Should Simon Cowell be deported?

[taterguy]

Last night I watched a documentary about John Lennon and how the Nixon administration tried really hard to kick him out of the country.

Couldn't we do the same thing with Simon Cowell? All he does is shatter the dreams of good, hard-working American singers.

And he's kind of rude too.

[kmla]

1. Nah. If we deport all foreign born celebrities who are assholes...

California will be without a governor.

[taterguy]

5. And why would that be a bad thing?

[kmla]

14. Oh, that would be a good thing.

Yes, it would. But some people would complain.

(Like my straw man insertion into the debate?)

[taterguy]

16. I complained like a banshee when they tried to deport Lennon

Were my complaints listened to? Noooooooooooooooooooooo

[Kajsa]

2. Yep, I would be happy to see him go.

n/t

[VenusRising]

3. It will never happen.

He makes FOX too much money.

[T_i_B]

4. No. Keep him.

Please.

[billyskank]

6. Only if he's a lefty

People preaching peace and love and stuff, those are the ones that get deported.

[taterguy]

7. That's why my OP said should not could :)

I'm not talking about reality. I'm talking about the way we wished the world worked.

[billyskank]

8. Oh. In that case I am ambivalent

I mean yeah, of course you'd want to get rid of the asshole. But that would mean we'd have to take him back.

[taterguy]

13. We could arrange a trade

Surely there's at least one rude American in your country right?

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

19. People always try to hurt me when I do that.

:(

[taterguy]

20. No pain no gain

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. No way - he's the only honest one on the show

and the only one who seems to care, at least a little bit, about the integrity of being an artist.

[Deep13]

11. He's also the only thing that is remotely entertaining on the show.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Ain't that the truth! The best - perhaps the only - art that appears on that show

are his deliciously and artfully constructed truth bombs.

Rude is saying "You suck", with no qualifiers or reasons.

Artful truth is saying "I've heard elephants farting manhole covers into tunnels that sounded better than that. And had less vibrato."

[Deep13]

10. That was the WORST attempt to justify expulsion I have heard...

...since Charlie Chaplin. Your composition was rudimentary and your delivery was dreadful! I'm just being honest.

Can't deport a lawfully present person for being rude. While it was probably a pretext, Lennon was facing legitimate drug charges. Unless Mr. "Just Being Honest" is a criminal, we are probably stuck with him.

On edit: If deporting him means A.I. is cancelled and that House will no longer be preempted, I might support the deportation.:evilgrin:

[jakefrep]

15. No

He is performing an important public service by artfully shattering the dreams of the delusional fuckwits that get in the way of the "good, hardworking American singers".

[taterguy]

17. I'm naming my next band the Delusional Fuckwits

[Jimbo S]

18. Simon rules

He's a straight shooter who tells it like it is. The country needs more of that.