Political Correctness gone insane (again)... (1 Viewer)

[Dragons]

Lately I've become convinced that they should just come here when something like this happens. If all sides agree here that there is nothing to be upset about, then that should be the final ruling. Sure would make some decisions a lot easier for a bunch of stupid people in power.

FBGs = Arbitrators to the Universe

I like it.

Although, this would only work were it such an open and shut case. There is no way the FBGs would come to an agreement in most abritration scenarios. Hell, we even had some dissent in this thread.

 

[NCCommish]

Lately I've become convinced that they should just come here when something like this happens.  If all sides agree here that there is nothing to be upset about, then that should be the final ruling.  Sure would make some decisions a lot easier for a bunch of stupid people in power.

FBGs = Arbitrators to the Universe

I like it.

Although, this would only work were it such an open and shut case. There is no way the FBGs would come to an agreement in most abritration scenarios. Hell, we even had some dissent in this thread.

I think we're up for it.

 

[jon_mx]

I got reported for referring to Chris Coon by his last name. I had a few PM's from the top dog too.

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

[QUOTE='KnowledgeReignsSupreme]Big non-story IMO.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The fact that he said it or the fact that he was fired? I agree with you if it is the former. The same can't be said for the latter. That's absolutely ridiculous.[/QUOTE]agreed. what a joke. people are stupid.

 

[Sand]

So old I don't even remember starting this.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Facebook deletes photos of slain rhinos, leopards and lions killed by Texas cheerleader after outcry

• Kendall Jones, 19, has drawn the ire of thousands with her Facebook photos showing her smiling alongside rare African beasts
• But Facebook has now removed her images of dead elephants, hippos and lions, among others, because they violate their standards
• The website removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species', Facebook said in a statement
• Jones, a cheerleader at Texas Tech who is gunning for a reality show, claims her hunting is actually a conservation effort

Facebook has deleted trophy photos showing rhinos, elephants, lions and leopards killed or tranquilized by a Texas Tech cheerleader.

Kendall Jones, 19, has sparked outrage across the social media site for sharing images of herself with the big game she has hunted through Africa.

On Thursday, Facebook removed some of the images that violated their standards.

In a statement, it said it removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species, the sale of animals for organized fight or content that includes extreme acts of animal abuse'.

Following the removal of the images, she shared a Fox News Channel montage of the deleted photos but by Friday, there was no sign of the montage.

It came after more than a quarter of a million animal lovers signed a petition urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take down the photos in which Jones smiles proudly over the corpses of her prey she claims to be saving from extinction.

'For the sake of all animals,' the petition against Jones reads as it implores animal lovers to sign, 'especially the animals in the African region... where hunters are going for fun just to kill an animal!'


After starting the social media firestorm, the cheerleader hit back at her attackers by saying she is actually protecting wildlife.

In a typo-laden defense that invokes the safari-loving 26th U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt, she claimed killing rare rhinos and elephants helps to save them.

'This is a conservation effort to assure [sic] that they never do become extinct,' the teen from Cleburne, Texas posted to Facebook.


[Roosevelt] was a hunter too, right? He killed the same species that hunters now chase today under a mound of anti-hunting pressure.
'Yet, how can it be possible that someone can love the earth, and take from the Earth in the name of conservation? For some folks, they'll never understand. For the rest of us...we were born that way. God Bless Teddy,' wrote Jones.

Jones, whose Facebook indicates she 'is looking to host a TV show in January 2015,' said here isn't always space for threatened species like elephants or lions.

'Controlling the male lion population is important within large fenced areas like these,' Jones writes.

'Funds from a hunt like this goes partially to the government for permits but also to the farm owner as an incentive to keep and raise lions on their property.'


Jones' photos showed her posing with bagged zebras, hugging a dead leopard, and smiling beside elephants she had killed.

One particular photo, in which she posed alongside an extremely endangered rhinoceros, had her critics especially steaming, but the Texas Tech cheerleader says it was alive and well.

'The vet drew blood, took DNA samples, took body and head measurements, treated a leg injury and administered antibiotics. I felt very lucky to be part of such a great program and procedure that helps the White Rhino population through conservation,' she wrote.

However, Jones has in her quest to bag the Big 5 African game animals (lion, elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard, and White/Black rhinoceros) shot a white rhino, which number around 20,000.

Because of her enthusiasm for killing rare game and what they say is her dubious standing as a conservationist, some critics say Jones should be banned from hunting in Africa completely.


A second petition, this one on change.org and originating from South Africa, is hoping to do just that.

'Kendall Jones is an American born hunter who has entered the continent and has been hunting African wildlife under the facade of conservation,' reads the petition.

It continues: 'She has publicly stated that she hopes to have a television hunting show and she is using endangered and helpless African animals as a stepping to further her popularity on social media platforms.'

But she also has her supporters. A Facebook account, Support Kendall Jones, has also started.

'Support this teenage girl who was attacked for posting pictures of her game that she legally harvested while in Africa,' reads the page.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680742/Facebook-deletes-photos-rhinos-elephants-lions-killed-Texas-cheerleader-violate-websites-standards.html
Not particularly a fan of hunting and am definitely against culling these precious African dwindling species but I can just never understand censorship on a public or private level.

Any opinions here?

 

[NCCommish]

She glory hunts endangered species. She is just another entitled #######.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

She glory hunts endangered species. She is just another entitled #######.

Yes, utterly. So delete her personal views because of the outrage?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Facebook deletes photos of slain rhinos, leopards and lions killed by Texas cheerleader after outcry

• Kendall Jones, 19, has drawn the ire of thousands with her Facebook photos showing her smiling alongside rare African beasts
• But Facebook has now removed her images of dead elephants, hippos and lions, among others, because they violate their standards
• The website removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species', Facebook said in a statement
• Jones, a cheerleader at Texas Tech who is gunning for a reality show, claims her hunting is actually a conservation effort

Facebook has deleted trophy photos showing rhinos, elephants, lions and leopards killed or tranquilized by a Texas Tech cheerleader.

Kendall Jones, 19, has sparked outrage across the social media site for sharing images of herself with the big game she has hunted through Africa.

On Thursday, Facebook removed some of the images that violated their standards.

In a statement, it said it removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species, the sale of animals for organized fight or content that includes extreme acts of animal abuse'.

Following the removal of the images, she shared a Fox News Channel montage of the deleted photos but by Friday, there was no sign of the montage.

It came after more than a quarter of a million animal lovers signed a petition urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take down the photos in which Jones smiles proudly over the corpses of her prey she claims to be saving from extinction.

'For the sake of all animals,' the petition against Jones reads as it implores animal lovers to sign, 'especially the animals in the African region... where hunters are going for fun just to kill an animal!'


After starting the social media firestorm, the cheerleader hit back at her attackers by saying she is actually protecting wildlife.

In a typo-laden defense that invokes the safari-loving 26th U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt, she claimed killing rare rhinos and elephants helps to save them.

'This is a conservation effort to assure [sic] that they never do become extinct,' the teen from Cleburne, Texas posted to Facebook.


[Roosevelt] was a hunter too, right? He killed the same species that hunters now chase today under a mound of anti-hunting pressure.
'Yet, how can it be possible that someone can love the earth, and take from the Earth in the name of conservation? For some folks, they'll never understand. For the rest of us...we were born that way. God Bless Teddy,' wrote Jones.

Jones, whose Facebook indicates she 'is looking to host a TV show in January 2015,' said here isn't always space for threatened species like elephants or lions.

'Controlling the male lion population is important within large fenced areas like these,' Jones writes.

'Funds from a hunt like this goes partially to the government for permits but also to the farm owner as an incentive to keep and raise lions on their property.'


Jones' photos showed her posing with bagged zebras, hugging a dead leopard, and smiling beside elephants she had killed.

One particular photo, in which she posed alongside an extremely endangered rhinoceros, had her critics especially steaming, but the Texas Tech cheerleader says it was alive and well.

'The vet drew blood, took DNA samples, took body and head measurements, treated a leg injury and administered antibiotics. I felt very lucky to be part of such a great program and procedure that helps the White Rhino population through conservation,' she wrote.

However, Jones has in her quest to bag the Big 5 African game animals (lion, elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard, and White/Black rhinoceros) shot a white rhino, which number around 20,000.

Because of her enthusiasm for killing rare game and what they say is her dubious standing as a conservationist, some critics say Jones should be banned from hunting in Africa completely.


A second petition, this one on change.org and originating from South Africa, is hoping to do just that.

'Kendall Jones is an American born hunter who has entered the continent and has been hunting African wildlife under the facade of conservation,' reads the petition.

It continues: 'She has publicly stated that she hopes to have a television hunting show and she is using endangered and helpless African animals as a stepping to further her popularity on social media platforms.'

But she also has her supporters. A Facebook account, Support Kendall Jones, has also started.

'Support this teenage girl who was attacked for posting pictures of her game that she legally harvested while in Africa,' reads the page.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680742/Facebook-deletes-photos-rhinos-elephants-lions-killed-Texas-cheerleader-violate-websites-standards.html
Not particularly a fan of hunting and am definitely against culling these precious African dwindling species but I can just never understand censorship on a public or private level.

Any opinions here?

So it would be cool if I put a bunch of signs on your front lawn featuring giant wangs?

 

[Jules Winnfield]

She glory hunts endangered species. She is just another entitled #######.

Yes, utterly. So delete her personal views because of the outrage?

Don't you mean udderly?

 

[NCCommish]

She glory hunts endangered species. She is just another entitled #######.

Yes, utterly. So delete her personal views because of the outrage?

Facebook is a community. Just like here you push the community too far and they get pissed. Here we ban people. Facebook is a business. That is their private site. There is no issue with freedom of speech here. They can ban what they think they need to so they keep making money.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

She glory hunts endangered species. She is just another entitled #######.

Yes, utterly. So delete her personal views because of the outrage?

Don't you mean udderly?

In her case, yes.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Facebook deletes photos of slain rhinos, leopards and lions killed by Texas cheerleader after outcry

• Kendall Jones, 19, has drawn the ire of thousands with her Facebook photos showing her smiling alongside rare African beasts
• But Facebook has now removed her images of dead elephants, hippos and lions, among others, because they violate their standards
• The website removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species', Facebook said in a statement
• Jones, a cheerleader at Texas Tech who is gunning for a reality show, claims her hunting is actually a conservation effort

Facebook has deleted trophy photos showing rhinos, elephants, lions and leopards killed or tranquilized by a Texas Tech cheerleader.

Kendall Jones, 19, has sparked outrage across the social media site for sharing images of herself with the big game she has hunted through Africa.

On Thursday, Facebook removed some of the images that violated their standards.

In a statement, it said it removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species, the sale of animals for organized fight or content that includes extreme acts of animal abuse'.

Following the removal of the images, she shared a Fox News Channel montage of the deleted photos but by Friday, there was no sign of the montage.

It came after more than a quarter of a million animal lovers signed a petition urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take down the photos in which Jones smiles proudly over the corpses of her prey she claims to be saving from extinction.

'For the sake of all animals,' the petition against Jones reads as it implores animal lovers to sign, 'especially the animals in the African region... where hunters are going for fun just to kill an animal!'


After starting the social media firestorm, the cheerleader hit back at her attackers by saying she is actually protecting wildlife.

In a typo-laden defense that invokes the safari-loving 26th U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt, she claimed killing rare rhinos and elephants helps to save them.

'This is a conservation effort to assure [sic] that they never do become extinct,' the teen from Cleburne, Texas posted to Facebook.


[Roosevelt] was a hunter too, right? He killed the same species that hunters now chase today under a mound of anti-hunting pressure.
'Yet, how can it be possible that someone can love the earth, and take from the Earth in the name of conservation? For some folks, they'll never understand. For the rest of us...we were born that way. God Bless Teddy,' wrote Jones.

Jones, whose Facebook indicates she 'is looking to host a TV show in January 2015,' said here isn't always space for threatened species like elephants or lions.

'Controlling the male lion population is important within large fenced areas like these,' Jones writes.

'Funds from a hunt like this goes partially to the government for permits but also to the farm owner as an incentive to keep and raise lions on their property.'


Jones' photos showed her posing with bagged zebras, hugging a dead leopard, and smiling beside elephants she had killed.

One particular photo, in which she posed alongside an extremely endangered rhinoceros, had her critics especially steaming, but the Texas Tech cheerleader says it was alive and well.

'The vet drew blood, took DNA samples, took body and head measurements, treated a leg injury and administered antibiotics. I felt very lucky to be part of such a great program and procedure that helps the White Rhino population through conservation,' she wrote.

However, Jones has in her quest to bag the Big 5 African game animals (lion, elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard, and White/Black rhinoceros) shot a white rhino, which number around 20,000.

Because of her enthusiasm for killing rare game and what they say is her dubious standing as a conservationist, some critics say Jones should be banned from hunting in Africa completely.


A second petition, this one on change.org and originating from South Africa, is hoping to do just that.

'Kendall Jones is an American born hunter who has entered the continent and has been hunting African wildlife under the facade of conservation,' reads the petition.

It continues: 'She has publicly stated that she hopes to have a television hunting show and she is using endangered and helpless African animals as a stepping to further her popularity on social media platforms.'

But she also has her supporters. A Facebook account, Support Kendall Jones, has also started.

'Support this teenage girl who was attacked for posting pictures of her game that she legally harvested while in Africa,' reads the page.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680742/Facebook-deletes-photos-rhinos-elephants-lions-killed-Texas-cheerleader-violate-websites-standards.html
Not particularly a fan of hunting and am definitely against culling these precious African dwindling species but I can just never understand censorship on a public or private level.

Any opinions here?

So it would be cool if I put a bunch of signs on your front lawn featuring giant wangs?

Nope, would not be happy about it. Actually I would not be happy if you put any sign of any kind on my yard. But Facebook is a lawn offered for public use with around a billion signs. Picking and choosing which signs get to stay seems to get into the business of picking preferred messages. Maybe that's ok if it's still truly private property, I don't know.

 

[3C's]

FB bans photos they deem offensive all the time. Friend of mine had a pic with some Vegas dancers. They removed it.

 

[NCCommish]

FB bans photos they deem offensive all the time. Friend of mine had a pic with some Vegas dancers. They removed it.

They have also been getting a lot of flak for banning pictures of women breastfeeding even when absolutely nothing was exposed.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

FB bans photos they deem offensive all the time. Friend of mine had a pic with some Vegas dancers. They removed it.

They have also been getting a lot of flak for banning pictures of women breastfeeding even when absolutely nothing was exposed.

Well that's just teasing.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

FB bans photos they deem offensive all the time. Friend of mine had a pic with some Vegas dancers. They removed it.

They have also been getting a lot of flak for banning pictures of women breastfeeding even when absolutely nothing was exposed.

Yes, but she was milking it for all it was worth

 

[timschochet]

The only kind of censorship I object to is public censorship, imposed by the government. If its private, then it's none of my business.

 

[DiStefano]

FB bans photos they deem offensive all the time. Friend of mine had a pic with some Vegas dancers. They removed it.

They have also been getting a lot of flak for banning pictures of women breastfeeding even when absolutely nothing was exposed.

Yes, but she was milking it for all it was worth

Sucks nonetheless.

 

[Politician Spock]

Facebook deletes photos of slain rhinos, leopards and lions killed by Texas cheerleader after outcry

• Kendall Jones, 19, has drawn the ire of thousands with her Facebook photos showing her smiling alongside rare African beasts
• But Facebook has now removed her images of dead elephants, hippos and lions, among others, because they violate their standards
• The website removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species', Facebook said in a statement
• Jones, a cheerleader at Texas Tech who is gunning for a reality show, claims her hunting is actually a conservation effort

Facebook has deleted trophy photos showing rhinos, elephants, lions and leopards killed or tranquilized by a Texas Tech cheerleader.

Kendall Jones, 19, has sparked outrage across the social media site for sharing images of herself with the big game she has hunted through Africa.

On Thursday, Facebook removed some of the images that violated their standards.

In a statement, it said it removes 'reported content that promotes poaching of endangered species, the sale of animals for organized fight or content that includes extreme acts of animal abuse'.

Following the removal of the images, she shared a Fox News Channel montage of the deleted photos but by Friday, there was no sign of the montage.

It came after more than a quarter of a million animal lovers signed a petition urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take down the photos in which Jones smiles proudly over the corpses of her prey she claims to be saving from extinction.

'For the sake of all animals,' the petition against Jones reads as it implores animal lovers to sign, 'especially the animals in the African region... where hunters are going for fun just to kill an animal!'


After starting the social media firestorm, the cheerleader hit back at her attackers by saying she is actually protecting wildlife.

In a typo-laden defense that invokes the safari-loving 26th U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt, she claimed killing rare rhinos and elephants helps to save them.

'This is a conservation effort to assure [sic] that they never do become extinct,' the teen from Cleburne, Texas posted to Facebook.


[Roosevelt] was a hunter too, right? He killed the same species that hunters now chase today under a mound of anti-hunting pressure.
'Yet, how can it be possible that someone can love the earth, and take from the Earth in the name of conservation? For some folks, they'll never understand. For the rest of us...we were born that way. God Bless Teddy,' wrote Jones.

Jones, whose Facebook indicates she 'is looking to host a TV show in January 2015,' said here isn't always space for threatened species like elephants or lions.

'Controlling the male lion population is important within large fenced areas like these,' Jones writes.

'Funds from a hunt like this goes partially to the government for permits but also to the farm owner as an incentive to keep and raise lions on their property.'


Jones' photos showed her posing with bagged zebras, hugging a dead leopard, and smiling beside elephants she had killed.

One particular photo, in which she posed alongside an extremely endangered rhinoceros, had her critics especially steaming, but the Texas Tech cheerleader says it was alive and well.

'The vet drew blood, took DNA samples, took body and head measurements, treated a leg injury and administered antibiotics. I felt very lucky to be part of such a great program and procedure that helps the White Rhino population through conservation,' she wrote.

However, Jones has in her quest to bag the Big 5 African game animals (lion, elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard, and White/Black rhinoceros) shot a white rhino, which number around 20,000.

Because of her enthusiasm for killing rare game and what they say is her dubious standing as a conservationist, some critics say Jones should be banned from hunting in Africa completely.


A second petition, this one on change.org and originating from South Africa, is hoping to do just that.

'Kendall Jones is an American born hunter who has entered the continent and has been hunting African wildlife under the facade of conservation,' reads the petition.

It continues: 'She has publicly stated that she hopes to have a television hunting show and she is using endangered and helpless African animals as a stepping to further her popularity on social media platforms.'

But she also has her supporters. A Facebook account, Support Kendall Jones, has also started.

'Support this teenage girl who was attacked for posting pictures of her game that she legally harvested while in Africa,' reads the page.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680742/Facebook-deletes-photos-rhinos-elephants-lions-killed-Texas-cheerleader-violate-websites-standards.html
Not particularly a fan of hunting and am definitely against culling these precious African dwindling species but I can just never understand censorship on a public or private level.

Any opinions here?

So it would be cool if I put a bunch of signs on your front lawn featuring giant wangs?

I knew that was you who did it!

 

[MC Gas Money]

This is one of those things that just makes you shake your head. Guy loses his job for literally a slip of the tongue. He was actually trying to be complimentary of one of our leaders (another mistake in this political climate, I guess).

so if he had said the "n" word, you would have been ok with it? what about any of the other racial epithets that are in use? what about anti-semitic? they aren't acceptable under any circumstances, i think. if he can't keep his act together while on the air then he has no business being on the air. what's silly is that you're chalking it up to political correctness. he wasn't mean spirited about the use of the word, i know, but it doesn't change the fact that it was said. the difference between he and a louis farrakhan is that he can he held accountable for his stupidity.

Name something in that sentence that rhymes with the "n" word that he could easily slip up and say.And no, I wouldn't get upset at anyone who makes a slip of the tongue, immediately apologizes for it knowing he made a simple mistake. Content really doesn't matter, since he obviously didn't mean it.

That is as silly as me banning you from FBG for your terrible grammar.

Bigger

Chigger

Tigger

 

[17seconds]

The only kind of censorship I object to is public censorship, imposed by the government. If its private, then it's none of my business.

It's amazing how many people don't understand this and think they have a right to post something on Facebook.

 

[Kal El]

Mispronouncing a word shouldn't be cause for termination, if it has been shown to be an honest mistake. Still, I can see the station wishing to cover their own posteriors, especially in this day and age. If nothing else, give the person a day or two off until the problem has a chance to blow over, and go from there.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

Mispronouncing a word shouldn't be cause for termination, if it has been shown to be an honest mistake. Still, I can see the station wishing to cover their own posteriors, especially in this day and age. If nothing else, give the person a day or two off until the problem has a chance to blow over, and go from there.

...in this day and age?

 

[Dragons]

Mispronouncing a word shouldn't be cause for termination, if it has been shown to be an honest mistake. Still, I can see the station wishing to cover their own posteriors, especially in this day and age. If nothing else, give the person a day or two off until the problem has a chance to blow over, and go from there.

...in this day and age?

Or 8 years ago. Whatever.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

The only kind of censorship I object to is public censorship, imposed by the government. If its private, then it's none of my business.

I'm really tempted to delete this post.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Can someone explain the transgression in this story to me?

Hank Bauer suspended 1 gameSAN DIEGO -- Two days after using a Jewish stereotype during the final moments of the San Diego Chargers' radio broadcast against the San Francisco 49ers, announcer Hank Bauer issued an apology via Twitter, and was suspended for Thursday's final preseason game at Qualcomm Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals.

"I made a hurtful insinuation that I regret and I would like to express how sorry I am," Bauer said via Twitter. "My poor choice of words were unfortunately open for negative interpretation, please know it was never my intention to offend any of my listeners. I hope you accept my apology."

In a prepared statement Tuesday, the Chargers said that Bauer had been suspended for a game because of his actions.

"Although we know Hank had no ill-will behind his remarks, we agree the comments were inappropriate," the team said. "Per Clear Channel's decision, Hank will not be broadcasting Thursday night's game.

"Hank has been a strong radio voice for the Chargers for the past 16 years and a passionate supporter of the team since his playing days. We look forward to Chargers fans receiving the same high-quality broadcast from Josh (Lewin) and Hank when he returns to the booth for the regular season."

At the end of San Diego's 21-7 loss to San Francisco, Bauer remarked on the air to colleague Lewin at how many fans had left the high-dollar seats at Levi's Stadium.

Lewin said he would have remained in his seat if he were a fan.

"But then again you know how copper wire was invented? Somebody dropped a penny between Josh and his family member," Bauer said to Lewin on the air.

Bauer later added: "I say that respectfully and endearingly, my partner."

Bauer and Lewin work for Clear Channel Communications, which runs the flagship radio station for the Chargers.

Bauer, 60, spent six seasons as a running back and special teams player for the Chargers from 1977 to 1982. Bauer has served as the team's color commentator for radio broadcasts since 1998.

Lewin, 45, has worked as the radio play-by-play voice of the Chargers since 2005.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11415869/hank-bauer-san-diego-chargers-radio-voice-suspended-1-game

Would anyone have even known this? You can't work with a guy for 10 years and joke that he's cheap?

 

[EYLive]

Everybody's skin is thin these days. Blouses.

 

[Josie Maran]

Can someone explain the transgression in this story to me?

Hank Bauer suspended 1 game

SAN DIEGO -- Two days after using a Jewish stereotype during the final moments of the San Diego Chargers' radio broadcast against the San Francisco 49ers, announcer Hank Bauer issued an apology via Twitter, and was suspended for Thursday's final preseason game at Qualcomm Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals.

"I made a hurtful insinuation that I regret and I would like to express how sorry I am," Bauer said via Twitter. "My poor choice of words were unfortunately open for negative interpretation, please know it was never my intention to offend any of my listeners. I hope you accept my apology."

In a prepared statement Tuesday, the Chargers said that Bauer had been suspended for a game because of his actions.

"Although we know Hank had no ill-will behind his remarks, we agree the comments were inappropriate," the team said. "Per Clear Channel's decision, Hank will not be broadcasting Thursday night's game.

"Hank has been a strong radio voice for the Chargers for the past 16 years and a passionate supporter of the team since his playing days. We look forward to Chargers fans receiving the same high-quality broadcast from Josh (Lewin) and Hank when he returns to the booth for the regular season."

At the end of San Diego's 21-7 loss to San Francisco, Bauer remarked on the air to colleague Lewin at how many fans had left the high-dollar seats at Levi's Stadium.

Lewin said he would have remained in his seat if he were a fan.

"But then again you know how copper wire was invented? Somebody dropped a penny between Josh and his family member," Bauer said to Lewin on the air.

Bauer later added: "I say that respectfully and endearingly, my partner."

Bauer and Lewin work for Clear Channel Communications, which runs the flagship radio station for the Chargers.

Bauer, 60, spent six seasons as a running back and special teams player for the Chargers from 1977 to 1982. Bauer has served as the team's color commentator for radio broadcasts since 1998.

Lewin, 45, has worked as the radio play-by-play voice of the Chargers since 2005.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11415869/hank-bauer-san-diego-chargers-radio-voice-suspended-1-game

Would anyone have even known this? You can't work with a guy for 10 years and joke that he's cheap?

Keep going........he's cheap because........you can get this....

 

[timschochet]

I've heard that copper wire joke my entire life.