Words

[Sky]

We should all care about Imus destroying those poor girls lives.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1290989.php/World_Bank_pledges_quick_action_in_Wolfowitz_scandal

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-iraqblasts13apr13,1,2019341.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=1&cset=true

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/12/white.house.email/

etc ad nauseum

The mainstream tv media is dead. It's Entertainment Tonight.

[Lantyssa]

They bothered to post news on something else?

[Strazos]

Yeah, pretty disgusting that news of Gov. Corzine gets overshadowed by some guy on the radio calling some girls bad names.

One could very well have far-reaching effects within the troubled state of NJ, while the other means jack and shit.

Jesus, where the fuck did these people go to school to learn journalism, Hamburger University?

[Fabricated]

I like how people keep talking about Howard Stern when his audience is a tiny fraction of what it used to be and how he's doing nothing interesting.

Does the news just hate O&A or something? They've got more listeners than Howard right now, and were the first Satellite show to simulcast on FM.

[Morat20]

Yeah, pretty disgusting that news of Gov. Corzine gets overshadowed by some guy on the radio calling some girls bad names.

One could very well have far-reaching effects within the troubled state of NJ, while the other means jack and shit.

Jesus, where the fuck did these people go to school to learn journalism, Hamburger University?

It'll be interesting to see what Corzine has to say when he's out of the hospital. If nothing else, I suspect he'll start pushing stricter enforcement of seat-belt laws. He's lucky to be alive -- and given the rehab he's got ahead of him, I suspect he'll be furious at himself for not wearing one.

I've met a few people who had a serious accident and weren't wearing a seat-belt. Each and every one of them belts up even if they're just moving the car to the other side of the driveway.

[Righ]

Don't try and derail this important civil rights debate onto trivial matters like the well being of some minor politician in a backwater state. Don't you know that these iconic athletes have had their lives torn asunder? They're deeply emotionally scarred, and the taxpayer is going to have to shoulder the burden of expensive psychiatric care for the rest of their natural lives. Don Imus must pay in blood for his vicious and barbaric use of common hip-hop vernacular. It's not enough to simply sack him.

[Murgos]

Yes, then they accepted his apology.  It's fun to watch when the news media gets so bored it starts eating itself.

[Dren]

The term in "Nappy Headed Hoes," that is specifically racist is the "Nappy" portion.  The origins of that term stem from whites defining the tight curls in Black People's hair.  Since that was nearly unique to the race, they all knew what they were referring to when they said "Nappy Head."  The link Imus made is obvious.  They went on to joke about Spike Lee's movie and how they looked familiar to the girls in some of the sororities. 

Their discussion basically was about how well these girls fit into the black stereotype visually.  If a black person had said these things, it would have been accepted by the black community.  Once a white person does it, it is not.  Mainly the issue comes from the fact that he's saying, in essence, "Hey my ancestors came up with these great stereotypes about your people, and look at just how well it describes you! Ha Ha!"

If a black person jokes about it, it becomes, "Ha, look at how well these girls fit into the White man's description of us!"

Now, at what point do we stop having to pay for what our ancestors did and joke with them together, I have no idea, but that is the difference that I can see.  I can see why Imus was smacked on this.  Lose his job?  That may be too much since it is his job to be mean.  Slapped for it, sure.

I really dislike these types of radio/TV shows anyway, so I'm obviously a bit biased.

[Der Helm]

Now, at what point do we stop having to pay for what our ancestors did ...

A question I ask myself from time to time ...

[schild]

Shit, they aren't my ancestors. I'm just waiting for the rest of the white fuckers around here to stop feeling guilty.

[HaemishM]

Shut your hole, Nazi!  :-D


I kid.

[Murgos]

A nap is a tight fuzzy curl.  Guess what?  If you got nappy hair you got nappy hair.  Whining about it doesn't do you any good it's still and apt descriptor.

[Signe]

I don't care that Imus lost his job.  If people get upset and demand that sponsors ditch his show and his bosses decide to sack him, well... ok.  However, they hide behind a psuedo moral wall by claiming it was the "right thing to do."  If those sponsors hadn't pulled out and Imus was still making them tons of money, I bet they would have supported him and merely apologised to people who were offended.  Maybe I'm just cynical.  It also bothers me a bit when people such as Al Sharpton and loads of others suck up hundreds of hours of media time pouncing on what ever they think might boost their career.  I just get the feeling it's a personal agenda to a large degree.  That might also be my cynical side coming out.  I'm not overly bothered by it all, though.  I've always thought that sometimes things we see as being unjust are responsible for other things evening out.  Sort of like how affirmative action, which can be unfair to some people, give a boost to other's who had little chance at the same opportunity.  Eventually, affirmative action schemes will become unnecessary... maybe they are already.  I'm not sure. 

What does worry me, however, is the fools in government who will try and legislate due to the media circus.  This is the sort of thing that political opportunists will pounce on to make a name for themselves in spite of the damage to our constitutional freedoms it would cause. 

[Murgos]

Posting as Signe now Righ?  Her last few posts have all been kind of out of character.

[Signe]

No!  It's really me!  Geez... Will I have to post hobbit pr0n to prove it?

[Murgos]

No.  Did you stop smoking again or something?

[Engels]

Signe is expressing sincere opinions on matters of national interest. Well, that has to stop. She must return to the chipper care-free pixie that flits about f13 like a teenage boy's fantasy. She's probably gotten into some women's lit club or some such. Dangerous, I say, dangerous!

[Signe]

I have not smoked a cigarette since May 17, 2005.  And if people continue to fuss at me for posting relevant stuff, I will squash you with my fat arse IQ.

[Strazos]

What ever happened to just shrugging shit off? I mean, who really cares what Imus has to say, especially about a girls' basketball team? His opinion is just totally irrelevant, so if I were them, I'd simply ignore him.

[Paelos]

What ever happened to just shrugging shit off?

That stopped when we gave people that weren't landowners the vote.

[Signe]

I don't know what that means!

[Oban]

I don't know what that means!

Some sort of reference to 300.

[Signe]

OMG.  I read that word as "lawnmowers" and not "landowners"... d'oh!

[Paelos]

I don't know what that means!

It was a reference to the early creation of America. We've never shrugged shit off here. There's always some group screaming about something being a moral sewer.

EDIT: Yes, not lawnmowers.

[Murgos]

Signe is expressing sincere opinions on matters of national interest. Well, that has to stop. She must return to the chipper care-free pixie that flits about f13 like a teenage boy's fantasy. She's probably gotten into some women's lit club or some such. Dangerous, I say, dangerous!

Dick.

She can post however she wants but if you didn't notice she has close to 9000 other posts that aren't at all similar.  I thought it was Righ on the wrong account so fucking sue me Mr. Defender of People who don't need Defending.

[Yegolev]

What ever happened to just shrugging shit off?

That stopped when we gave people that weren't landowners the vote.

I laughed.  Super.

@Der Helm: We are in it for the long haul, apparently.

[Engels]

Signe is expressing sincere opinions on matters of national interest. Well, that has to stop. She must return to the chipper care-free pixie that flits about f13 like a teenage boy's fantasy. She's probably gotten into some women's lit club or some such. Dangerous, I say, dangerous!

Dick.

She can post however she wants but if you didn't notice she has close to 9000 other posts that aren't at all similar.  I thought it was Righ on the wrong account so fucking sue me Mr. Defender of People who don't need Defending.

Dude, chill out. It wasn't even directed at you. I was poking fun at her by launching off your post, but I didn't and don't pretend to know what your personal motives were for confusing Signe with Righ. Way to turn a light hearted jab into something angsty and grotesque.

[Signe]

I DON'T HAVE ALMOST 9000 POSTS I HAVE ALMOST 8000 POSTS DON'T MAKE ME KICK YOUR ASSES DAMMIT.

[Paelos]

Signe makes me chuckle even if she's angry. Because it's an odd kind of angry. Like angry kittens. Sure they are pissed but it's still humorous.

[Strazos]

Like a cat that tries to attack you, but has no claws?

[MrHat]

You guys apparently don't remember when she quit smoking.


The horror.

The horror.

[WindupAtheist]

I can't think of a single word or piece of slang that offends me. Not even "dead-sea pedestrian."

How about German Oven Mitt?

I knew I'd been sitting on this link for a reason.  Finally it comes in handy.

[Strazos]

Interesting.  :-D

[Signe]

Danish people have a slur for Norwegians.  Mountain Monkey! 

Cool.

[WindupAtheist]

There's even a slur for people from Finland.  I wish I knew someone from there.   :-D