Anybody who sees a parallel between the ham sandwich incident and the Imus situation is being deliberately obtuse.

Kids have teased and been teased forever--and it doesn't look likely to stop anytime soon.

A Jewish kid who keeps kosher wouldn't be any more enthusiastic about a ham sandwich than the Moslem child.

Reading "hate crime" into it ridicules the whole idea of "hate crime".

Imus' remark wasn't a "hate crime" either--but one in a series of similar remarks. That was his stock in trade--and it's good he's been made to realize there may be a price to pay with that approach.