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 Originally Posted by galavanter
Actually Les, what I thought made it a real knee-slapper was the fact that I was attempting to force Lynn Fox to account for bringing all of us into Howard's dirty little world. Your world Les, remember,the kind of with just two types of people?
The questions I asked were meant to be demeaning, the kind that Howard has made a career of asking women. I asked her questions of a sexual nature, and made up her embarrassed responses. I went too far.
I mentioned the time Howard said the N word 55 times on one show, and asked her if Palm thought that was OK. That was a really a serious reference as to whether a company like Palm should align itself with someone who does such things. I made up her response too. I had her say, "Sure, if it was funny". The point was you don't put your company in a position to even be asked such questions, let alone have to come up with a response.
You see Les, she has embarrassed me to a degree. I had never been so excited about a smartphone before. I watched Rubinstein several times at CES and marveled at the presentation.
I got a real kick out of Matias Duarte, with his funny sideburns, when he gave the WebOS demo. He was great, and his pride in his work was evident.
Palm got rave reviews, including mine. All the people behind the scenes at Palm too, that didn't make it up on the stage. Congratulations to them. They seemed at the top of their game.I wanted to be a part of that, and my only way was to buy the Pre.
But then Lynn Fox had to call the most famously vulgar radio show in the history of America, and associate Palm and all the rest of us with the most notoriously offensive shock jock ever.
Your spouse dies in a plane crash, Howard laughs. Your daughter is murdered in a high school massacre, Howard says they should have been sexually assaulted first. And he gets paid for it.
I can't even imagine a teenage Apple retail store employee pulling such a stupid stunt, and stunt was what it was.
I feel let down. Palm no longer has the same image in my mind.
I don't want to be a part of that, not even tangentially. I guess I am funny that way.
You realize his co-host of 25 years is black correct? You made up the comment about the murdered daughter, and you also made up the comment on the spouse on the plane. Why do you continue to want to believe that your understanding of the show is accurate when you clearly don't listen? You reference my two types of people comment and you clearly prove it!
You don't listen so all you know is what you hear from others who mostly dont listen! If you don't like it fine- but dont write detailed posts that only refer to figments of your imagination. Senators, Governers, Presidential canidates, and all types of celebrities visit the show. Do you think these people come on to the show to discuss strippers and make fun of school shootings? Maybe there is a huge element of the show that you don't recognize exists because you dont listen? Maybe you are missing something?
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