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I haven't paid ANY attention to the whole Al Sharpton thing. I heard about what Imus said. I determined that it is offensive. I have decided that he should be punished for what he said, and more than a two weeks' suspension. I also agree that a lot of rap/hip hop is offensive, degrading, and that it promotes violence. I think that those people are tremendously bad influences. But it doesn't matter. There is no lesser of two evils here. I agree, Sharpton is an ass too, but your "certain community" (say, what is this "certain community" that you talk about?) remark is an awesome generalizat

By all means, get one. I'm not going to try to stop you. Just remember that the thugs might just as easily still end up walking out of your apartment with a new gun and with you on the floor. In my view, more handguns in the world are just more handguns to be stolen and used by more thugs.

I mean to disrespect to you, but it's not the black community's fault for being offended by something that is actually quite offensive.

It's a fine line, nonetheless, but you're right.

It obviously still has to do with how the word is used. Somehow I doubt that Imus meant it in the Paris Hilton/Nicole Richie "hey ho" sense, not that that isn't ridiculous already. The use of "Nappy-headed" with the word "ho" makes it 2x worse. Shock jocks don't get criticized for displaying their trademark chauvinism. If he'd have just called them "ho"s, I bet a lot fewer people would've cared. Like I said, all radio sucks, and I hate it for it's extremism and chauvinism the most. But when you add the racial epithet element, you're in trouble.

There are plenty of gun-owning parents whose kids wouldn't even think of playing with a gun. My girlfriend is a perfect example. Her father is ex-Navy, a great guy, and owns numerous guns. She claims to have never even thought about it, even in her own depressed teenage years. It's the other people who make up the sad statistic.

Even though I said that my roommate is a gun owner and I'm fine with it, I do like to bust his chops about being an NRA member. One of his arguments was that "They've been around forever." The fact is, though, the NRA is nothing like what the were in the earlier 1900s.

Amen, Reni. Out of the last few racial "controversies"/"outrages" that we've slogged through here in the States, I have to say that Imus' is one of the most legitimately offensive. What the hell was he thinking? (I've always thought) he's an idiot. Even if he is not to be fired, I don't think that two weeks' suspension is enough. No wonder he sees his punishment as "appropriate." It's far less than a slap on the wrists. Radio is bad in general, but talk radio is 100% crap.

Whoda thought? Availabiity increases likelihood of use: Guns at home equal higher suicide risk: study This is why I'm glad that my dad wasn't a gun owner when I was a highly-depressed teenager. I can't tell you for sure whether I'd have actually harmed myself if the situation had been different, but having a gun at arm's length would certainly make a it a lot easier for the potentially-impulsive decision. On a side note, it's funny, there was a study released a while ago that the NRA refutes. The study says that having a gun in the house makes it X times more likely that a family member wi

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Happy birthday, feller.

Hey, you're just in time for our Wednesday morning fart song!

Damn, that is terrible.

Thanks again, everyone! Now, only 9 more years until I can run for the Presidency!

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Yeah, seriously.

Happy birthday!

Makes sense. But what the hell is cod-reggae? Does it = white reggae?

I could swear that I said "Awesome poster," but I guess I didn't. Anyway, Awesome poster!!!

Thanks!!! I must've seen this thread 10 times before actually realizing what it was.

As far as I know, none have ever surfaced for AGIB, and Being There was mostly created on the fly, with few demos even existing in the first place.

Yeah Geraldo is a douche as well, just slightly less windbaggish than O'Reilly.

How do I get a job like yours?

Hopefully, Bill O'Reilly will soon have a coronary on the air. As much of an idiot as Geraldo is, let's have him on The Factor more often.