More on Micheal

While listening to Metallica, I had a thought. As is often the case when I am listening to Metallica, I was catching up on my world affairs. By this I mean that I was buried in a Newsweek, able to escape only for second at a time to check people's away messages.
As I was reading, I came across two articles on the Michael Richards incident, which is being referred to in the media concisely as "the rant." Anyways, I had already posted in the blog about this rant right after it happened and I was, as was much of right-thinking America, very critical of the guy who plays Kramer.
Anyways, one of the articles was about Michael Richards' recent 'apology tour' as it is being called by many. The article was not just about his apology, but about the utter slough of celebrity apologies for various deplorable shit that they've done lately. From Senator Foley to Mel Gibson, to Kramer himself, celebrity apologies are everywhere. However, in Kramer's case, his offense was caught on camera, which sucks for him. Anyways, the article, which I won't try to summarize made the point that it isn't a positive thing that Richards said these things, but it is a positive thing that there has been such a public outcry, and he feels the need to go on an apology tour.
At a certain time and place in this country, much of what he said would not have made news, nor would it have been disagreeable to many in the audience, no doubt. Second of all, if this was not caught on video, as it surely wouldn't have been had it occurred five or more years ago, it also probably wouldn't have been given a second thought, as no one could PROVE what was really said. It's nice to know that the American public can respond to incidents of this nature as they have in this case.