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Prank on Tom Cruise Gets Man Arrested
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| 6/20/05
| Limbacher
Posted on 06/20/2005 7:10:28 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: baseballmom
"Whether it's water, a pie, or something more sinister, it is a violation of his (or anyone's) person, and these "pranksters" should be arrested for assault." See I would handle it differently. You got these damned body guards around right? I would have them all armed with super squirter water guns and douse these idiots who want to play jokes.
I would make sure also one of the guards handed me my squirt gun and I would make sure the camera had plenty of pics of me shooting and laughing saying "gee this is lots of fun."
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posted on
06/20/2005 9:27:20 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
To: SoFloFreeper
"I am no fan of Tom Cruise, but he handled himself extremely well"
I was impressed as well by the clip I saw. It is so rare to see someone from hollywood act like a normal reasoning human in public.
To: RushCrush
Hmmm... I completely disagree. He gave the idiot with the water toy a good what for, without cussing him out or hitting him. More mature that I would have been at that moment, I tell ya.
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posted on
06/20/2005 12:03:31 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Now the 'reporter' has Cruise on video, looking like an idiot. That's exactly what he wanted!
I honestly would have kept walking, without uttering a word. But then again I am female and it takes a LOT to get me angry. Most things aren't worth it.
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posted on
06/20/2005 12:11:32 PM PDT
by
RushCrush
(More people died in Teddy's Oldsmobile than have died at Gitmo.)
To: RushCrush
What makes you think Cruise looked like the idiot? Gee, he told the guy off non-violently, then moved on. Where's the "look like an idiot" part? Oh, the part where they squirted him in the face! They got THAT part whether he stood up to them or not.
Besides, he was smart enough to know keeping the perps engaged gave the authorities a chance to arrest them, which they rightly deserved.
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posted on
06/20/2005 12:15:55 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
True, I'll give you that- he was smart to keep them engaged so that the cops could get them. But who can think on their feet that quickly? Probably not Tom Cruise!
We'll have to agree to disagree that engaging this guy in any way was a good idea. The 'right' thing to do is to walk away. Isn't it?
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posted on
06/20/2005 12:20:40 PM PDT
by
RushCrush
(More people died in Teddy's Oldsmobile than have died at Gitmo.)
To: RushCrush
"The 'right' thing to do is to walk away. Isn't it?"
No, I don't agree. Why would ignoring it help? Just another elitist celeb some would say... I just don't bear any strong animus towards Tom Cruise, and I happen to think he's just a decent actor with some silly issues.
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posted on
06/20/2005 12:24:28 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: baseballmom
Many, many moons ago when I was a wee lad in the second grade, my teacher (whom I had a huge crush on) was assaulted over Christmas vacation by her ex-husband who sprayed battery acid in her face when she answered her door.
In the same way that I believe a person has the right to kill an attacker in a dark parking lot or somebody that breaks into your home, I believe that anyone like these creeps who maliciously attack others and then feign innocent fun should be subject to the same kinds of potential penalties. If the law was written to define assault as including threatening and aggressive invasive acts where foreign materials were sprayed or thrown on a person, well, maybe these scumbags would decide that the 60's leftist notion of guerrilla theater is a bad policy.
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posted on
06/20/2005 1:26:03 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(NEW and IMPROVED: Now with 100% more Tyrannical Tendencies and Dictator Envy!)
To: thoughtomator
This is what Howard Stern, reality television, shock-jocks, et. al have brought us... ::sigh:: Wouldn't it be lovely to have courtesy be the standard behavior of most people?
To: Millee
"...I would have been pretty P.O'd if someone did that to me."
Me too, but I don't make my living posing for reporters and creating publicity.
It comes with the territory...
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posted on
06/20/2005 4:21:45 PM PDT
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: finnman69
Maverick: "What's your problem, fake journalist?"
Squirtman: "You're everyone's problem. That's because everytime you make a movie, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous."
Maverick: "That's right! Squirt... man. I am dangerous."
This was posted on another website. I thought it was funny.
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posted on
06/20/2005 6:06:24 PM PDT
by
MotleyGirl70
(Todd Gack. That's a nice name. What is that Dutch?)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
by a man posing as a reporter.
Thats infinitely better than a reporter posing as a man......
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posted on
06/20/2005 8:44:35 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I wonder if Tom is a member of Scientology's Sea Org...
To: SoFloFreeper
I saw the video of the incident, a little of the initial interview, the prank and a lot of Cruise's reaction. I am no fan of Tom Cruise, but he handled himself extremely well--very professional, didn't run away but didn't fly off the handle either. While I won't scramble to watch one of his movies, I do have a bit more respect for him. With all those cameras, what did you think he would do? He knows how to play for the camera. He did make a big deal out of getting squited with water. Wonder what he would have done had it been a pie in the face?
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