The top news is from 2004?

oh, hi all. Whats up?

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Originally posted by IRIGHTI:
If this isn't a ghost town of a website I don't know what is.

The top news is from 2004?

oh, hi all. Whats up?

Started playing Q2 Insta and thought about the old stomping grounds.

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Here's some news. Don Imus has been sacked.

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Originally posted by Mad Max:
Here's some news. Don Imus has been sacked.

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Over bullshit. It once again proves that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are in it for face time and money. Aren't there better civil rights squabbles to take care of then some silly remark on the radio? They pick their battles out of nonsense to easily exploit others and gain notoriety for themselves.

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Originally posted by Acid:
Over bullshit. It once again proves that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are in it for face time and money. Aren't there better civil rights squabbles to take care of then some silly remark on the radio? They pick their battles out of nonsense to easily exploit others and gain notoriety for themselves.

I'm definately not racist, but I think those two characters disgrace the "African-American" (since we cannot say black anymore) population in America. Jesse Jackson moreso.

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I am going back and forth over this. I initially thought that his sacking was over-reaction to what was a really bad joke. If this was an isolated incident then I would say that this is an over-reaction but I've been hearing recently that Imus has been making remarks like this for years which means it wasn't a one-off. But then why sack him this time and not any of the other times? I'm not black so obviously I cannot really appreciate what they must feel about this. I've read plenty of comments by black people who say they think it's an over-reaction (if they really are black and not just saying so).

At this moment I still think that his apology was enough.

I didn't even listen to Imus so it's no great loss to me as a radio listener.

By the way, I use the term black because (1) they're not all African, and (2) they're not all American. Black may not be the best word but when you're talking about race it's a difficult adjective to avoid.

I think it's "funny" posting on message boards in the UK because some people, while trying to be politically correct, use the term coloured instead of black.

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Imus should have never apologized. It blows my mind that Rutgers are all about 'accepting' the apology after the comment 'exhausted' them (hahaha?) considering the apology was merely an attempt to keep him from getting fired. Besides, his assistant blatantly used more slurs than he himself did.

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Originally posted by Acid:
Its reverse racism.

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Racism, you mean.

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I know what you mean though. It's been over 20 years since I took Modern Studies and we were being taught about positive discrimination. I know it's not the same thing but it's in a similar vein. What is good for person A should be good for person B regardless of gender, age, race, etc.

If I wanted to stretch things a little I could say that I'm a minority too. Sure, I'm white but I'm not exactly tripping over Scots everywhere I go. I've met 2 Scottish people (people off the boat with an accent - not people with a Scottish grandparent) in my 9 years that I've lived here. Another thing, and I didn't know this until my Dad told me a few weeks ago, but thousands of Scots were sold (by the English) and shipped over here to be used as slave labour and worked to death. I think the descendants of those that didn't die live in the Carolina (but I'm sure some have moved)

[ 04-18-2007: Message edited by: Mad Max ]

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And yes, he DID owe Rutgers an apology, calling a group of girls, whores, isn't really all that funny.

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“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

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Originally posted by AcidWarp:
And yes, he DID owe Rutgers an apology, calling a group of girls, whores, isn't really all that funny.

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Originally posted by AcidWarp:
And yes, he DID owe Rutgers an apology, calling a group of girls, whores, isn't really all that funny.

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I'm not supporting Imus at this point, not since I've learned that this was just the latest in a long series of such comments. Sounds like he got what he deserved.

Ironically enough, on the way home last night I had Raw Dog (Sirius uncensored comedy programming) turned on and Sinbad was on. I generally can't stand him as a comic but I was nearly home so left it on. I jumped out the car to get the mail and when I got back in he was talking about nappy heads. Up until that point he was talking about weaves. The audience seemed entertained enough. No boos or outrage. It got me thinking, is the term nappy offensive or not?

Anyway, there are mouch bigger news stories worthy of more discussion than this one.

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Originally posted by Acid:
Sinbad is black. Its ok!

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and there's the rub.

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