Comments on: N.Y. shock jocks dropped over Asian slurs http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:44:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bertie http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/comment-page-1/#comment-10849 Bertie Wed, 16 May 2007 17:19:50 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/#comment-10849 The First Amendment limits the *government's* right to regulate speech. People always seem to forget this little distinction. When private individuals organize boycotts or write to radio stations to change the programming, they are also exercising their right to free speech. When a private corporation decides to replace a disc jockey, the private corporation is also exercising its right to send a message. I see nothing wrong with that. The First Amendment limits the *government’s* right to regulate speech. People always seem to forget this little distinction.

When private individuals organize boycotts or write to radio stations to change the programming, they are also exercising their right to free speech. When a private corporation decides to replace a disc jockey, the private corporation is also exercising its right to send a message.

I see nothing wrong with that.

]]> By: Bertie http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/comment-page-1/#comment-135386 Bertie Wed, 16 May 2007 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/#comment-135386 The First Amendment limits the *government's* right to regulate speech. People always seem to forget this little distinction. When private individuals organize boycotts or write to radio stations to change the programming, they are also exercising their right to free speech. When a private corporation decides to replace a disc jockey, the private corporation is also exercising its right to send a message. I see nothing wrong with that. The First Amendment limits the *government’s* right to regulate speech. People always seem to forget this little distinction.

When private individuals organize boycotts or write to radio stations to change the programming, they are also exercising their right to free speech. When a private corporation decides to replace a disc jockey, the private corporation is also exercising its right to send a message.

I see nothing wrong with that.

]]> By: lost in ube http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/comment-page-1/#comment-10708 lost in ube Wed, 16 May 2007 01:46:41 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/#comment-10708 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETdcYLn88So Some notes: Defenders of JV and Elvis will point out that the actual call to the Chinese restaurant was polite and they spliced in the computer's part (which does lessen the impact in my opinion but it's still a stupid and lame racist skit). Others will use JV's wife, Natasha Yi as evidence he is not a racist. Finally, the AP does not point this out but People Against Censorship is a special interest group formed by radio fans of Opie and Anthony (who have also gotten into trouble recently) to fight back against other special interest groups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETdcYLn88So
Some notes: Defenders of JV and Elvis will point out that the actual call to the Chinese restaurant was polite and they spliced in the computer’s part (which does lessen the impact in my opinion but it’s still a stupid and lame racist skit). Others will use JV’s wife, Natasha Yi as evidence he is not a racist.
Finally, the AP does not point this out but People Against Censorship is a special interest group formed by radio fans of Opie and Anthony (who have also gotten into trouble recently) to fight back against other special interest groups.

]]> By: lost in ube http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/comment-page-1/#comment-135385 lost in ube Wed, 16 May 2007 01:46:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/#comment-135385 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETdcYLn88So Some notes: Defenders of JV and Elvis will point out that the actual call to the Chinese restaurant was polite and they spliced in the computer's part (which does lessen the impact in my opinion but it's still a stupid and lame racist skit). Others will use JV's wife, Natasha Yi as evidence he is not a racist. Finally, the AP does not point this out but People Against Censorship is a special interest group formed by radio fans of Opie and Anthony (who have also gotten into trouble recently) to fight back against other special interest groups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETdcYLn88So
Some notes: Defenders of JV and Elvis will point out that the actual call to the Chinese restaurant was polite and they spliced in the computer’s part (which does lessen the impact in my opinion but it’s still a stupid and lame racist skit). Others will use JV’s wife, Natasha Yi as evidence he is not a racist.
Finally, the AP does not point this out but People Against Censorship is a special interest group formed by radio fans of Opie and Anthony (who have also gotten into trouble recently) to fight back against other special interest groups.

]]> By: James http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/comment-page-1/#comment-10642 James Tue, 15 May 2007 18:25:57 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/#comment-10642 Oh jeeze, don't use that Spiderman quote...soo corny. Anyway, I am pretty stupefied by these chinese restaurant prank call jokes. So old. And so dumb. The worse thing of it all is that a joke like that will barely elicit an outcry from the American community. But had these shock jocks decided to prank call a KFC or something pretending to be black, it would be national news. It's disgusting how racist humor amongst minorities have double standards. Oh jeeze, don’t use that Spiderman quote…soo corny.

Anyway, I am pretty stupefied by these chinese restaurant prank call jokes. So old. And so dumb. The worse thing of it all is that a joke like that will barely elicit an outcry from the American community. But had these shock jocks decided to prank call a KFC or something pretending to be black, it would be national news. It’s disgusting how racist humor amongst minorities have double standards.

]]> By: James http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/comment-page-1/#comment-135384 James Tue, 15 May 2007 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/14/ny-shock-jocks-dropped-over-asian-slurs/#comment-135384 Oh jeeze, don't use that Spiderman quote...soo corny. Anyway, I am pretty stupefied by these chinese restaurant prank call jokes. So old. And so dumb. The worse thing of it all is that a joke like that will barely elicit an outcry from the American community. But had these shock jocks decided to prank call a KFC or something pretending to be black, it would be national news. It's disgusting how racist humor amongst minorities have double standards. Oh jeeze, don’t use that Spiderman quote…soo corny.

Anyway, I am pretty stupefied by these chinese restaurant prank call jokes. So old. And so dumb. The worse thing of it all is that a joke like that will barely elicit an outcry from the American community. But had these shock jocks decided to prank call a KFC or something pretending to be black, it would be national news. It’s disgusting how racist humor amongst minorities have double standards.

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