From: "Rich Gauszka" 

While I agree that Mrs. Erlich's chose an inappropriate phrase in her
critique of Britney Spears, I think the brouhaha over them is a bit
overdone. If one listens to the interview she clearly is chuckling and says
the words in jest. I'll give you that the words seem harsher in print. The
word police need to lighten up

"Judy Folkenberg"  wrote in
message news:3F896CB1.2832D700{at}mail.nlm.nih.gov...
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> Jeff Shultz wrote:
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> > >>>The problem is that you can't ignore her - I tried,
and the news and
> > newspapers showed her tongueing Madonna onstage...
> >
> >
>
> But you can ignore her.  I have.  I never saw the kiss on TV and only
briefly
> read about it two or three days later.  I saw one small photo (an online
news
> report), but quickly moved elsewhere to other news.  You almost come
across as
> being a bit obsessed with her and her sexual shananigans, because she can
be
> ignored.
>
> Another example...having nothing to do with her.  I've been reading a lot
about
> the Siegfried and Roy and tiger attack.  That's because I've always been
> fascinated by tigers, the relationships between man and beast, and whether
they
> can really be trained etc.  But the reason I know "a lot" is
because I'm
looking
> for it.  A friend of mine barely knows about the news event (which has
received
> widespread coverage) because he doesn't focus on it
>
> What's happened now in Maryland is because Mrs. Erlich's remarks caused
such an
> uproar (apparently many parents were upset with her too, because of the
violence
> imbued in her remarks) is that she's apologized a second time and invited
> Brittney to the state house.  So now we have that much more attenetion
focused
> on her.  Ignore her!!!!  The whole thing has backfired.  BTW, Brittney has
> turned down her invitation.
>
> Judy
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