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Message: [QUOTE="NKR1978, post: 1038235, member: 186"] This isn't necessarily true at all. And I haven't seen anyone say that Sterling committed a crime. The only crime was his girlfriend recording the conversation. I was once quoted in a New York Times article in a very unflattering way that probably embarrassed my employer at the time. Fortunately our clients loved it and I got a lot of positive feedback, but that entire day I assumed I would be fired. I committed no crime but there were consequences to my speech that I had to live with. That is life. It isn't fair and in this world where everything is recorded you better be on good behavior or expect repercussions. It's funny that many of the same people who decry the degradation of our culture and values and complain about the increasing crassness of society are often the same ones who complain that they can no longer be racist or express other anti-gay or bigoted beliefs without facing consequences. [/QUOTE]