Was the two-week suspension against Imus reasonable?

Do you agree with the two week suspension to Don Imus from MSNBC?

needed the 2 wk indeed! he's fortunate he didn't get axed. I agree with the 2 wk. since he didn't say 'darkie' the n-word or whatever, but is he the one that said "jigaboo", or was it the other guy, McGuirn? If it was Imus, he should be axed, if the other guy, he should be axed. Imus is entertaining, but if he ever uses a term for a black person like those above, on the air, he should go. hopefully it wasn't him, but if so, the producer or whatever should be history.

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Suspend, suspend, suspend.


I think Imus should've been canned. His explanation just wasn't good enough for me.

And I will call them and email them and send postal letters. I want his sorry ass off the airwaves.

Cal Ripken Jr. showed a lot of integrity by boycotting his scheduled appearance, what a good role model not to mention heroic athlete.

I guess if they hadn't warned him before (because someone listed all the racially charged comments they knew of he's said on here somewhere), then the 2 wk warning, and all this KRAMER-ISH apologizing is good (he even looks like an older Kramer!), because it shows how pathetic he is... but if he's been warned, they shoulda canned him. Again, for me, busing a word like 'fag', or 'nigger' or 'spic' should get these people IMMEDIATELY canned. I want to know which one of the two on the Air said, "jigaboo", apparently one of them did - if it was Imus, close down the show!!!

Follow-up:

Yes he was

Guess so.

But then, he turns to the fallen woman and tells her, "Go, thou, and sin no more." Imus has gotten a zillion tut-tuts for past racial slurs. He refuses to learn the lesson. It pollutes the public discourse to let hatred onto our public airwaves. He has the right to use whatever language he wants, but community standards must be balanced with free speech in the private use of a "free" public resource like radio frequencies.

I can forgive Imus on a personal level. But for continuing to perpetuate hate language despite numerous warnings, firing is a reasonable punishment. The people in charge decided to give him a much lighter repremand. So be it; I only hope he'll learn this time and really clean up his act.

He threw them out.

The money lenders never came back...and if they had come back, he would have forgiven them again, unless he was a flip-flopper.

have thrown them out again. Forgiveness does not mean your actions don't have negative consequences and it doesn't mean you can go on sinnin. Besides, you forgive your brother for what he did to YOU, if he is oppressing someone ELSE you stop him first. Then you can forgive him, but you don't put him back in the situation where he can start oppressing people again.

We know that Imus came back and did it over again. You should have chosen a similar case in which an individual(s) do something wrong repeatedly.
And note that the Jesus' example accompanies the poll option that punishes Imus with a two week suspension, so it doesn't mean condone his actions.

because it is an example of Jesus being forceful with someone doing wrong. I am not writing a term paper here.

excellent point

Jesus did not own the temple or have been given any authority over the usurers. He was in no position to do something similar to what MSNBC did.

and keeps getting enabled by his buddies in the business.

Fire him.

this will be the last time.

that Imus has said something blatantly racist, sexist, or homophobic and that asshole Barnard says something inappropriate nearly every show and Imus yucks it up, I say no. It is time to close down his unfunny little act.

Make you sure you not choose the last option:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18028949/

kick

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That's enabling.

That's acceptance.


That's wrong.