Did Don Imus Go Too Far (Again) With His Latest Comments?

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Buster

Or instead of getting into a 1st Amendment battle, just let people decide if they want to listen or not.

Let him speak and let him lose listeners. It will work itself out on his own.

Don't like him? Don't listen. There's a knob on your radio for a reason.


I should note that I pretty much detest the poor excuse for an entertainer and probably haven't heard more than 30 minutes of him in my entire life. But, like Stern, I don't listen and I'm not offended by what I don't hear.

Yeah, they tried letting the market "sort it out" for hundreds (thousands?) of years, and it resulted in slavery until the governments stepped in to abolish it.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Yeah, they tried letting the market "sort it out" for hundreds (thousands?) of years, and it resulted in slavery until the governments stepped in to abolish it.

No it was people of these nation that that took up arms and died to end slavery.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by firstdown

No it was people of these nation that that took up arms and died to end slavery.

Right - the government stepped in and ended slavery. We could have an entirely separate thread on the causes of the Civil War, but the market didn't sort it out.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Right - the government stepped in and ended slavery. We could have an entirely separate thread on the causes of the Civil War, but the market didn't sort it out.

Well if it was just goverment that wanted to end slavery they would have had a hard time winning the war with a 100 or so guys.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well if it was just goverment that wanted to end slavery they would have had a hard time winning the war with a 100 or so guys.

I'll respond when you offer up anything more than a straw man argument.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

I'll respond when you offer up anything more than a straw man argument.

Well I guess we won't debate this today.LOL

[saden1]

Slavery was put to an end by one side of this nation (The Union) on moral grounds (got to love Abe Lincoln) as well as tactical grounds. And of course who can forget the Jim Crow Years that only ended 40 years ago.