Firing Imus Wasn't the Answer!

mabey we should review the Bible (kjv), on forgivness. ------------------- "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. ----------- Mr. Don Imus worked hard to help the sick and afflicted, the poor, and All race color and creed. he and his wife sure abide to this section of the Bible: First Corinthians 13 Love: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -------------------- Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton, you are men of the cloth, and i to quit watching imus in the morning because i to did not care for parts of his programing, but i did not forget: Then Peter came to him and asked, Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?
No! Jesus replied, seventy times seven! ----------------- i am probably the most unworthy human on Gods earth. i am a sinner who ask for forgiveness, and i also forgive all our brothers and sisters who i think wrong me. Just as Jesus told Peter in the Garden "your spirit is willing, but your flesh is weak. brothers, we All fall short of the Glory of God, but there is FORGIVENESS. let us All start NOW and as Jesus commanded us, " Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and with all of your mind, and Love your Neighbor as your self. " PLEASE. my Brothers, may the Lord Jesus Christ forever Bless and Keep all of his flock.

Two wrongs don t make a right. Mr. Imus was wrong for calling the women out of their names and characters. It s wrong for the rappers to call a woman out of her name. Neither a woman s condition nor her social status gives a man the right to define her; she is still a woman and a human being. As Malcolm X would say, a man has limited vocabulary if those are the only words he can use . If the black man would research history and remember the black woman s strugglers, he would never call a woman out of her name and as for the white man, if he knew the pain the black woman suffered and had compassion, he would never call any woman out of her name. Whether we are white, black, Asian, Hispanic, we are Women.

Until the black man learns how to respect his own race and woman doesn't matter what others say. The rappers need to shut up their black dumb mouths and learn something positive to say. The big coperations don't care if those fools want to continue to hold their race down let them. They are so dumb the only way they can make money is by drugs and rap and the white man is the winner.

It was O.K. that in the 70's that Eddie Murphy did a skit on SNL where he played a pimp who wrote a book that was titled "How to become a ho"., and he was trying to sell the book in this skit. So until the Black man stops calling their women Hos and b***hes, and both black sexes stop calling each other the "N" word, what kind of message does that send. Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson should stop using what white people say as a stand of how racist the white people are, and start working with the black man to respect their women, all they do is stir up racial tension, not help it at all. Doesn't the Bible say that we are all created in Gods image not just the white people, but all people and Sharpton, and Jackson, just open their big mouths to get air time once again, because they sure aren't teaching their race respect for their own, or teaching any other race to be content being what God has made us. God doesn't make mistakes. What Imus said was wrong, but he should of been reprimanded, not fired, or let's fire all the rappers that say much worse, and influence young minds that what they are saying is the truth. The only truth is what the Bible says, and it says to love thy neighbor as thyselve, and aren't we really all neighbors in this world. God Bless, Robyn

I am so pleased to see my thoughts so eloquently penned by Don. I have angered my friends by making the comment 'Imus should not have been fired, but never given creedence to determine what defines a woman.' I felt we should have stood up and told the world 'what Jesus would have done'. He would have forgiven him and blessed him. That is more humbling to any man than the tirade the community has shown. There was no Christian love shown that would unite people, only more distruction. I believe in tough love, so he should have been reprimanded by those in authority to do so, by whatever means they felt necessary. But I also believe that without knowledge we will continue to handle these situations incorrectly. And we all know that when we fail God's test, we must continue to take it, until we pass. How many more test must we retake on racism, degredation and unforgiveness?

Faith to Forgive
How deeply saddened I am for the seismic missed opportunity that God gave us to demonstrate His love before the entire world. Imagine the irony, in the season that most represents and fully expresses the depths of God's love through forgiveness, the same grace that we ask for and receive freely, was abjectly denied to Don Imus. I imagine that Jesus, Dr. & Mrs. King and our future generations weep....
Understanding that there is a level of love that wishes and extends benevolence and goodwill to others...without exception or excuse. This living, active example of love is most beautifully displayed in offering forgiveness, which demands withholding a rightly deserved penalty or consequence. It does not requite condoning wrong, to the contrary. Loving-forgiveness means recognizing the depths of an offense and seeking a greater good that will result from grace, understanding and reconciliation.
Throughout this horribly tragic ordeal, I looked and hoped for men and women of strong character and greater vision would stand together and seek ways to build and unite. Instead, an even greater gulf of division, differences and derision has resulted. As an African-American woman, I weep....
I stand in hope. My faith in the strength of true love makes me believe that in spite of all that has occurred; efforts of conciliation can begin to construct bridges that will make right much of that which has gone so very wrong. We must have the faith to forgive.
It is my deepest desire and determined devotion to continue to do all that I can to foster and facilitate that, which embraces the humanity of others....which most certainly includes Don Imus.
Val D. McCleod is a speaker, writer and an international certified facilitator/trainer of Kingian Nonviolence. She is committed to practicing and promoting Dr. King s philosophy and teachings as tools to promote nonviolent conflict reconciliation. Val can be reached by e-mail at Connecting@VieSkills.com

To VMC: Imus is a rich man - His losing a job isn't like most working class/middle class Americans.
Trust me, he'll be JUST FINE! No need to weep for him. Besides, he's 66 years old; maybe he's ready to retire...