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Unless you've turned off your TV or sworn off the Internet for the past couple of weeks, you probably know about the recent Don Imus controversy.  If you haven't heard about it, the long-time radio shock jock made an off-hand comment on the air about the Rutgers women's basketball team, referring to the predominantly African-American players as "nappy-headed hos."  CBS (CBS) initially suspended Imus for two weeks, then fired him in the wake of serious public backlash led by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.  The uproar over the incident reminded all of us about the thin line between free speech and unwarranted verbal venom.