John, > Like you, I have mixed emotions on this subject. On the one > hand, if we are > a free nation, people should be able to say what they want. Farrakhan, > Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and many others should be allowed to > espouse their > hatred, as should the klan, skinheads, etc. It's a world of > ideas and the > "marketplace" should censure them by not attending their > functions, etc.
Exactly. There's a very fuzzy line and I'm glad I don't have to be the one drawing it. He didn't use the 'n' word, he said "nappy-headed ho's", which to me is bad but not as bad. Mainly, it was not true, and the insult was directed against people who were not public figures and had no reason to be targeted. As it all came down, I'm in agreement with the decisions that CBS and MSNBC made, and their stated reasons for making them. It appears that they did it because their employees came down on them because none of THEM would be able to get away with what Imus has been doing all these years. So, in a sense, he's been going against the grain on CBS and MSNBC with respect to their broadcast standards, and that's a defensible reason for the firing. I never could figure out what 'Imus in the Morning' was doing on MSNBC in the first place. It did not fit with the rest of the programming. The other radio shock jocks aren't on CBS so for the time being they're probably pretty safe. Kristyne McDaniel _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
