Imus and the blacks

Hoo-hoo-hoo.... wait for df to finish her darn samples. She should just go out and buy one. (for those not in-the-know, that's a pv joke (for those not in-the-know, "pv" stands for photovoltaics (for those... well, most people, that means solar cells....))).....

and I has this interesting thought. Actually, I remembered a thought my flatmate had down at the pub the other night. Aloud. To the rest of the group. Ok, so it was more like a comment, but I does remember it as clearly as if it was a few days ago. And I did back his comment up with a few grunts of affirmation of my own. So it was something to the effect of....

This whole Imus thing is way outta control. How can anyone take a skinny old white guy wearing a ree-dic-o-lous 144 gallon hat seriously? Shouldn't our society be robust enough now, to be able to merely point and laugh at the guy? Make him out to be a point of ridicule, instead of a martyr?

I'm not going to talk about the players. They have their own feelings to sort out. But I'm backing what Jason Whitlock said, about people "making ... the problems much bigger than what they should be."

I mean, insult to injury is the apology from Imus, highlighting the "problem" instead of the solution : "Here's what I've learned: that you can't make fun of everybody, because some people don't deserve it."

What? Why? Because they're black?