As usual, common sense is hard to find this day and age. The creator of Family Guy allowed a person with Down's Syndrome to be portrayed in his show and made a crack about Sarah Palin. This causes a public debate. Everything about that show offends someone. That seems to be the point of the show Whether the jokes were funny or not was the point of the debate. It was whether anyone should be allowed to laugh at someone who has a disability. If you spend time with the disabled you will be inspired, saddened and amused by them as much as anybody else you meet.
An Olympic snowboarder, leaves the Olympics and apologizes over photos TMZ circulated showing a drunk woman, moving his medal up his body with her tongue while he stands there drunk and fuzzy and surrounded by his friends. He had to publicly apologize? For being drunk and being surrounded by drunks? Does anyone look up to snowboarders except other snowboarders? Do we really talk to our children and tell them to be or not to be like snowboarders. I have been embarrassed by more important Americans representing this country than a drunk snowboarder.
Tiger apologizes publicly! To who? Companies who paid him for endorsements got their money. Fans who looked up to him as a person chose a stranger. He may still be a great golf player. He devastated his family... no one else.
Don't we have real news to report any more?
Can't people just lighten up?
