Because, even though a seemingly-sincere apology has been made, anyone who makes an offensive remark in any context must be shunned for the rest of their lives?
I'll admit Richards said something offensive and stupid, and the rest of his career will be colored by it, but I'm not prepared to ban him from polite society. --Dave Sikula On Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:10:43 PM UTC-8, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I'm curious, and I think I expressed this curiosity when I commented on > the abysmal Kirstie Alley/Rhea Perlman sitcom, but are we all just > forgetting/ignoring the Michael Richards n-word fiasco? Because I'd > consider it as offensive as anything said by Alec Baldwin. Are we just > accepting that people of a certain generation are going to say racist or > homophobic or sexist things, because it would seem nobody has let Jerry > Lewis off the hook for saying women aren't funny, so maybe our contempt as > a people skips generations or only works if we really want to believe that > deep down the person is basically a nice guy, personal prejudices not > withstanding? Do we just get to choose who is allowed to say or do > offensive things based on how they look or whether they can make us laugh? > > Just curious. Clearly wherever the line has been drawn, I'm not seeing it. > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> ...to NY morning hosts Boomer and Carton following the tweeting by a >> bystander of a shot of Jerry and Jason Alexander walking toward Tom's... >> what went down inside the coffee shop will be shown someplace soon, I >> imagine: >> >> >> http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/01/30/on-wfan-jerry-seinfeld-reveals-new-details-about-mysterious-project/ >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
