way is the world and al sharpin aftr this man and why is it that u can
say the word hoes an degrade women in music and if u are not black then
we white people can not say it.

It's a degrading term, I would not use it, regardless of what color I
was born with....maybe the usage started within the music
industry....shock factor? Equals sales? I don't know...But I do know
contraversy sells....I suppose it's all in what you want to spend your
money and energy on...
I guess it's hip to be contrary. Thinking that for myself, I would
choose something like the genecide that continues in Sudan, to waste my
contrary energy on...
We are a society of free thinkers...Wonderful thing...free
thinkers...free speech...But do boundaries exist any longer? Is
everything that is spoken good? Or is it there to fill someones pockets?
Because it's cool.
I don't find the degradation of any race or gender hip....don't care
what color the skin is that says it...

I have two theories as to why this guy is being persecuted.
1) PCism has become nothing but reverse discrimination.
or
2) It was a publicity stunt to get attention for the station, and after
a bunch of noise about the right to freedom of speech for EVERYBODY,
Imus will be rehired.

boo I think he's prolly, a hot commodity @ the moment for shock value .

But I don't feel nbc will hire him back.

boo


have a good weekend.

Jefferson once was quoted:
"Your right to swing your fist ends before my face."


Meaning that any right, even free speech, only holds true until it
unduly harms someone else. That's what slander and libel are. One for
damage of reputation, the other for theft of ideas. Both are speech, but
neither is free.

The things that Imus said at the very least were degrading to those
teenage girls, their families, and the university. which caused him to
be fired.
Al Sharpton and others decided to make a stand against Mr Imus.
However the final decision came when advertisers started pulling away
from CBS and MSNBC, so Sharpton and the others maybe called attention to
the comments by Imus, but did not
termine him.

"That's what slander and libel are. One for
damage of reputation, the other for theft of ideas."
Actually, they both mean about the same thing, the difference being that
slander is said and libel is written. But calling a person names etc
isn't always slander. You have to prove that false statements actually
damaged you in some way, and these girls can't say that. If anything,
Imus just damaged himself.