What the Heck?
On my way home from AG today I was listening to Radio U. For those of you who don't know what Radio U is, it's a Christian radio station that plays hard Christian stuff. Anywho, after one of the songs, the dj came on and said, "Some news out of Pismo Beach, a man in Denny's shot two people and then killed himself." Pretty sad. I listened on thinking he would give the listeners some more info about it. Instead, he turned it into a joke. He went on to say that the thing that makes him sad about this whole situation is that no one should ever be afraid to eat at Denny's except for if they're going to get a grand slam breakfast. It was something like that. Then he talked about how much he likes to eat at denny's, and then he said, "Let's take a moment of silence for Denny's, and the grand slam breakfast, and those people that got hurt." I was completely shocked. How could he turn that into something funny? 3 people were killed in that shooting. Those people could have been husbands, wives, children, mothers, fathers, they were important. I felt compelled to call in to the station and tell the dj that what he said sounded disrespectful to the people involved as well as to their families. I expected to get an apology, or some sense of remorse from the dj, but I got something totally different. The conversation went a little something like this:
DJ-"Hello, Radio U"
Me-"Hi, I was just listening to you talk about the shooting in Pismo and I think you came across as disrespectful to the people that were involved."
D-"So?"
M-"I live there, and it's a serious tragedy. I think you made it sound like a joke."
D-"Well, I live in America."
M-"You don't think it was wrong to turn it into a joke?"
D-"People are going to get offended no matter what."
M-"Well, I just wanted to let you know how you may have sounded to the listeners."
D-"Have fun if you eat at Denny's."

Ok, I would have NEVER expected that out of a Christian radio station. I will never listen to that station by choice ever again. It was like he was trying to argue like a child would. I am totally baffled. Just because we have the "freedom" to say whatever we want in America, doesn't mean we should. Well, that's my grief for today.