Well..... just what does this amendment say:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

I see no protections....for visual art or expression of images that promote the breaking of our legal written laws....do you?

Obewan

If it's my radio network, my FCC license and my money and you offend me -- you're off the air.

That isn't about your right to free expression. It's about mine.

Nowhere in the First Amendment is there anything about anyone having a right to make me pay to have them offend me, or that I am required provide a forum at my expense for opinions that differ from mine. Go talk to Pat Robertson about your right to preach Satanism on his network, and let me know how it goes.

Don Imus was shown to the street. He can offend anyone he wants to there. Anyone who wants to listen to him can find him there. He still has his rights.

You have finally come full circle with the larger problem. The shooting at VT is an example of the overall much larger problem. This is a copy of an email I sent Fox News.

This is now the last straw that must move the political law makers to amend the

freedom of speech rights in this country. Simply the freedom of speech

amendment should allow only legal expression of verbal speech and visual art.

This is not censorship but the responsibility of our country to allow all forms

as long as the expression falls into what the culture has determined as legal.

Killing is not legal, adultery, assault, prostitution and pornography are

examples of what is not legal etc.

You have the opportunity to make this the headlines and change the moral

compass of this country and the generations to come. This is why we have laws

and this will has and should effect all forms of entertainment and forms of

expression from this point on in our culture. All forms of illegal expression

should be removed from all stores and venues immediately.

This is our necessary action and responsibility to the freedoms that a

democracy should reflect and guard for the protection of all. Please forward

this to the President.

Thanks,

Obewan

We will still have all the freedoms and the protections...the only change is that it must be with the parameters of the written laws now on the books...makes sense to me!

If firing Imus only means that to have kept him would imply that what he said is acceptable, then firing him was the right thing to do; after all, this is supposedly done in the spirit of fairness and equality; right? With that being said, then what must also happen, even if only being indirectly fair to Imus himself…Is that all rappers & hip-hoppers who’ve been guilty of the same improprieties,(in lyrics and videos,) be now held accountable for their roles in the denigration of women; the word “denigration” and the act thereof, is what after all, seemed to be what spurned the whole controversy to begin with; or at least used as an excuse for it. This would seem to be the next step, for failure to do so would not only allow it to continue, thus confirming the existence of a suspected double standard, but also make it appear as though the aforementioned groups shared no culpability in what has made it so commonplace to begin with. If all these things are true, than the same truths apply to to Sharpton and Jackson; both of which, as others have illustrated here, have been guilty of the same infractions and for which neither has ever publicly apologized. I would also like to add at this time (in anticipation that rappers and hip-hop artist may only slightly now clean up their acts,) that the image they convey be also called to task; for while wearing ones pants to reveal the underwear(for one example,) may only denigrate themselves, our youth emulates them; emulating them in every aspect from sex to the acquisition of “bling-bling” that finds the future of tomorrow placing more emphasis on sneakers, gold teeth, flashy jewelry and spinners for the cars than picking up a book or becoming a dignified adult.

What I think needs to happen here is a unified effort; one that hits with the same veracity that the black community has hit Imus with. Using rappers and the so called hip-hop culture as an example. Firstly, if you listen to that trash, Stop! If you are buying it, Stop! If you watch Flava TV.(or anything like it) Stop! If your children have CDs’ of it, destroy them. If your children wear the baggy pants, cut holes in them.(this put a halt to it when my best friend did it with his boys.) Cash in the gold chains and rings embodying hip-hop. Cease to purchase anything that advertisers use rap or hip-hop to sell. I for one wrote Heineken (maker of beer) when they did it, and they not only responded, telling me that the commercial would be pulled…but actually did it. Good luck with others though; for I’ve tried to no avail. Even stop buying Koolaid if you like drinking red sugar. The advertisers threats were the last straw that broke Imus. Let’s see what happens when we pull out from the advertisers

Wow can not believe the words I am hearing....it is like an arrogant witch hunt. Everyone acts like this is just a normal job routine and not a much larger problem. How can you castrate an indiviual under the pretense that his comments where unacceptable and not do anything about all the millions of verbal freedoms and art trash you let slip by and ignore? How can anyone judge a man in a society that is......... firmly planted in the toilet. Can you tell me why Howard Stern is still on the air polluting air ways all over America? Oh.... I know he is acceptable and he always holds a women's body in high regard and he makes you women look so intelligent and true feminists and nothing like a HO...give me a break. I have never heard such self righteous garbage in my life and this is coming from women that could not make the cover of Victoria Secrets. Oh that is tasteful art just like Playboy, Hustler and the Pornography that is on every computer in your office....... when you are not in the room. Did you know that when the twin towers went down the most often web site hits in the world where pornography....a statistic that some of you women might need to address...since you where the stars. If I hear I would tolerate that in my office one more time I am going to throw up! You all better look in the mirror before you judge anyone in the future. If you can not walk the walk then do not talk the talk..... about how offended you were. Dis you must be a deperate housewife.....and yes that show really makes your gender look so independent and just like a what....h_! We will all reap.... what we sow!

Obewan