Imus was punished by the free market. One is free to speak as one wishes. If one does so on commercial media, those who are offended are free to refuse to purchase the products of those who sponsor such speech, and to let the sponsors know why. The sponsors are then free to withdraw their advertising because their being associated with the offensive speech hurts sales rather than helping. The media are then free to take whatever action they need to in order to keep their advertising.

The kid involved (assuming the truth of the whole story) was punished by government.

My question: In countries where Muslims are a majority, how much attention is paid to respect for the feelings and rights of non-Muslims? Isn't there a double standard here?

Peter