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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:40 PM Original message |
if Imus sues boss for 150 million the Women should sue him an take it away...!!! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. The women don't have a legal case. |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Thankfully, you are wrong. Calling a woman a whore is slander per se... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 02:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wouldn't the women have to prove |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I don't think that would pass the "reasonable person test." |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Exactly. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Thankfully you are wrong. One, the girls are at least quasi-public figures |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Makes sense to me. (I think) |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yes. Maybe 150 years ago calling a woman a "whore" would've |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Technically they were public figures |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ummm no |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. The women forgave him, or are trying to. nt |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sue him for what? Hurting your feelings? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-05-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Now if Imus had lost someone's pants, we could sue him for 65 million |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. LOL :) nt |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin gave a good presentation of the case on cable news. |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. A contract is a contract is a contract.... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. That would be ridiculous... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. He shouldn't have even been fired. I don't like this slippery slope of free speech |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Bullshit. He didn' t write that statement as an editorial in a newspaper or a magazine. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Actually, newspapers fire columnists all the time |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. well, newspapers need advertisers, too. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. No one took Imus' free speech away |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Oh for heaven's sake |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. So his apologies are null and void. n/t |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. His contract stipulates that he profit from his behavior. |
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