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Man Stabbed in Domestic Dispute, Almost Dies--and KABC Morning Hosts Think It's Funny
GlennSacks.com ^ | 5/5/08 | Glenn Sacks

Posted on 05/05/2008 1:10:36 PM PDT by PercivalWalks

Apparently the filming of the new James Bond movie Quantum of Silence is being plagued with problems. While listening to McIntyre In The Morning on KABC in Los Angeles this morning, I was dismayed when KABC entertainment reporter Debra Mark (pictured) lightly and semi-laughingly mentioned that one of the film crew had been "stabbed in a domestic dispute."

In fact, according to the UPI article she was reading from (see below), the man almost died. Host Doug McIntyre (pictured below) and co-host Rob Marenko, both normally reasonable men, seemed mildly amused, too.

All together now--"If a wife was stabbed and almost murdered by her husband, would we be amused by it?"

As we've discussed before, this light dismissal of male victims of domestic violence is common in the media. I detailed one of them in my co-authored column Suppose Roles Had Been Reversed in Clara Harris Case (Houston Chronicle, 1/27/07). Worker on new 'Bond' film found stabbed UPI, May 4, 2008

DORNBIRN, Austria, May 4 (UPI) -- A 58-year-old working on the Austrian set of "Quantum of Silence," the latest James Bond movie, has been stabbed in a domestic dispute, police say.

A police spokesman said the unidentified technician was in "critical" condition after allegedly being attacked by a woman in Dornbirn, the Mail on Sunday reported.

"The woman appears to have attacked the man with a steak knife in the bedroom," an unidentified police spokesman said.

"He suffered deep cut wounds to the head and hands, and the first policeman to arrive thought he had died as his pulse was so weak and there was so much blood."

The discovery of the wounded crew member Saturday morning marked the third unusual event involving the production of the 22nd Bond film, the Mail said.

The British newspaper said a 29-year-old crew member survived a car crash two weeks earlier in Italy and a stuntman was seriously injured six days later while filming a chase scene.

Glenn Sacks, www.GlennSacks.com

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: domesticviolence

1 posted on 05/05/2008 1:10:37 PM PDT by PercivalWalks
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To: PercivalWalks

maybe the studio lights fried their brains.


2 posted on 05/05/2008 1:13:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!)
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To: PercivalWalks
As most of the Internet has heard by now, Daniel Craig, the latest actor to take up the role of James Bond, is, in a story reported by World Entertainment News Network, advocating that the Bond franchised be revolutionized by including men, as well as women, among James Bond's many conquests. Predictably this has spawned squeals of glee and squawks of horror all over cyberspace.

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3 posted on 05/05/2008 1:15:13 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: PercivalWalks

The woman will probably run down to the court house and get a restraining order on him because he called her a poo poo head.


4 posted on 05/05/2008 1:15:28 PM PDT by Mashood
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To: PercivalWalks
"If a wife was stabbed and almost murdered by her husband, would we be amused by it?"

I ask a similar question quite a bit on FR (lots of FReepers making fun of dead people). It seems that death can be quite humorous for some people. :o(

5 posted on 05/05/2008 1:25:43 PM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: TexasCajun

Unreal, but I wasn’t going to see it anyway. I also notice Toyota is sponsoring that site.


6 posted on 05/05/2008 1:32:15 PM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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