Link EDIT: btw, I'm just relaying something I read about. Haven't been able to listen to the actual clip at work. Hopefully its just an misinterpretation so we won't have the whole media clusterfuck.
He is a jerk and a bastard for saying that and at the same time Pacman needs to be banned from playing anywhere any sport professionally. America is probably the only country where you can get arrested that many times and yet be a star.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing @ Jun 23 2008, 03:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He is a jerk and a bastard for saying that and at the same time Pacman needs to be banned from playing anywhere any sport professionally.</div> Yep. Both are idiots that I'm sooo tired of hearing about.
His justification for that comment was that he meant Jones was being targeted by the police. His radio station seems to be letting him get away with that. I saw a clip of the explanation this morning on CNN. He said that race has been a major topic of discussion on this show since the return and that he didn't mean what some were interpreting him to mean when he made that comment. He cited that he has two black "cast members," and went through a list of guests including Jesse Jackson and some others that I cannot remember. He also was going to have Dick Gregory on today, originally to discuss George Carlin's death, but that they would be talking about this incident. Gregory is a comedian, but he was also highly involved with activism during the civil rights movement. If that's the explanation that people are going with, so be it. I would just like to see some reason why the sports caster that was on reading the Jones story didn't ask Imus what he meant by "what color is he?" I know Imus is the host of the show, but that's a poor way to represent yourself if you'll take a question like that without inquiring the meaning behind it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>His justification for that comment was that he meant Jones was being targeted by the police</div> when you have a history of being a racist you can't expect people to look at you in a different light........it just don't work like that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (agoo101284 @ Jun 24 2008, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>His justification for that comment was that he meant Jones was being targeted by the police. His radio station seems to be letting him get away with that. I saw a clip of the explanation this morning on CNN. He said that race has been a major topic of discussion on this show since the return and that he didn't mean what some were interpreting him to mean when he made that comment. He cited that he has two black "cast members," and went through a list of guests including Jesse Jackson and some others that I cannot remember. He also was going to have Dick Gregory on today, originally to discuss George Carlin's death, but that they would be talking about this incident. Gregory is a comedian, but he was also highly involved with activism during the civil rights movement. If that's the explanation that people are going with, so be it. I would just like to see some reason why the sports caster that was on reading the Jones story didn't ask Imus what he meant by "what color is he?" I know Imus is the host of the show, but that's a poor way to represent yourself if you'll take a question like that without inquiring the meaning behind it.</div> Well it does kind of sound like a good excuse (not saying I believe him or not). In this situation, this is one of the few things one can say to try and get away with it.
