[QUOTE=joycenalex]
Quote Originally Posted by Puckstop31
.... Is this really that big a deal?
yes puckstop it is a big deal. for an "entertainer" to insult young women who are doing what society asks of them...to excel at academics and athletics and to call them hos, is a big deal. those young women did nothing to deserve his verbal abuse. he took what was a great week for them and tried to make it a dirty shameful joke by calling up old names. he would have been as wrong as if he had called a group of white, asian or indian women who excel at academics and athletics 'stringy haired whores.' it is just plain wrong. they are not public figures, just ivy league college students who play superior basketball.

and he is really no one special either. Why do people put so much stock into what "celebrities" say? They are paid to entertain... if they want to give out their thoughts on life... they can do so but it sure isn't going to effect my thinking one bit. They are paid to entertain me... they are nothing but circus monkeys they don't get to tell me what to think.

The only thing that made this a big deal and gave his words power was the reaction it got. If no one had paid attention he would have been on his own. Instead it was blown out of proportion and made into a huge deal. The media and the people listening were the ones that gave his words power. If they had just blown it off as "well he is just angry let him have his temper tantrum and dont' pay any attention" it would have been just that... a temper tantrum. He was out to get attention and he got it. No one's words can have power unless you ALLOW them to have power over you. I say he should have just been ignored.... he should have been left alone to stomp off to his room and pout.... but now he is getting tons of publicity because of it....and you know what they say in show business.... bad publicity is still good publicity. If he gets fired.... big deal... he will probably just get rehired somewhere else. after this... he is worth big ratings and companies will eat that up. It's like a trainwreck... you don't want to watch but you just can't help it. that is all this media circus has accomplished.

his words meant nothing until it was MADE into something.

Of course they didn't ask for it or deserve it... and in no way am I saying it is right or OK.... but it should have been ignored. If the school wanted to deal with it they can deal with it.... but giving him this publicity is likely not going to hurt him one bit in the long run. the only thing accomplished is telling the public what they already know about him. I doubt it makes the girls feel any better that this has been made into a huge story... they are now probably being hounded everyday by the press.... if it had just been ignored they could have just moved on and lived their lives without the press trying to contact them at all hours of everyday.