He was wrong but then did he deserve to be fired
The CBS talk show host Mr Don Imus is known to outrage public sentiments and he has been doing so for the past 25 years and except for a couple of close encounters with the easily outrage kind, Don Imus did not end up as chicken meat. The remarks he made about the Rutgers Basket Ball Team were in keeping with his character or at least his public persona of one who is not afraid to outrage the sensibilities of his listeners. If we believe, as I do that freedom of expression includes the right to outrage, there is nothing reprehensible in what Imus did except his rather unfortunate choice of words. Personally I think he was being obnoxious but did not deserve capital punishment for what he said. This incident just goes to prove to the whole world that there are seroious limitations in the USA about the 'freedom of expression' and the stimulated commrnts on the alledged lack of freedom in the Islamic World is just one of the many bogus arguments put forward by the chattering classes.
I was appalled at the coordinated manner in which Imus was attacked. The entire leadership of NAACP went public with its "outrage". Not a single individual had the courage to say in public that the kind od degradation on women in Rap Videos was far far worse than what Mr Don Imus had said. Simulated outrage for the expression of a private opinion, even if it is an unpopular opinion has to be seen as coordinated attack on civil liberty. I am by no maens endorsing what Mr Imus had said, I am only saying that his remarks should have been ignored instead of becoming the subject of the outrage industry.