That bs. Sam, a great many comedians work blue. Many of us like it. I happen to like extreme comics and shock jocks.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Is this really hate speech? > > It's damage control. She offended a huge portion of viewers and they > don't want a boycott. If she actually had talent she'd be able to make > a joke without insulting the bulk of the people paying her wage. Still > hard to believe she won an award for anything. > > So who called it hate speech? > > > On 9/11/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay - yeah, I've got the same bug up my ass as usual... but still: > > > > Apparently Kathy Griffin won an Emmy for something. Fine. > > > > Now her acceptance speech is being censored during the broadcast > because she > > made some comments about Jesus and God. Specifically: > > > > "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want > you to > > know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. Suck it, > Jesus. > > This award is my god now." > > > > Tactless, crude, in-your-face - sure. That does seem to describe > Kathy > > Giffin. However the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights > claims > > that this is "hate speech". The called it "obscene and blasphemous." > It's > > a hugely powerful, hugely privileged majority playing the beset > minority > > card... made all the more ridiculous since Griffin is herself > Catholic. > > > > She spoke, they responded - that's the way it works. However the > Academy > > has bowed to the pressure. They've announced that "Kathy Griffin's > > offensive remarks will not be part of the E! telecast." Of course > there's > > nothing in her statements that would HAVE to be censored (she has a > foul > > mouth but she constrained herself here). > > > > One part of me says: "Sure - it's there damn show. They should do it > how > > they like." At the same time I'm truly struggling to see how this > works: > > she's a brash, in-your-face comic. She's being AWARDED by this > academy for > > those very features (the show for which she won is a reality show > after > > all). > > > > So she's being punished for EXACTLY THE SAME BEHAVIOR that won her > the award > > in the first place! > > > > I can also see no way in which her comments could be construed as > "hate > > speech": she was either speaking about her personal opinion of an > abstract > > figure or specifically about a single individual. She either mocked > an > > imaginary figurehead or a specific individual - there was nothing > even > > approaching comments about a group or class. In addition she herself > is a > > member of the class claiming to have been attacked. > > > > I've got no problem with the group criticizing her speech. I've > actually > > got no real problem with the actual censorship - again, it's their > show. > > > > It's completely hypocritical. They clap her on the back tell her > she's > > great then she does what she's always done and they slap her in the > face for > > it. Cowards. > > > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242219 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
