Don Imus is Toast!

Has anyone heard the news? Radio/MSNBC host Don Imus is canned, banned, banished to media never-never-land. It don't break my heart none, but there are a few questions begging answers. How far is too far?

I am a charter fisherman and one of my favorite jokes is, "I don't keep small fish. I don't want to be called the Michael Jackson of sport fishing." I don't think that is too far, but let me know people! Am I pushing the limits of humor?

Radio shock jocks push the limits all the time. Is the only group available for poking fun at WASPs? This is not to say I agree with anything Imus in the Morning ever said. I personally think the things he said about the Rutgers's ladies basketball team were rude, crude and racist. Then I find most rap music rude, crude and sexist.

The world doesn't need guys like Imus to perpetuate racial stereotypes; rap musicians have that well under control. In our struggle to find a colorblind society, how are we dealing with humor? What are the limits and who sets them?

Joke:

A priest, a Boy Scout and Jessie Jackson are on an airplane. The plane develops major problems and the airplane crew bails out, leaving the trio with only two parachutes. The priest magnanimously suggests that the other two take the 'chutes. Jessie states, "I am world's smartest Afro-American, I must survive for my people!" and jumps out of the airplane.

The priest tells the Boy Scout to be safe and remember the Lord, and the scout says, "Put this on Father, the world's smartest Afro-American in the world just jumped out of the plane with my backpack."

So is that forbidden? Is that over the edge? Are Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton and Lewis Faracon above political humor? No! Any political figure is open to tasteless humor. Amateur athletes? Without a doubt no! Leave them alone unless they have a record. Yes, amateur athletes with felony convictions are wide open to lambasting in my opinion. Do you remember the University of Nebraska a few years back!