March 28, 2006
Down-Size Me
In his blog, Morgan Spurlock offered an explanation and an apology of sorts for his speech last Friday at Hatboro Horsham High School. He insisted that it was not his intent to insult or demean anyone and he was “deeply sorry” if anyone in attendance was offended. In response to “points made in the media,” Spurlock explained that the only person he called “retarded” was himself when he was unable to hear a question from the audience.
Spurlock felt it was necessary to set the record straight as to the amount of profanity used during the speech. According to Spurlock, he only said five “dirty” words during the entire speech and that the two “F-Bombs” may have been two too many. Presumably, the two F-Bombs are a subset within the larger set of five dirty words. Of course, Spurlock’s invective is more properly characterized as “obscenity” rather than “profanity” but we don’t need to get into that here. Spurlock also elucidated his comments about teachers smoking pot in the balcony. He stated, “It has been said that I insulted the faculty, when in actuality, all I was doing was making a joke at their expense for the enjoyment of the students.” Definitely not an insult.
Posted by franchiselawblog at March 28, 2006 12:23 PM