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boxster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 09:56 PM
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15. "I do not know enough about the case...."
Then, you obviously do not understand how huge an issue this was at the time. This wasn't merely about Furmann using the N word. It was about the racist attitude that permeated everything Furmann said and did in this case.

Instead of being upset with a guest on a talk show ten years later who is merely explaining why OJ "won", perhaps you should review the information available on the case itself where Furmann is concerned and the ramifications of his racist attitude.

And, as I stated in another response, this is not much different than news reports about Bill Parcells using the word "jap" in a news conference this week.

Should every news station that reported on the story apologize? Or is "jap" (which they all quoted, by the way) just not as offensive as the N word?

If your answer is that it is not, perhaps it depends on whom you ask.
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