decided to call him on it. OK fine. He then apologized. Good move on his part and that should have been the end of it. But to your point about, "is it ok to apologize then repeat the "offense" then apologize and repeat the "offense", etc"... what was the offense exactly? Using a racially derogatory term? If so, and as others have asked repeatedly in this thread, why are the publicity mongers not going after everybody who has uttered a racially derogatory term? I'm sure in Hymieto...i mean New York... they can find others. On 4/16/07, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And even if I thought it was 'wrong', I would still defend his right to say > it. > > On 4/16/07, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It did not violate any laws, nor any decency guidelines. Therefore, I > > have to say it was not wrong. > > > > The fact that someone was offended does not make it wrong. Nowhere are > > you protected from being offended. > > > > > > > > On 4/16/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Quick Question: > > > > > > Was what Don Imus said wrong, or right? > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
