[Rhodes22-list] Don Imus

[Slim]

Dave,

I really can't argue with any of your points except that Imus is paid to be
a smartass and there's really no line there to cross.  Myself, I indeed
single out people in my audience and heap ridicule on them at will, but it's
all in fun and nobody's confused about that, I hope.  In my many years of
insulting people, only once or twice have they been actually insulted
because they have no sense of humor.  It's all in the delivery.  You can't
simply say, "Hey buddy, your woman's a whore."  but you can bring her up on
stage and do a funny song about her being a whore.  If you do it right,
she's not insulted but just the opposite, and drops a few bucks in my tip
jar.  That's comedy.

Slim

On 4/12/07 8:28 PM, "DCLewis1 at aol.com" <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:

> 
Slim,
 
Good points.  Like Imus you¹re a performer. On your next engagement I
> 
recommend you single out some couple in the audience and the gentleman about
> the  
whore he¹s sitting next to.  Use your freedom of speech for a little
> humor.  
Great way to end your act, huh?
 
The young women on the Rutgers
> girls basketball team are not ho¹s, or if  
they are neither I, nor you, nor
> Imus are aware of it.  If anyone on this  board 
wants to degrade any woman,
> or group of women - in the name of good humor  and 
free speech, of course -
> I seriously recommend they nominate their  wives, 
mothers, and daughters to
> Imus.  Perhaps his calling them whores on  nationally 
syndicated shows will
> not upset those board members.  All  those who would 
like to have their
> daughters, wives, or mothers identified as  whores on a 
nationally syndicated
> TV show feel free to sign up at the end of  this message.  If 
Imus won't slam
> the women in your life maybe we can slam  them on this board, 
post their
> names to other message boards, etc - all in  the name of fun and 
free speech,
> of course.  Slim?
 
Imus is free to be a shock jock, but that does not give
> him permission to  
say whatever pops into his head or out of his mouth.
> There is no special  
category of citizen called "shock jock" that is above
> the law or who is allowed  to 
be beyond the bounds of decency.  When Imus, or
> any of them, begin to  libel 
people, particularly private people, and very
> particularly young private  
people, they¹ve crossed the line.  If I were the
> father of any of those  young 
ladies, I¹d be pissed - and I suspect some are.
> I suspect his  sponsors and the 
network are pulling out because it¹s occurred
> to them that they  are 
accessories.

> 
Dave




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