Should Don Imus be strung up by the balls?

snood, talikng about spendius

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Guess I just wasn't payin' close enough attention...

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Here is more wit and wisdom from Imus. BTW, he is an equal-opportunity basher.

http://www.slate.com/id/2163872/fr/nl/

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What Imus said was definately out of line. However, why the double standard. He was only repeating what is heard time and time again from black rap artists and comedians. I guess he was under the imopression that one size fits all? How foolish of him not to understand what is good for the goose is not good for the gander in the politically correct USA.

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fm wrote-

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. Because (someones name) is a deans list pre law, and (another girls name) is a premed major. Im a business major , I think Mr Imus understands what these subjects entail"

I'll bet he does too.

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Then again, you've got to consider your audience.

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The condemnation is especially absurd and sickening when it comes from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who are noted racists. Jesse, when meeting with some black reporters, referred to NYC as Hymietown. Sharpton fomented a riot against a white landlord, which ended in the death of the latter. Of course, we all remember Tawana Brawley.

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Another good point from DD. I suspect that as with Stern, he just preaches to the choir.

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When Kenneth Tynan first used the eff-word on television the indignation radiations reach Alpha Centauri. Or so it is said.

And now it is everywhere. Well down into the schools. I've heard a priest use it.

Mr Tynan was pilloried. Not as bad as Jesus mind you. This Mr Ismus chap, who I readily confess I have never heard of, has started a debate going. Whether the pinafores manage to stifle it or not is really up to the American men.

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Like I said earlier- some people only have indignation left to make them feel alive. The trouble is that they are gobby and the ones who have other things are generally not. It's a question of which way you want to go.

Read Germaine- she's really sweet.

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au1929 wrote:

What Imus said was definately out of line. However, why the double standard. He was only repeating what is heard time and time again from black rap artists and comedians. I guess he was under the imopression that one size fits all? How foolish of him not to understand what is good for the goose is not good for the gander in the politically correct USA.

Exactly. Yes it's offensive, but being offensive isn't illegal. But I probably wouldn't have offered my opinion in the first place if I had detected Kicky's sarcasm to begin with!

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What, you took the "strung up by the balls" in the thread title literally?

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Setanta wrote:

He should be made to take Kicky out and get him drunk every weekend, pick up the tab, and listen to everything Kicky says, without interrupting.

That'll teach him . . .

A win-win situation for all!

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Why the shift of the issue's focus over whether or not it's illegal? No one mentioned (that I see) over any legality issue. This is about standards of broadcasting and how wrong it was to offend many women and many blacks.

Not to bring up Sharpton as a model of any sort, but he recently stated that black Rap artists should stop referring to women as 'Ho's, too

Seems like the issue of taste in broadcasting could be moving..and hopefully moving towards being MORE responsible. Those who have heard his show perhaps understand better the liberties he has taken over the years. Howard Stern included...which is one reason why he HAD to move his tasteless show to XM satellite radio.

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Ragman wrote:

Why the shift of the issue's focus over whether or not it's illegal? No one mentioned (that I see) over any legality issue. This is about standards of broadcasting and how wrong it was to offend many women and many blacks.

Seems like the issue of taste in broadcasting could be moving..and hopefully moving towards being MORE responsible. Those who have heard his show perhaps understand better the liberties he has taken over the years. Howard Stern included...which is one reason why he HAD to move his tasteless show to XM satellite radio.

Yes, however,if it is to be cleaned up [censored] It must be done for all regardless of color. This BS that blacks can say whatever they want but whites must watch their P's and Q's. If you want respect you should show respect even to ones own.

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Agreed. There SHOULD BE limits for all about ALL groups and individuals. And, Imus show has tread over the line many many times besides this incident.

However, regarding the 'free airwaves broadcasting', who should draw what the lines are and how should they draw them? The FCC? See how ineffective they've become over the decades!

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"Ho" means whore in my neighborhood and the term "nappy head" has a similar ring to calling a black man a "boy". The comments were insensitive and archaic.

However, I don't think Imus owes the black community an apology, just the women on the team. I think they should settle their differences on the basketball court. Imus and his radio crew against the women of Rutgers. Charge money and donate the profits to a good charity.

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neat idea...very positive.

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Why donate the money to charity.

You donate your money to charity. Set an example. Be virtuous not just sound it.

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Ragman wrote:

Agreed. There SHOULD BE limits for all about ALL groups and individuals. And, Imus show has tread over the line many many times besides this incident.

What exactly do you mean by "limits"? Do you mean an unenforced code of etiquette of political correctness? Because that obviously exists and this crosses it, but that doesn't seem to satisfy you. So am I to assume that you are suggesting an enforced code of political correctness...in other words, abolishment of freedom of speech? If not, please clarify.

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spendius wrote:

Why donate the money to charity.

You donate your money to charity. Set an example. Be virtuous not just sound it.

Huh? I've worked for literacy volunteers for over 20 years. I've started 3 urban gardens that still thrive today- and all the food goes to the locals who are willing to work or give a small donation. I've worked in various food pantries since I was 16 and have taught numerous classes on how a family can eat for less, without charging a fee for my time. I have no idea how much of my own money I've given to these causes, I never kept track. I've put my resources and time where my heart tells me to.

Spendius, Other being A2k's Village Idiot, what do you do to contribute to the world?

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Should Don Imus be strung up by the balls?

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