Biebs Arrested In Florida!!!

If the kid starts speedballing I'll start to feel badly for him.
I have a soft spot in my heart for celebrities I'd otherwise not care at all about... But when things are trainwrecking, I feel awful for them and start hoping for their recovery and success. Britney, Winehouse, etc.

I couldn't have given a fig about Britney Spears until the whole head-shaved umbrella incident... It's just disturbing to see people come unglued in such a public-spectacle way, and at some point I end up rooting for the underdog. Like when the "dead pool"s begin and people are making odds on a celebrity's survival.
 
Moon-Spinner said:
Newscaster: "Mr. President, please explain the grave international situation."

President: "At this moment, there are five nuclear warheads heading for the United States. I'm asking all citizens on the East Coast to..."

Newscaster: "Excuse me Mr. President, we have more important breaking news here about Justin Bieber's latest exploits..."

President: "Huh???? I'm trying to save American lives here!"

Newscaster: "Never mind that Mr. President, we'll get back to you right after we learn this Earth shattering tidbit about Justin Bieber, unless of course, there's some late breaking news concerning Miley Cyrus..."
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I've always had the desire to post on a Bieb site this...
"What will his voice change to when his testicles descend?"
But being me, I wouldn't...
 
Monketey Ghost said:
If the kid starts speedballing I'll start to feel badly for him.
I have a soft spot in my heart for celebrities I'd otherwise not care at all about... But when things are trainwrecking, I feel awful for them and start hoping for their recovery and success. Britney, Winehouse, etc.

I couldn't have given a fig about Britney Spears until the whole head-shaved umbrella incident... It's just disturbing to see people come unglued in such a public-spectacle way, and at some point I end up rooting for the underdog. Like when the "dead pool"s begin and people are making odds on a celebrity's survival.
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...you would appreciate this monologue by Craig Ferguson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZVWIELHQQY
 
Good News, Everyone!

Petition to Deport Justin Bieber Heads to the White House
An online petition that describes Canadian pop star Justin Bieber as "reckless, destructive, and drug abusing" has received enough signatures to earn an official review by the White House.

The petition, "Deport Justin Bieber and revoke his green card," was started last Thursday, Jan. 23 on the We The People site. Created after the "Baby" singer was arrested in South Florida on DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license charges, the petition had amassed over 118,000 signatures by Wednesday. The White House responds to petitions once they've surpassed 100,000 signatures.

Source: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/entertain...-the-White-House-242637601.html#ixzz2rpiWhzB8
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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber-and-revoke-his-green-card/ST1yqHJL
 
Matthew Best said:
This seems like a considered and rational response to the news about Bieber:

NSFW:
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Could I defend this guy's sentiments? The way he expresses himself is cretinous but there's a valid point (or two or three or four) buried in there.

In a world where grown adults slave away their whole lives just to pay the rent and buy groceries, it is infuriating that a 19-year-old with hundreds of millions wastes it in such a carefree manner.

People four times his age sweat tears and blood for 7.25 an hour- and he just throws all his good fortune away for...nothing? That's a crime and a sin. A sin in the secular sense, that is.

It's also infuriating that celebrities often seem to be rewarded for bad behavior. When they get in trouble, it sometimes only serves to increase their popularity and wealth. The public readily buys their lame excuses and fairly easily allows them a "come back", whereas the rest of us would be in prison for similar behavior.

It shows a culture's values that we lionize vacuous airheads like him and pay so much attention to their behavior. This dummy is who teenagers want to be? Maybe crap like this is the reason America is in such a bad shape nowadays. Maybe this stuff is heralding the end of America. This celebrity stuff has a strong element of "bread-and-circuses". It's a distraction from a million real problems.
 
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Not to defend the Beibster on any level, I don't like him as an artist and I don't like him as a person, but it's not like he's the first celebrity, home grown or otherwise, to get a DUI.

Michelle Rodriguez, Charles Barkley, Shia LaBeouf, Heather Locklear, Keifer Sutherland (and that's just the tip of the iceberg)... all got DUIs, multiple times in some cases and in some cases actually being involved in accidents or hit and runs and there wasn't the organized seething hate-dom against them.

All this snot nosed little twerp did was blow below the legal limit for a DUI in most cases but get hit for DUI because of American's absolutely insanely arbitrary 21 year old drinking age.

What Beiber did was wrong, but a lot of this just seems like left over hate for Beiber the teeny-bopper then anything else
 
JoeBentley said:
Not to defend the Beibster on any level, I don't like him as an artist and I don't like him as a person, but it's not like he's the first celebrity, home grown or otherwise, to get a DUI.

Michelle Rodriguez, Charles Barkley, Shia LaBeouf, Heather Locklear, Keifer Sutherland (and that's just the tip of the iceberg)... all got DUIs, multiple times in some cases and in some cases actually being involved in accidents or hit and runs and there wasn't the organized seething hate-dom against them.

All this snot nosed little twerp did was blow below the legal limit for a DUI in most cases but get hit for DUI because of American's absolutely insanely arbitrary 21 year old drinking age.

What Beiber did was wrong, but a lot of this just seems like left over hate for Beiber the teeny-bopper then anything else
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That's not exactly true. He was racing on public streets and having members of his entourage block the road as though it were his own private racetrack. And he happened to be intoxicated. And it happens to follow numerous reports of him behaving like a jackass in many different ways. So I don't think you can compare the reaction to those other examples you mentioned.
 
And I don't disagree but we have plenty of celebrities that have pretty much done nothing but do stupid dangerous things for years and no one cares.

I just have a hard time believing this would be a big deal if wasn't Beiber.
 
This petition made me laugh:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-justin-bieber/GmhbqmQn
we petition the obama administration to:

DEPORT JUSTIN BIEBER!

Forescore and 19 years ago America was a place of serenity before our ears were tainted by Justin Bieber's abominable music and the images of him peeing in mop buckets and atop the snowcapped Colorado mountains. He has shown that he is incapable of contributing anything to our society other than stimulating the marijuana industry, single-handedly keeping the saggy hammer-pants trend alive, and giving Selena Gomez inspiration to write break-up songs. Taxpayers say NO MORE to footing the bill for his little jail slumber parties. Send him back to Canada, revoke his green card and his hair gel. RadioNOW 100.9 believes that insuring Bieber-free streets is the only way to insure that we the people of the United States can once again achieve liberty and justice for all..even one less lonely girl.




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Signed! :D
 
One additional reason why there is outrage directed at Bieber is because his music (and by extension, his personality / presence) is directly aimed at teenage girls, courtesy of Disney. This is not a "won't someone think of the children" argument, this is a "impressionable teenage women are influenced by his every move" argument. If he wasn't marketed at that particular demographic then perhaps there would be less outrage. He sets up as an extremely bad role model for young people to look up to.
 
I'm amazed this hasn't ruined his career. Bieber was marketed to little girls as a nice kid. That was the whole basis for his career. His entire appeal rested on that image. His "music" was completely average- so that wasn't what drew all those 10-year-olds to him.

When rockers get arrested for speeding and alcohol/drugs, that helps them because their fans want them to be bad-ass. But Bieber was supposed to be a wholesome young lad. You would have thought his fans would be immediately turned off by the "bad boy" antics, as would the parents who pay for them when they buy his merchandise. You would think that concert ticket sales would have dried up by now. But no, they still love him. :confused:

How does a normal 11-year-old girl maintain a crush on someone who pops pills and spits on his fans?
 
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EeneyMinnieMoe said:
Could I defend this guy's sentiments? The way he expresses himself is cretinous but there's a valid point (or two or three or four) buried in there.

In a world where grown adults slave away their whole lives just to pay the rent and buy groceries, it is infuriating that a 19-year-old with hundreds of millions wastes it in such a carefree manner.

People four times his age sweat tears and blood for 7.25 an hour- and he just throws all his good fortune away for...nothing? That's a crime and a sin. A sin in the secular sense, that is.

It's also infuriating that celebrities often seem to be rewarded for bad behavior. When they get in trouble, it sometimes only serves to increase their popularity and wealth. The public readily buys their lame excuses and fairly easily allows them a "come back", whereas the rest of us would be in prison for similar behavior.

It shows a culture's values that we lionize vacuous airheads like him and pay so much attention to their behavior. This dummy is who teenagers want to be? Maybe crap like this is the reason America is in such a bad shape nowadays. Maybe this stuff is heralding the end of America. This celebrity stuff has a strong element of "bread-and-circuses". It's a distraction from a million real problems.
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You realize that this could have been written 100 (or 200) years ago and been just as accurate, right?

(adjusting for inflation, of course)
 
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Hmm. Let me think. How does old Hollywood compare with today's culture?

Ingrid Bergman had an affair with a married man while married herself and it nearly ruined her entire career. The ensuing scandal meant she couldn't work in America again. When Angelina Jolie ran off with a married man, her fans defended her and called the wife names.

Charlie Chaplin robbed cradles and he certainly got in trouble for that. That he once bought a train ticket for his ex-mistress was construed as "interstate human trafficking" and he was charged and prosecuted for it. The law eventually acquitted him, though. That is a lot less controversial today. Arnold slept with a 16-year-old girl when he was nearly 30 and everyone has forgotten about that. Paul Walker dated a 16-year-old when he was 33 (if memory serves) and when a journalist wrote about that after his death, she was the one who was lambasted.

Robert Mitchum was caught smoking marijuana with his mistress and nearly lost his whole career over that. The studio nearly cancelled his contract. I can't imagine the studio dropping Bieber for the weed today. They wouldn't even consider it. Lose all the money Bieber is making for them? Never!
 
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EeneyMinnieMoe said:
I'm amazed this hasn't ruined his career. Bieber was marketed to little girls as a nice kid. That was the whole basis for his career. His entire appeal rested on that image. His "music" was completely average- so that wasn't what drew all those 10-year-olds to him.

When rockers get arrested for speeding and alcohol/drugs, that helps them because their fans want them to be bad-ass. But Bieber was supposed to be a wholesome young lad. You would have thought his fans would be immediately turned off by the "bad boy" antics, as would the parents who pay for them when they buy his merchandise. You would think that concert ticket sales would have dried up by now. But no, they still love him. :confused:

How does a normal 11-year-old girl maintain a crush on someone who pops pills and spits on his fans?
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It's not 11 year old girls anymore who like him. His fan base is growing up with him. A lot of young women like bad boys.
 
Doghouse Reilly said:
It's not 11 year old girls anymore who like him. His fan base is growing up with him. A lot of young women like bad boys.
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Actually, his fan base is growing up without him. Just as happens to the majority of teen idols. His latest movie tanked and his recent album wasn't registered to be tracked for sales.

By the end of this year or next he'll be hanging out with Leif Garrett and Shaun Cassidy talking about the good old days and begging his agent to get him on a reality show.
 
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