Stoning Clay

You want us to believe that he’s a sweet, sensitive guy and that the Diceman is just an act. So I can’t help but wonder--what if the baby he’s expecting is born with physical or mental handicaps? Will the Diceman still think those jokes are funny? What if that child chooses a homosexual lifestyle or selects a mate of another race and gives him “urine-colored” grandchildren. Will the Diceman still be laughing?

As the mother of a handicapped child, I am far too aware of the ignorance and bigotry that is focused on those who are born into a life of challenge. His act merely encourages this ignorance to fester and grow to it’s enormous, ugly potential. For every joke he tells, a thousand mothers have cried themselves to sleep in pain for the way their children are treated. And if handing one unfortunate individual $1,000 is all it takes to clear his conscience, then he never really had one.

CATHERINE BACOS CLINCH

Los Angeles