Actually, I'm trying to get people to lighten up and see that if they're going to go after "terrible" things in the world, that they shouldn't be wasting their time with someone's stupid mistake.
nik
Actually, I'm trying to get people to lighten up and see that if they're going to go after "terrible" things in the world, that they shouldn't be wasting their time with someone's stupid mistake.
nik
Originally posted by: dolph
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
What he did hardly constitutes losing his job or being physically abused.You people are retarded. Yes, it was in extreme bad taste, but radio DJs are getting away with everything in today's society. Two days ago, a local radio station was giving away money and tickets to girls who called in, used their phone to masturbate while still connected to the radio station, and had the best orgasm. :disgust: :frown: Also, a local "morning zoo" was disbanded and fired after their little disaster. They had a contest (back when Clinton was still pres) for tickets to a HUGE rap concert to see who could do the best presidential threat over the phone. The number they gave out was some Secret Service official line. People were calling up yelling into the phone "I'M GOING TO FSCKING KILL THE PRESIDENT!" The SS had a nice time with several hundred investigations in Portland Oregon. What this guy did was nothing.
wow... nik's actually right about this one. no one's defending the dj, and yes, he's scum, but is it really that big of a deal? think about it - it's not.
its not a big deal to you or to me, but I am sure its a big deal to those who directly knew the family. The guy should lose his job and apologize for his waste of a contribution to society. If it were my family I would like to kick the guys ass
You're the one who wants to put a bullet in the $28 billion dollar smoker lady while simultaneously playing Devil's advocate in this thread.
So women having orgasms on the radio is a big deal to you (where they willingly volunteer, and stimulate themselves), but mocking a widow over the death of her husband is not?
Masturbating on the air may present a problem due to FCC guidelines, but is harmless.
Telling people to call the SS & threaten to kill the president is just stupid.
Mocking someone over the death of their husband is malicious.
Viper GTS
Masturbating on the air may present a problem due to FCC guidelines, but is harmless.
Telling people to call the SS & threaten to kill the president is just stupid.
Mocking someone over the death of their husband is malicious.
Viper GTS
Vic
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You're right, it's not a crime. But it's still something you can sue for. Some people just never seem to understand the difference between criminal and civil.Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n1
isn't causing intentional mental anguish a crime? sue the fvck.
No, it's not. If it were, I would be able to press charges against certain customers that call and do nothing but yell and insult me.
nik
And "shock jock" radio really is going to far. Most of it is just stupid as hell anyway (which is why I never listen to the crap).
This DJ does deserve to lose his job, IMNSHO
Why not get him fired? I mean, what the hell, might be good for the station's ratings and those people involved with getting him fired might have a good time enjoying it. Hey, it's all good, right? No harm, the loser can find another job.Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
What he did hardly constitutes losing his job or being physically abused.
You people are retarded. Yes, it was in extreme bad taste, but radio DJs are getting away with everything in today's society.
Originally posted by: Fausto1
You're the one who wants to put a bullet in the $28 billion dollar smoker lady while simultaneously playing Devil's advocate in this thread.
The other thread is an extreme exaggeration and you know it.
nik
I guess that puts you in the minority, then. You can't tell me that it's all right to call up someone in Mrs. Kile's situation and do something like that. So it's okay to cause someone pain like that? Cause her to break down crying, just for a laugh? Who in the hell would even think it was funny?
There is such a thing as having morals and common decency. It is a sad day to think we live in a country where doing something like this isn't universally condemned, but defended. Total BS.
And I wouldn't be so sure that there isn't some legal angle here, either.
Originally posted by: jjones
Why not get him fired? I mean, what the hell, might be good for the station's ratings and those people involved with getting him fired might have a good time enjoying it. Hey, it's all good, right? No harm, the loser can find another job.Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
What he did hardly constitutes losing his job or being physically abused.
You people are retarded. Yes, it was in extreme bad taste, but radio DJs are getting away with everything in today's society.
He doesn't deserve to be fired while other people doing much MUCH worse aren't fired. Also, there's probably a good reason that he's a popular DJ. The show might have called for something extreme - how do you know that he wasn't asked to do something extreme just to get ratings up?
nik
Suspended!
Looks like this FSCKING JACKASS has been suspended.
I'm with you Fausto1 (big shock). This guys needs to get the gate and never work in the industry again.
Looks like this FSCKING JACKASS has been suspended.
I'm with you Fausto1 (big shock). This guys needs to get the gate and never work in the industry again.
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Ah, because people naturally lighten up when they're told that they're retarded, stupid, and have sticks up their asses.
Carry on.
Hence the "Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Fausto1
You're the one who wants to put a bullet in the $28 billion dollar smoker lady while simultaneously playing Devil's advocate in this thread.
The other thread is an extreme exaggeration and you know it.
nik
" at the end of the sentence. Then how do you explain shows like America's Funniest Home Videos or the Jamie Kennedy Experiment where people are made fun of just for laughs? Where people are humiliated for getting a baseball bat to the crotch or getting the sh|t scared out of them for a laugh? Those things leave both mental and physical scars and our society EATS THESE THINGS UP.
nik
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Hence the "Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Fausto1
You're the one who wants to put a bullet in the $28 billion dollar smoker lady while simultaneously playing Devil's advocate in this thread.
The other thread is an extreme exaggeration and you know it.
nik
Yeah, I know.
But even in joking, taking pot shots at my credibility in a debate get refuted nik
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Pretty much my same exact thoughts. I could give a flying fart about a radio station broadcasting two people having sex in a coffin. If I don't like what's being done, I can turn the channel. No harm done. In this case though - this fscknut went out of his way to cause diliberate harm (and yes, emotional harm is still harm) to an innocent person who just had a recent trajedy. There is absolutely no excuse for this type of behavior. She doesn't have the ability to just "turn the channel".
Apple/Oranges. Irrelevant comparison. The people on those shows aren't being laughed at because of their husband's/wife's DEATH, barely 3 months after it happened. This act was despicable. Period. You are wrong, period. You'll find that you are in a very small minority. When you have an overwhelming majority that says you're wrong, it would be wise to review your position.
Just because other people get away with things you perceive as worse in no way makes this act less despicable.
But it's not about whether he deserves it, it's that it just might be fun to see him fired. It could be good entertainment. Why shouldn't he be fired if someone might get a kick out of it? Like I said, it's all good isn't it? As long as there's some possible entertainment value.Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: jjones
Why not get him fired? I mean, what the hell, might be good for the station's ratings and those people involved with getting him fired might have a good time enjoying it. Hey, it's all good, right? No harm, the loser can find another job.Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
What he did hardly constitutes losing his job or being physically abused.
You people are retarded. Yes, it was in extreme bad taste, but radio DJs are getting away with everything in today's society.
He doesn't deserve to be fired while other people doing much MUCH worse aren't fired. Also, there's probably a good reason that he's a popular DJ. The show might have called for something extreme - how do you know that he wasn't asked to do something extreme just to get ratings up?
nik
OMFG - he asked ONE QUESTION that wasn't malicious. He could have asked her how the team is doing. He could have asked her how the team is treating her now that her husband is gone. He could have asked her if the ball club was taking care of her or anything. He could have asked what she had for breakfast.
HE ASKED IF SHE HAD TICKETS TO THE GAME - AND THAT'S IT.
Granted the lady was sensative to it, but it could have been an innocent question. It seemed to be. Quit blowing this out of proportion and leaving the other sinister things that people do on the air alone.
nik
You should read the ESPN link I originally posted. He asked her if SHE HAD A DATE to go to the game with, not tickets.
Edit: here is is: " St. Louis manager Tony La Russa is irate over a Phoenix-area disc jockey who called the widow of Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile and asked if she had a date for Thursday's playoff game."
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: globalstud
Originally posted by: dolph
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
What he did hardly constitutes losing his job or being physically abused.You people are retarded. Yes, it was in extreme bad taste, but radio DJs are getting away with everything in today's society. Two days ago, a local radio station was giving away money and tickets to girls who called in, used their phone to masturbate while still connected to the radio station, and had the best orgasm. :disgust: :frown: Also, a local "morning zoo" was disbanded and fired after their little disaster. They had a contest (back when Clinton was still pres) for tickets to a HUGE rap concert to see who could do the best presidential threat over the phone. The number they gave out was some Secret Service official line. People were calling up yelling into the phone "I'M GOING TO FSCKING KILL THE PRESIDENT!" The SS had a nice time with several hundred investigations in Portland Oregon. What this guy did was nothing.
wow... nik's actually right about this one. no one's defending the dj, and yes, he's scum, but is it really that big of a deal? think about it - it's not.
Have your father pass away and then the DJ call your mother with something like this.
Before making asinine comments place yourself in a persons shoes.
When my grandfather was in the hospital on his death bed dying of multiple kinds of cancer and lieukemia (sp?), I had a customer get so pissed at me that he wished that someone in my family or a close friend be on their death bed in the hospital and me racing to the hospital to be with them in their last moments but being pulled over for speeding and miss their death. I kept my composure and went on with the call to actually get the gentleman fixed.
...come on, people... don't be so stupid.
nik
What, and you think this makes you a better person than all of us? I'm not sure of what kind of support you did, but I did support with multi-million dollar contracts. If the customer got one inkling of saying "fsck" I was given the liberty of putting them on hold and letting the manager get on the phone and explain that we cannot work when being abused.
If I didn't have full support from my management of not having to take abuse I would have been out of there in an instant crappy job market or not. I'd go flip burgers and if a person became belligerent there he'd get a sizzling patty in his face.
It doesn't make you better, it makes you a wuss IMHO sorry.
And again just because other DJ's have done worse does not justify this in any way. And contrary to you calling what the DJ did a "mistake" a mistake is not picking up the phone, dialing a number, making sure the party on the other end who they are then spouting the bullcrap coming from his crap trapper.
Are you so jaded that just because people get away with worse, he shouldn't be suspended, etc., for what he did? Put yourself, and Chelsea, in the same situation. You wouldn't expect some sort of action?Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
What he did hardly constitutes losing his job or being physically abused.
You people are retarded. Yes, it was in extreme bad taste, but radio DJs are getting away with everything in today's society.
Two days ago, a local radio station was giving away money and tickets to girls who called in, used their phone to masturbate while still connected to the radio station, and had the best orgasm.
:disgust: :frown:
Also, a local "morning zoo" was disbanded and fired after their little disaster. They had a contest (back when Clinton was still pres) for tickets to a HUGE rap concert to see who could do the best presidential threat over the phone. The number they gave out was some Secret Service official line. People were calling up yelling into the phone "I'M GOING TO FSCKING KILL THE PRESIDENT!"
The SS had a nice time with several hundred investigations in Portland Oregon.
What this guy did was nothing.
Just because the world is messed up doesn't mean that we shouldn't promote action when it is deserved. In this case, regardless of how DJ's are treated, it is.
Rob
does anyone think what the dj did was funny? no. was it in unbelievably poor taste and should he get some kind of reprimand? yes. should he be fired, dragged out in the street, beaten, urinated on, his car thrown over a bridge and his house burned? for an unspeakeably rude comment?
please, don't let your emotions rule you on this. he's an untalented hack who's trying to get attention any way he can. if that means insulting a widow then that's what he'll do, and we'll all be offended by it because we're decent people but we'll go on with our lives. should there be a law that we can't insult widows? how about orphans? i think it's disgusting, but i'll show it by ignoring him. if everyone else does the same, he'll go away.
please, don't let your emotions rule you on this. he's an untalented hack who's trying to get attention any way he can. if that means insulting a widow then that's what he'll do, and we'll all be offended by it because we're decent people but we'll go on with our lives. should there be a law that we can't insult widows? how about orphans? i think it's disgusting, but i'll show it by ignoring him. if everyone else does the same, he'll go away.
Is she hot? Did she already have a date or what? I don't get it, the vows say till death do us part. Well...death has parted thee. Or is it thine? Anyhoo, she's fair game, its been three whole months!
People on the public airwaves have a responsibility to the public; we have a responsibility, additionally, to voice our concerns - by whatever means we deem necessary. Sometimes ignoring problems does make them go away; in this instance, however, I'd argue that it doesn't. This is one occasion where complacency cannot be mistaken for agreement. I disagree with what the DJ did, and will accordingly raise my voice in protest. It's really that simple.
I would never advocate physical violence over something like this. However, I do think the DJ should lose his job. As I stated before, he has a responsibility to the public - to provide, at the very least, some semblance of decency while being entertaining. This responsibility, I feel, he has neglected; consequently, he shouldn't have the privilege of being able to use the airwaves as his pulpit in the future.
Rob
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