Posted on 10/17/2009 2:54:09 AM PDT by Scanian
>>half-Jewish
Groucho Marx was banned from using a pool because he was Jewish. He told the country club, “My daughter’s only half-Jewish...so can she go in up to her knees?”
Sorry, AA. I’m more into R&B and C&W than opera.
I meant no disrespect to anyone. Mine was an honest response, as I’ve never heard of the tenor that is supposedly so famous.
It takes a long time for the news to travel all the way from the Northeast down here to Texas, doncha know.
Thank you for the reply, decimon.
I’ve never lived in NYC, so wasn’t aware of how things worked there.
I was in the Brooklyn Navy Ship Yard twice on my ship, for a total of about 8 months. Our favorite hangout was Moriartie’s on Kings Hwy. That was in the period of 1960-1962. Great memories from my 18-20 year old years.
Ah, yes. The right not to be offended. I forget which one of the bill of rights that is in, but I’m sure it’s there, because it’s been used over the past thirty years to get a lot of people in trouble, fired from their jobs, and hounded by the media.
The Irishman says he was joking (I agree that it was in poor taste), and that he apologized to the lady. But that has no bearing on the situation. He has committed the unpardonable sin and can never be forgiven.
Meanwhile, perhaps we should just repeal the first amendment. You know, free speech, religion, freedom of assembly... all those rights that cause problems for the PC police these days.
Ah, yes. The right not to be offended. I forget which one of the bill of rights that is in...
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I think you’ll find it near where the right to sing at Yankees Stadium is listed. Along with the right to suffer no consequences for acts of stupidity.
I don’t have a problem with what they did. He offended some of their paying customers, so they fired him. What’s wrong with that?
Right place, right time.
I'm about three years younger than you.
Sure, they have a right to fire him.
I just think people have become a bit too sensitive. Someone offends someone else. The offended party makes a “federal case” out of it by getting the media involved. So, nothing the guy can say afterwards can redeem his reputation.
And the unforgiving person, the one who self-righteously ensures that the guy not only loses his job but probably a lot of future work as well, walks off the stage with satisfaction and no regrets.
So, a stupid remark, one the guy apologizes for, now defines him. Sure, she had a right to do it. We can try to do this to any person at any time for any offense we feel. If we can muster enough support from enough special interest groups, we can perhaps be successful. But is it the right thing to do? How much punishment is enough punishment? It may be a victory for the offended party or parties, but it is one more nail in the coffin of free speech. We are all walking on egg shells, worried about who we are going to offend. Who will file a grievance against us? Who will write to the press about us? Surely something we say will offend someone, unless we make sure to say nothing of substance at all times.
Unless of course, the person who says it is a liberal, like Hillary, or a protected class, like Jesse Jackson. Then you have a “Get out of jail free” card.
I don't have a problem with his getting the boot but it bugs me to see people get warm and fuzzy about fighting antisemitism and other bigotry only when it's safe and relatively inconsequential.
Al Sharpton's antisemitism got someone killed.
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