Mayer's apology

[Commodore 64***]

The things he said about Jessica Simpson are typical of this. Cruel, insensitive and just plain hurtful comments about someone he briefly dated say a lot more about John than they do about the woman

Maybe I read his comments wrong, but it sounded like he was saying she's a sexual dynamo. That's hardly disparaging.

That said, I've always thought he was a douchebag although the skits he did on the Chapelle Show were really funny..

[Ch0jin]

I believe it was "Sexual Napalm" (from watching TMZ)

I saw a TMZ guy ask Jessica about this and she laughed her butt off when they brought it up. I'd take that comment as a compliment if someone said that about me!

Anyway, I could care less what John Mayer says, I just chimed in for my previous "grass houses" joke

[oldguy]

Everyone says something stupid now and then. Sometimes they wish they could take it back, sometimes it comes out funny.
And some people are really good at doing it repeatedly.
If they don't learn from it or use discretion, they become known as a$$holes.

[Bloozcat]

Maybe I read his comments wrong, but it sounded like he was saying she's a sexual dynamo. That's hardly disparaging.

Maybe it's a generational thing (I certainly hope not), but I was raised to be a gentleman. And gentlemen don't speak of such private intimacies as John Mayer does. Oh, I've certainly had acquaintances who have, and I've been in enough locker rooms to have heard it many times before, but it's still inexcusable. Just imagine if it was your daughter that Mayer was speaking about. Or maybe your sister or a good friend.

As to the free speech right, there has to be self regulation in the exercise of this right. In the classic example, is it OK to scream FIRE!, FIRE! in a crowded theater and then disavow any responsibility for those who are then trampled to death because of your actions?

[piebaldpython***]

Maybe it's a generational thing (I certainly hope not), but I was raised to be a gentleman. And gentlemen don't speak of such private intimacies as John Mayer does. Oh, I've certainly had acquaintances who have, and I've been in enough locker rooms to have heard it many times before, but it's still inexcusable. Just imagine if it was your daughter that Mayer was speaking about. Or maybe your sister or a good friend.

Right, not the gentlemanly thing to do, I agree. That being said, I've been in enough gyms and bars to hear guys talk that kind of stuff. However, there's a HUGE difference between BS'g with 10 pals and saying stuff in a venue so that EVERYBODY knows what you think.