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Will Smith just threw a $50m punch
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Didn’t bother with WS as I’m sure he’s worth way more, but CR is reportedly worth 50-60 million. I highly doubt either of them really give a crap. At that point, your money is making stupid money without you needing to lift a finger.
I'm cynical as anyone, but thank goodness I'm still capable of rational thought.
With the stalk of rhubarb, in the study, listening to deep purple
I think it's important in moderation. Young children cannot be reasoned with the way an adolescent can. My parents practiced it in moderation. Never enough to hurt us, with the exception of our pride.
I am starting to see it more from the other side.
But I heard one comedian in all seriousness say that Rock should sue him for much more than the figure in this thread title. Why? Because he had to suffer the insult.
Imagine having to endure insults.
I haven't had this much fun since I seen wheezy Jefferson naked!
Jovial aside: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came into a camera store I was working at in the late '80s to buy something; I took care of him, and yes, I did (have to) look up (at him).
That was not a punch, that was what rappers call a "bitch slap." Eitherway its considered asault.
Except she does. She has a full head of hair; she just cropped it short and has decided, for whatever reason (or no reason at all), to call it "alopecia." Perhaps she's chosen to "identify" as an alopecia sufferer, and is therefore immune from any questioning as to why she still sports a full head of hair.
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Credible citation requested. I can’t find anything that backs up your assertion. Maybe I’m just not finding it.
Actually your post makes no sense. Are you messing with us?
Another point in Will's favor is that this whole incident proves how wrong it is to insult people in this kind of joking manner because you never know why something appears the way it does just from surface viewing.
Ignorance is no excuse. He deserved what happened because it's wrong to joke about people like that. There is no excuse for that kind of insulting. Just because a small segment of creeps will find it amusing? Sorry, but that's absurd.
Ignorance is no excuse. He deserved what happened because it's wrong to joke about people like that. There is no excuse for that kind of insulting. Just because a small segment of creeps will find it amusing? Sorry, but that's absurd.
A joke in poor taste should result in assault and battery?
Sorry, but that's absurd.
Sorry, but that's absurd.
Rock "deserved what happened"??? Say what? Telling an offensive joke (or one that's perceived as offensive by its target) is NOT a crime. Assaulting someone IS a crime. Proportion. Again, even Smith himself has acknowledged his wrongdoing, and apologized to Chris Rock by name. Even Will Smith doesn't say Chris Rock "deserved it".
Insult comedy has been around forever. Don Rickles made an entire very successful career out of it. He's not the only one. (Chris Rock actually only does it occasionally, as for example, at the Oscars, where such jokes are a tradition of sorts - see Ricky Gervais.) But physical assault as a response to perceived verbal insult has NEVER been recognized as appropriate. Attempts to normalize such illegal responses could themselves be considered offensive, I have to say.
No, it's just another person asserting that women make things up for attention.
I'm sorry, but Chris was hired to perform comedy, and his comedic style is well-known. He was doing his JOB.
If you're going to go there, you're basically saying that all comedians are fair game, along with anyone else on a stage, if someone doesn't like what they say. What's next? Shoot the guy because he makes a joke? Maybe just rough him up a little? Break a bone or two? Would he deserve that too? Is there a line you're going to draw here that we aren't seeing?
Sorry, but there is a line between making a joke, even a joke in poor taste, as a part of your work, and assaulting another human being. If people have grievances with one another, there are other ways to resolve them. Condoning physical violence isn't a proper answer to anything.
I know I said I was moving on but it's utterly bizarre to see people doubling down on two wrongs making a right here.
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JFC (as the kids say) I thought that stupid meme I posted would maybe be enough for TB to collectively go "tee hee bass joke we're moving on now" but literally here people are defending a violent criminal assault because the victim (and, Chris Rock is a crime victim, whether he chooses to pursue charges or not) said a "mean thing."
Really, it was a vanilla-ass joke about what Rock perceived was a haircut. Short, even very short haircuts on women are not altogether uncommon.
And is it really THAT insulting to be compared with Demi Moore??
Hell, I WISH I was interesting enough for a stand up comedian to publicly "insult" me. Most of us could only ever hope (although apparenty, some of you might pull a weapon.)
Really, it was a vanilla-ass joke about what Rock perceived was a haircut. Short, even very short haircuts on women are not altogether uncommon.
And is it really THAT insulting to be compared with Demi Moore??
Hell, I WISH I was interesting enough for a stand up comedian to publicly "insult" me. Most of us could only ever hope (although apparenty, some of you might pull a weapon.)
