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Imus - 2007/04/13 00:33 I have recently been turning libertarian thanks to Penn and Doug Stanhope. My question is what do you think Penn, and you Libertarians out there, would think of this whole Imus dust up?

Back in my Liberal days, I would be right there with everyone else saying he hurt these people and help set a bad tone for young women trying their best and yes, fire him get him off the air....

But now I am more apt to think, man this guy is an a-hole; hurray for a-holes. You dont like him, dont listen. I never did. It did not affect me and i dont care. If these women are so fragile that an idiot can scare them off of their life's work with a 3-second banter then they have worse problems than this guy.

Anywho - whats the Libertarian view of this? What would Penn say?
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Re:Imus - 2007/04/13 01:35 He has every right to say what ever he wants, but CBS has every right to fire him for it.
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Re:Imus - 2007/04/13 01:54 I would never speak for Penn, but here is what i think; Imus spoke his mind, in turn he pissed off the listeners/viewers...they spoke their mind to the hire ups, and they decided so make the choice of firing him. I think they all did what they felt was the right thing. He was an employee and therefor should abide by the rules and regulations set by the employer. i think he should of been more careful on what he said but he didn't and the execs made their decision and can his ass. i never listened to the show so i don't know what i'm missing...but thats my take on the whole event.
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Re:Imus - 2007/04/13 13:28 i think cbs had a right to fire imus because of the controversy, however, i think they will come to regret the decision. i think they should have held strong, because this could very well give the FCC even more power and all the media outlets that were the cause of perpetuating the hysteria bout imus saying a bad thing are now back tracking and saying that the punishment was too hard because they know that they may get screwed over with more restrictions and harsher punishments.

ideally what should have happened was that imus would've apologized and the offended party should have forgave him and we can go back to his life, because that is how mature fucking adults handle these things.
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