[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]
No offense, but did you even read what you attached? You say “it’s a week long camp”. The attachment says “it is not a camp”. It is a “summer job”, where you “do chores”. Sounds like free labor to me. The kids know what they are getting into- you tell a poor kid with cancer in the Bronx he can go to a ranch, do you think the “its hard work” part even registers in their head? My point, if he is such a good guy, why not treat the kids to a real summer vacation? Is labor in New Mexico that expensive that a guy making 10 million can’t hire real laborers? If these were troubled teens, I can see showing the benefits in hard work for later in life. Most of these kids are dying, so instilling life lessons in them does no good when they are dead. A lot of famous people treat kids to fun vacations in such cases, this asshole is the only one who makes them do work that benefits him.
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Michael Jackson has treated sick kids to fun vacations.
Leaving out the ones he molested, it still was not a great experience. They ate candy and junk food at all times; were allowed to run around like hooligans, which led to behavior like throwing stuff off the Ferris wheel at people on the grounds, and jabbing the zoo animals with sticks; stayed up as late as they wanted; never had to pick up so much as a tissue that they dropped; and in some cases, were left alone with an unlocked liquor cabinet.
I’m just glad I’m not working where I used to work. Former co-worker was a Michael Jackson supporter ( :eek: ) and my response to “He just looooooves the children soooooo much!” was always, “Well, what about Don Imus? He has a ranch for kids with cancer, and I bet he doesn’t give them any Jesus juice! If MJ wanted to do something nice for kids, not for himself, he could have a dance clinic for kids, sick or otherwise.” Now I can’t use that defense any more with anyone. :mad:
[QUOTE=Loach]
I listened to Howard for years. In fact I started listening to him when he was on NBC with Imus. Now his lies and hypocracy make him unlistenable to me.
To me if someone is a good or bad person is irrelevant anyway. I have no problem watching entertainers I dislike as long as it is something I can enjoy. I will watch things from Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise and many others if something catches my fancy and I won’t worry about what they do off screen. To be honest I would probably draw the line at O.J. Like I said before I am not an Imus fan. I did stop now and then when flipping through the dial, especially when he had a good guest.
Thats a stretch. In fact it is streching it beyond all reality. There is nothing in the statement that says he was implying that any of the women were working as prostitutes. The word is used as a generic and derogatory term for a female. It would not be any different if he used the word “bitches”. It’s not nice but everytime someone gets insulted does not result in a tort.
I am very disappointed in Vivian Stringer. I have always had a lot of respect for her as a coach. She did a hell of a job this year with a very young team. She had the oppurtunity to rise above this. Instead she made the team out as victims. A simple “A few stupid words can’t diminish our accomplishments, no further comment” would have been much more affective.
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Even with your attempt at interpreting this in such a broad way, at the very least the comment implies they are promiscuous, if not that they are prostitutes. Even your mind jumped to the latter interpretation, because Dinsdale did not even say that. Slander is about what reasonable people could realistically begin to believe about you if those statements are made about you. Most reasonable people would go with either of the interpretations I’ve supplied you with, and not go for the stretch you’ve seized upon.