Posted on 09/19/2001 9:35:35 AM PDT by jern
Sept. 19, 2001, 9:00AM
Federal Express ordered its ads removed from the ABC late-night series Politically Incorrect on Tuesday after the show's host referred to recent U.S. military actions as "cowardly."
After receiving complaints from around the country, including Houston, Federal Express reviewed Monday's edition of the show and decided to act, company spokesperson Carla Richards said.
Richards said she did not know how many complaints the company received, but that they were of sufficient quantity to merit the actions the company took.
"The (30-second) ad that runs during that show has been pulled for the indefinite future," Richards said.
Dinesh D'Souza, a panelist on Monday's show, quibbled with a reference made by President George W. Bush that the suicide bombers were cowards, noting that they gave up their lives for whatever may be their cause.
"These are warriors," D'Souza said, "and we have to realize that the principles of our way of life are in conflict with people in the world."
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away," said Bill Maher, the host of Politically Incorrect. "That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
"I was just appalled," said Dan Patrick, general manager of KSEV (700 AM) and host of a radio talk show. "When you call our men in the (armed forces) cowards and our military policy cowardly, and when you call these hijackers `warriors,' that should not be tolerated."
Patrick urged listeners to call KTRK and urge the station to stop carrying the "irresponsible" program. Other hosts of KSEV talk shows made the same request.
"The First Amendment gives us the freedom of speech, but it does not guarantee anyone a TV show or a TV camera or a radio show, for that matter," Patrick said. "If Bill Maher believes that Americans are cowards and hijackers are warriors, let him go out on the street corner and shout that. But Disney does not have to give him a TV show and Channel 13 does not have to air that show."
KTRK said it received a number of calls -- "in the low hundreds," the station said. The station said it receives triple that amount when it pre-empts a soap opera. It had no further comment.
ABC issued a statement saying, in part, that Politically Incorrect "celebrates freedom of speech and encourages the animated exchange of ideas and opinions. Understandably, this forum can oftentimes arouse intense emotions, especially during such a sensitive time.
"While we remain sensitive to the current climate following last week's tragedy, and continue to do our part to help viewers cope with unfolding events, we have an obligation to offer a forum for the expression of our nation's diverse opinions."
Oh it is, is it ArcLight? You stupid f**king moron.
When was the last time you flew a fighter jet over hostile territory against a foe armed with Stinger missiles?
You never have, obviously, and if you were even a passenger on such a mission you'd be soiling your pink panties.
Couple that with the fact that we're dealing with a religion that supersedes borders in fanaticism and even those dying as a result of saddams treachery would be howling for our blood like a bunch of rabid animals.
That we could kill saddam and his henchmen but save millions of innocent lives wouldn't matter to the nutjobs.
Make no mistake though about where I stand. The actions of those passengers on Flight 93 demonstrates the true meaning of courage.
In matters of opinion, there is not much point in beating a dead horse.
Unless one enjoys beating dead horses...
This is an asinine statement the first time I read it and it continues to be.
It's the worldview of a child or an academic.
It's like arguing that there's more virtue in whitling yourself a house completely with a pocketknife because it took 10 000 times longer to do.
I'm sure there are people who are totally anonymous, and I admire that. I was just trying to avoid getting replies like, "Well I see YOU didn't donate anything!"
Temporary insanity?
Then that is even further proof of what an idiot he is. His countrymen are being blown to bits and his self-denied religious and ethnic kin(in Israel) have been feeling the heat for decades and he keeps his head still stuck in the sand or actually more likely up his arse.
He's an offense to atheists everywhere:>)
YO OSAMA REST IN PIECES !!!
Confronting someone with a weapon when you don't have one is courageous.
To the one hiding under alias ArcLight, have spent much time in prepublication prep for Aid and Comfort and accounts of our people from the site nampow and would wish upon you and Bill Maher adjacent cells, racking up hundreds of days being beaten by the real brave heroes of Jane Fonda.
God Speed to innocent victims, God Bless heroes like our air crews and our Todd Beamers, and a thousand degrees of fire for every perp of the 911 cowardly crime from lowest mule to the highest psychopath.
Every perp a corpse.
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