Racial slurs by american RJs
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Has american airwaves gone to the dogs? Seriously, what is happening over here? Just when I thought american popular media has hit its nadir, it manages to dig deeper and find another low. Following closely on the heels of a racial abuse towards an indian call-centre worker by a "very popular" RJ, Star and Bucwild, there comes an even worse example of racial abuse by some nobody called Ms. Jones.
http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/27tsunami1.htm
The RJ in question made fun of the tsunami tragedy in such a way that word callous sounds like a sugar-coating. To top that, she even used the words like b**ches to describe asians dying in the tragedy!! This is just inexcusable. Do these people have some sort of 'free speech license' which gives them every right to racially abuse and get some kind of sadistic pleasure from other people's misfortunes. America can certainly do without such people.
On a more general note, I believe that right to free-speech has been streched to its limit by some very questionable people and their very questionable ethics. The argument that "dont watch or dont buy if you dont like it" does not cut it any more. The kind of things which are being shown and said in american media on the name of entertainment has reached a point where it cannot be ignored any more by the right thinking people. I know people start quoting right of free-speech but doesn't every precious right contains some responsibility in exercising that right. Its unfortunate that people remember their rights but forget about responsibilities that come with it.
http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/27tsunami1.htm
The RJ in question made fun of the tsunami tragedy in such a way that word callous sounds like a sugar-coating. To top that, she even used the words like b**ches to describe asians dying in the tragedy!! This is just inexcusable. Do these people have some sort of 'free speech license' which gives them every right to racially abuse and get some kind of sadistic pleasure from other people's misfortunes. America can certainly do without such people.
On a more general note, I believe that right to free-speech has been streched to its limit by some very questionable people and their very questionable ethics. The argument that "dont watch or dont buy if you dont like it" does not cut it any more. The kind of things which are being shown and said in american media on the name of entertainment has reached a point where it cannot be ignored any more by the right thinking people. I know people start quoting right of free-speech but doesn't every precious right contains some responsibility in exercising that right. Its unfortunate that people remember their rights but forget about responsibilities that come with it.
