Words mean things. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,” means something. “Give me liberty, or give me death,” means something. Get it through your head. Words are more powerful than any other instrument wielded by man. “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” Ring a bell?
Word’s can make a man, and they can also destroy him. I am not trying to destroy anybody. Letterman has brought this upon himself.
When a 62-year-old [hebephile or ephebephile] announces to the entire country that he believes child rape is funny, especially when it happens to a conservative’s child, then he should have his broadcasting privileges revoked! If I had a talk show, and I joked about raping President Obama’s daughters, I would expect to have my broadcasting privileges revoked, too. I would deserve it. It would be my fault, just as this is Letterman’s fault. His joke about Willow wasn’t “in poor taste,” it was an attack. Those are “fighting words.”
If you were standing next to a 62 year old man on the street as a 14 year old girl walked by, and he asked her if she had sex with A-Rod in Yankee Stadium in front of 50,000 people, would you consider his comments to be “some words?” Are my words sinking in? Never mind. They’re just “some words.”
According to you, if the same man makes the same comment in front of a million people on live TV, it’s okay. That’s right....”some words.” Nobody should be “ruined” for “some words.” Apparently you haven’t paid attention to words. Words like:
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
“Some words.” The men who wrote and ratified those words risked their lives. But what impact can “some words” have on your life?
Words mean things. Fighting words are not protected speech in the Constitution. Letterman’s comments were “fighting words.”
Read the Constitution. Or not. After all, it’s just “some words.”
jla and humblegunner think it's okay for a 62-year-old man to celebrate the rape of a 14-year-old girl, and the best they can do is to pick apart the definition of a single word.
That's equivalent to arguing a death sentence on the merits of "their's" versus "theres."
Nice linguistics, boys. Those are some handy debate skills. I'm sure you're quite impressive in-person, especially when the best you can come up with is a type-written statement that doesn't contradict a single point of logic central to the debate. Let me know when you plan to present your case in front of the Supreme Court. That would be some good comedy, if you were even remotely qualified to make a case.
"Some words."
Go to sleep.
Speaking for myself, no I do not. I don't believe many things to be "okay" yet I differentiate between "okay" and "illegal".
People are maligned, much worse than Letterman's joke to Palin, every day. How is it that you and your cohorts aren't standing outside their homes or workplaces and protesting?
And, please, you people really need to cease with the "read the Constitution" retort. Stating you've read it doesn't mean you comprehend it. (Myself I have read it too many times to count along with what those who inspired and wrote it had to say on the matter).
So, highimpact, what do you know of the Jefferson - Callender episode(s)? And, more importantly, what did Jefferson do about it? You have five minutes to reply or else you will forever be believed to have 'Googled' to come up with an intelligent reply, and besides, I have to go to bed!