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**bitymnmictada** · 12-05-2007, 07:28 AM

Freedom of speech is a nice fantasy, but it doesn't really exist - despite the lip-service we like to give to it in the United States. Just ask Bill Maher - and now, Don Imus.

I haven't really been following the story; is the Government firing Don Imus and locking him up?

He has a right to say just about whatever the hell he wants. If his listeners don't like it, they have a right to stop listening to him. If advertisers don't like it, they have a right to stop advertising on his program. And if his employers don't like it, they have a right to get rid of him. It does not get more free than that.

12-05-2007, 07:28 AM	#72
bitymnmictada Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	Freedom of speech is a nice fantasy, but it doesn't really exist - despite the lip-service we like to give to it in the United States. Just ask Bill Maher - and now, Don Imus. I haven't really been following the story; is the Government firing Don Imus and locking him up? He has a right to say just about whatever the hell he wants. If his listeners don't like it, they have a right to stop listening to him. If advertisers don't like it, they have a right to stop advertising on his program. And if his employers don't like it, they have a right to get rid of him. It does not get more free than that.
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