If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

Is it right for someone to ridicule choices you make in your profession just because they don't like your certain choice?

Well that is what happened February 28, 2007 to female referee Violet Palmer.

Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air Wednesday night for saying that "a female referee should go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.

Maxwell appeared on WEEI-AM radio station which is owned by Entercom Communication.

Entercom's Vice President of AM programming and operations in Boston said, the station does not condone Maxwell's comments, which he called a poor attempt at humor.

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How can you justify what this sports analyst said with Freedom of Speech. In my opinion the Maxwell was unethical with what he said.

The right to Freedom of Speech which is printed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that Freedom of Speech is not a treaty but a but a resolution that is not legally binding in its entirety. A nation has the right to censor, mostly for obscene, defamation of character, and/or hateful speeches.

In other words, Maxwell has the right to feel like what Palmer did was wrong but he did not have to disrespect her, with the comments he made. He apologized either because he knows what he said was wrong or he apologized because he would have to suffer the consequences such as the public not agreeing with his commentary and possibly getting fired from the radio station.