You are doing exactly what I'm doing except you choose to focus on me rather than the issue. Simon is critical and can be rough on folks but he's honest. Are you seriously comparing someone giving someone's performance a bad review with the trash Stern does? I agree that people should laugh more and laughing at yourself is often good therapy...but that's not the same as making fun of other's misery! I see nothing amusing in the ashes of a suicide victim, the dead bodies of school kids or the horrors of 9-11...if that's what you call political correctness and a lack of sense of humor then so be it!

He's got one hell of a voice.

OMG Dahoss, you are my new hero.

Somer,

You're not alone. I don't find humor in other people's misfortunes either. I can assure you guys that I don't have a stick up my a$$ either. :p

Okay guys...play nice. i only commented on that website because I think the whole idea that American Idol actually is representative of the talent in America is rather absurd...it is a bizarre popularity contest that has less to do with talent than how the public views you...much like the high school "loser" that ends up getting voted prom king...more of a stunt than reality.

Sanjaya is NOT good...and yet people vote for him. Why? to piss off true fans of the show and the judges, and to see a train wreck carry on...it's the American way...

I disagree! The person making the call is ultimately responsible for the act (free will) but why did he or she use Stern's name and not Oprah or some other public figure? Isn't it because Stern promulgates such behavior by his own? He reinforces such vile conduct through his own acts! Simon commenting that a person should lose weight if he/she wants the public to vote for him/her may be harsh but it is hardly the same as sitting on a TV show going through a dead girl's ashes and making vulgar comments. Making fun of folks with disabilities is cruel, but when a public figure does it...it reinforces that cruelness in those listening/watching! Is Stern responsible for acts of his "followers"? Was Hitler? I doubt he personally instructed each person involved how to kill and torture but it was done in his name, following his perverted philosophy...each individual shoulders responsibility for his/her acts but it's naive to say a public figure bears no responsibility! If you are really unaware of the event that I mention, go back to his earlier TV shows...I was actually a fan until the night he did that...I was sickened, revolted...just plain disgusted!

I think you underestimate the power of my farts.

It amuses me how folks always lapse into personal attacks when they can't compete with logic and debate. It never fails...and all the usual suspects quickly respond in kind. The Hitler analogy is accurate...again that's what an analogy is...comparing unlike things/people/circumstances but with a commonality ingrained. Sorry to disappoint folks but I never get upset on-line. I've stated my view, I don't care if a few folks disagree...hell, I've been on the ESPN site for 10 years, called pretty much every name imaginable...bottom line: I think Stern is exactly what I've said...if he's your idol...enjoy!

Oh I get the analogy. So...Sanjaya asks for votes and the people vote for him...Sanjaya = Hitler. Ok.

Yeah, and I find him funny most of the time. With that said, I don't find humor in making fun of people that are dead. (Don't care who it is that is doing it.)

Yes, I predict that it won't be very long, perhaps even in the next one or two weeks, that one of the black girls, my guess would be Stephanie but it could even be Lekisha, will show up in the bottom three and people will be shocked.

Sometimes its like a wakeup call to supporters that they better remember to vote.

Well, I really was responding more to a post that I see has been removed with my "attack" comments.
Webster defines "analogy" as "simularity in some respects between things otherwise unlike". I wonder sometimes if folks really understand the use of analogy in debate...I'm not saying Stern=Hitler, rather I'm comparing philosophical constructs involving the dynamics of human behavior. If a person listens to Stern and adopts a similar view of what constitutes "humor", then that is the same dynamic involved in someone adopting the same point of view as Hitler and acting based on same! Don't get hung up on degree...certainly Stern isn't responsible for slaughtering innocent people but the adaptation of mindsets is the commonality! Folks always seem to have trouble with this...this is a valid analogy the way I've used it!

Somer,

With all due respect, when you're using Hitler in the same sentence with Stern, it just doesn't look right. I would bet my hard earned money (small amount that it is, haha) that Stern does NOT have the same mindset or point of view as Hitler.

Again...this is an analogy!!! Folks get hung up on Stern=Hitler...I'm not saying that! My point is about the dynamics involved not the individuals.
Analogy
Analogy
Analogy!!
Good grief...lets try this:
People listen to Mr X
Mr X is a public figure with a loyal following
His fans are likely to adopt a similar mindset to that expressed by Mr X
That mindset is legitimized, to the fans, by Mr X's endorsement.
People listen to Mr Y
Mr Y is a public figure with a loyal following
His followers are likely to adopt a similar mindset to that expressed by Mr Y
That mindset is legitimized, to the followers, by Mr Y's endorsement.
Therein lies the analogy between the dynamics involved per Webster definition!