Don Imus and Rutgers W basketball

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

My only point is women should be similarly protected. I'm gallant, chivalrous at heart; my defining virtue. The thing I didn't like about Majerus is he used the C word all the time. How long could he have used an analogous pajorative for blacks and kept his job?

In med school I was once listening to a Grand Rounds by a surgeon. At one point he referred to his colleague "Dr. Cunt". Up on the powerpoint it said "Dr. Hunt." I looked around to see if I had just had an auditory hallucination. Didn't see a reaction. but later I talked to some guys, and yes he had said "Dr. Cunt".

I guess that was his private nickname for her. Who knows. Bad place to make a slip.

[RockyBalboa]

Should we advocate censorship by firing?

Discuss.

[MikeWaters]

If he is fired, I have no problem with that.

I'm more offended by people that listened to him prior to nappy-gate and all of the sudden decided that he is morally repugnant.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

Should we advocate censorship by firing?

Discuss.

I don't think Baylor Med. is a public institution. "Censorship" has no meaning in contexts of private institutions.

MSNBC is also private. We should condemn racism with our own speech, by firing, etc. There's no reason private property interests and free speech of offended people should be limited to protect speech of bigots and racists. Don't be ridiculous.

Just as some of us don't tolerate it here.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

In med school I was once listening to a Grand Rounds by a surgeon. At one point he referred to his colleague "Dr. Cunt". Up on the powerpoint it said "Dr. Hunt." I looked around to see if I had just had an auditory hallucination. Didn't see a reaction. but later I talked to some guys, and yes he had said "Dr. Cunt".

I guess that was his private nickname for her. Who knows. Bad place to make a slip.

I don't like that word. It's a bad word.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

If he is fired, I have no problem with that.

I'm more offended by people that listened to him prior to nappy-gate and all of the sudden decided that he is morally repugnant.

I'm pristine. Never listened to him.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I don't like that word. It's a bad word.

who does? do you imagine that this puts you in a unique category?

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I don't think Baylor Med. is a public institution. "Censorship" has no meaning in contexts of private institutions.

MSNBC is also private. We should condemn racism with our own speech, by firing, etc. There's no reason private property interests and free speech of offended people should be limited to protect speech of bigots and racists. Don't be ridiculous.

Just as some of us don't tolerate it here.

What he said should not be condoned and I don't condone it,,,at the same it seems like an opportunity for progression through discussion and understanding on a number of uncomfortable topics.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

who does? do you imagine that this puts you in a unique category?

I guess if everyone felt like we do there wouldn't be any "shock jocks." We already know that there are lines they can't cross vis-a-vis race and ethnicity.