I'm trying to remain neutral and open-minded on the latest round of Imus stuff, just as I tried to do last year, because I am not good at assessing the shifting winds of political correctness.
I do know this: Whether you are a supporter or a detractor, Imus did nothing to help his credibility with this ridiculous take on Adam Jones' character Tuesday as he explained his controversial comments from Monday:
"My point was there's no reason to arrest this kid six times. He's a football player. He's a lovely kid. He's out having fun. He doesn't need to be arrested six times. We know why he gets arrested six times. That was my point."
Pacman a "lovely kid?" Oy. Maybe that was more sarcasm. Gosh, I hope so.
(Did I mention that for the entire 1981-82 school year I worked in the game room of the student union, immediately adjacent to the Pac-Man machine, and still can hear that stupid song playing in my head after listening to it 100 times a day for eight months?)
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I could be wrong, but I believe Imus on this one. I've listened to him for the last 6 months and he really has been talking about race and the injustices against African Americans. I understand that free speech doesn't exist due to the word police, but now radio personalities that do a comedy show have to worry about the thought police as well. I also wish Pac Man Jones would pray for the paralyzed Tom Urbanski instaed of Imus.
I understand it is your nature to be open-minded and neutral, but I can say that Don has lost his mind and should be put out to pasture. His comment was pretty clear and now he's spinning like crazy.
But each post with his name should be good for plenty of page views.
Good old Willard Straight Hall...at least Okenshield's was right downstairs.