Poor young lad! Oprah just cancelled his appearance!!

Im waiting to see if Clapton cans him

never thought of clapton doing that. i hope he dosn't.

If Clapton doesn't toss him I'll lose a lot of respect for him. It's kind of funny that Mayer is supposedly a huge pothead and he's on the bill to benefit a rehab center. Maybe he should pay it a visit to help with his habitual bad taste and big mouth.

Dude is full of himself. I have no respect for him at all!!

The guy has worked hard to get were he is!! I respect that! Eric Clapton went through the same with his Enoch Powell statement. Ya can stand in a bar and dam queen and country but as soon as you become a star and have the chance to reach an audience you have to be hushed! Sorry but that's a load of b"@&?!x. People should never have to appologise for there views and beliefs! Fredom of speech

The guy has worked hard to get were he is!! I respect that! Eric Clapton went through the same with his Enoch Powell statement. Ya can stand in a bar and dam queen and country but as soon as you become a star and have the chance to reach an audience you have to be hushed! Sorry but that's a load of b"@&?!x. People should never have to appologise for there views and beliefs! Fredom of speech

Ah really?Like it or not, when you are in the public eye , you are being judged in most aspects of your life.I am sure John Mayer doesnt mind being judged for the good things,so its only fair hes judged for the bad too.It doesnt have anything to do with censorship,but we as a society have a right to decide what is acceptable and what is not.The day where celebrities can say and do whatever they want and it be ok is gone,gone.

nikininja I'm not saying he's right at all. Far from it. All I'm saying is let a man stand and say what he thinks. Yeah he'll probs get slated to hell for it but atleast let him have a say like the rest of rhe people on this thread are doing. I'm sorry if I've offended anybody but ya can't use the war as an example of freedom of speach. Unless ya wanna talk about the thousands of people who have changed there tune and are now now standing and saying America and Britain should pull out or never should of got involved in rhe first place.

I'm sorry but freedom of speech is a complete myth. There's plenty of things you cant say, both sides of the pond. For instance, I dare anyone to go say to George or Tony 'perhaps the taliban are right' and see exactly how free your speech is. You dont have to believe it, I dont. Just for a dare go see what happens if you do go say it to one of those ex-premieres. When blackbox agencies have finished waterboarding you, you can come back here and tell us all about it. If they've let up on monitoring your internet usage.
There's lots of laws inhibiting what you can or cant say. Not inciting racial hatred or violence being two. Where law abounds freedom is diminished.

What Enoch Powell statement did Clapton make?

For those that dont know Enoch Powell was a British rightwing politician who made a speech about restricting the number of immigrants allowed into the country and advocating paying them to repatriate into their own countries. His main thrust was that all peoples should be equal in the eyes of the law and that immigrants shouldnt hold a elevated position. That our continued allowance of this discrimination against British nationals would lead to rivers of blood in the streets.
Rivers of blood wiki page
I wonder what he'd make of Britan today? Nationals discriminated against all the time, racial tensions everywhere. All because of a leftwing party that implemented a 'divide the rightwing vote' strategy early into their rule.

Difference is John Lennon never degraded an entire race.BTW his "We are more popular than Jesus " comment bit him in the backside in a big way.Made alot of people mad and wasnt a positive career move.