[PISANO]

Case in point coach of the Denver Nuggets Dan Issel. He was a member of the Denver organization for 26 years. Well respected and loved in the community. A single UNPC incident costs him his job and more than $112,000 in fines. An agonizing public apology didn't help him either. His crime? After being taunted and heckled by a fan while leaving the court after a hard fought loss to the Charlotte Hornets he said, "Go drink another beer, you Mexican ......., adding an expletive! By the way NO ONE would dare say what the fan said to Dan Issel for 2 hours plus.

I have been called much, much worse in my lifetime, no one ever lost there JOB because they called me a WOP or a DAGO or a guinea.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

Was he fired or did he resign??

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

I once had a black guy call me a honky. I then proceeded to honk like a goose every time I saw him. He finally burst out laughing and told me he would apologise if I would only stop the honking.This is how these things should be settled, not with public confrontations, or getting people fired!

[Ptaz]

I have been called much, much worse in my lifetime...

Precisely! Since when have words so damaged someone (outside of true slander and libel) that they couldn't pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Have we gotten so comfortable with ourselves that we can't take it if someone calls us a name we don't like. My granny always said "consider the source". Someone secure enough with themselves shouldn't shed a minute's thought over something like that, but our society is obsessed with it (with a little help from a few greedy lawyers,too.)