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I agree with a lot of what you said Vegita. It's almost sickening to see how overly sensitive about menial matters we, as a society, have become. I saw today that the Rutgers' ladies basketball team accepted the apology from Imes through a statement by their coach. In the statement, they said that accepting the apology was the first step to forgiving Imes and part of the healing process which will take time. THE HEALING PROCESS? The guy called them "nappy headed hoes" for crying out loud - he didn't kill their dog or punch them in the face. A better statement would have been "Who !@#$%^&*ing cares what Don Imes says?" if any of the Rutgers female basketball team even knew who Don Imes was to begin with. If they didn't know who he was, then "Who the !@#$%^&* is Don Imes?" would have been perfectly acceptable. Imes is getting more attention now than he's had for the last 15 years combined. No one gave a !@#$%^&* about him in the past, but suddenly everyone is butt hurt over something he said to his .01% share of the audience for his radio time slot like he's the most influential person in America and we are all just wringing our hands together while waiting for his next gem of wisdom. Here's a good one: South Park has much more of an impact on society than Don !@#$%^&*ing Imes and they did an entire show based around the word "!@#$%^&*" and used it freely. While on Real Time with Bill Maher, Al Sharpton had the balls to say that Imes' words offended him more than that South Park episode because Don Imes wasn't doing it in the name of comedy like many of the questionable topics on South Park are. Bill Maher asked Mr. Sharpton if he was too sensitive to words and Al answered with "Bill, you've already used 2 homophobic jokes and I haven't walked out...yet" to prove that he wasn't overly sensitive. Maher replied with "I didn't even know you were gay" then cut the feed to Al Sharpton and introduced his next guests. Bill Maher wins. What ever happened to the sticks-and-stones mentality? The last time I got upset about something someone said about me I was wearing pajamas with the feet on them and wanted to grow up and be a bald eagle. I'm tired of our nation being so enamored with pussies who aren't grown up enough to shrug off what someone has to say. Now 60 minutes wants to run a show about the lengthy history Don Imes has of using racist and sexist jokes that will be aired during prime time, no doubt. You know who else has a long history of racism? Jesse Jackson. Where is his national prime time chastising? Not everyone in this country is a victim. Too many just think they are.

After the recent fall out and firing of Imes from CBS, I was wondering what the general consensus was on his comment. For those who aren't familiar (how can you not be at this point?), Don Imes said "nappy headed hoes" when a discussion about the Rutgers' lady basketball team was going on. Naturally, as if on cue, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton made this their personal crusade. My opinion is that nothing he said can be construed as being racist. It is degrading to women, particularly the Rutgers' female basketball team who were targeted, but not grounds for firing a long-standing "shock jock" radio host. To further agitate me, Jesse Jackson appeared on Chicago-based 670 The Score sports talk radio today and gave a 30 minute interview. In this interview, Jackson went on record saying that all forms of racial, gender, and religious degradation should be frowned upon. Mike North, the host of The Score's morning show, asked the question "If you're so intent on seeing cultural and racial equality, where are you when a white kid gets beat up by three black kids?" Jesse Jackson dodged the question. He, Jesse Jackson, also said that his organization is multi-cultural, ethnic, and religious. When Jesse Jackson's organization held protests, his gathering was predominantly, if not entirely, black and held "We shall overcome" signs with Martin Luther King Jr.'s picture on them: hardly a "cultural and ethnic" diverse message. To add salt to the wound, Jesse Jackson also said in the interview that "nappy headed" is not a racially driven statement. So then why was Imes fired? Was it for openly targeting Rutgers' female basketball players and saying they were "hoes?" Well, Imes co-host called them "hardcore hoes" moments before Imes made his statement ,yet is not part of the eye-of-the-storm in this controversy and continues to be employed by CBS. So, if Jesse Jackson said that Imes's comment of "nappy headed" isn't racially derogatory, and other people on the exact same show used the word "hoes" but didn't lose their job, what exactly about Imes's comment was deserving of being fired? To be honest, I think he was made out to be the scapegoat by racist black people such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson despite Jackson's claims that this isn't solely a racial issue. Where are these men when every single rap cd comes out degrading women? Where are these men when, as Mike North questioned, white kids are beat up by black kids? Where are these men when movies like "White Chicks" are put into our mainstream media culture and stereotype a segment of our community (can you imagine the uproar over a movie called "Black Chicks"?) Where are these men when Micheal Irvin said on a national televised football game that Tony Romo couldn't possibly be 100% white because he was too athletic and that "one of his ancestors must have got it on with a slave."? Where are they when Mel Gibson has a melt down and degrades Jewish people? It's nothing short of hypocrisy and blatant lies by some of the most racist people in America - namely Jesse Jackson. To put it bluntly, this is just a long-winded "I hate ASSS" post, but I'd be interested in reading what other people have to say.

Ophie, you're an idiot. You are trying to convince yourself that no one still enjoys this game while telling others that they are trying to convince themselves that they do. The irony of that is hilarious when you factor in that your behavior (posting on message boards of a game you no longer play) is more along the lines of an addiction than people logging into a game they still play. People log into Subspace for various reasons, but rest !@#$%^&*ured that which ever reason it is, it is their choice. No one is logging into Subspace because they dislike doing it but feel compelled to simply because they are addicted. As for games being fun only for nostalgic reasons, that couldn't be farther from the truth. I'm pretty sure I would still play NBA Jam on Sega Genesis every single day if I had it. Newer graphics with in depth and detailed game content doesn't always mean a better game. My Xbox 360 has been reduced to the most expensive dvd player I've ever owned. Simplicity goes a long way, and quite honestly, Subspace is rather simple. Back at ya only from the other side of the fence. Don't tell us to stop playing when we are still enjoying the game. Hypocrisy at its finest!

I wouldn't say that the population "inland" is less educated, they are just smart enough to know that all hurricanes are controlled by the Russians and their weather manipulating devices (which also control your thoughts unless you wear tinfoil helmets), and not the ficticious notion of global warming. Chances are, many of the people who buy into global warming also think that a landslide off the coast of Africa is going to cause a mega-tsunami with catastrophic results in America because the Discovery channel tells them it will. I personally think that the world is too heavily populated. The increase in temperature is a direct result from the heat of the human body, and the excessive weight caused by all these people has slowed the Earth's rotation down slightly enough that it has caused a minor shift in the seasons (such as the Midwest of America no longer having snow on Thanksgiving, but well into March instead). Clearly my opinion is flawless and correct and should not be contested in any fashion unless the person contesting it wants to lose. Yes. Many people were reported saying "This sucks" while sitting through The Day After Tomorrow and world reknown scientists would tell you that a sudden and instantaneous ice age hitting New York would suck as well.