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Tom Cruise gets it in the face!

thaiboxerken

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4107922.stm

A channel 4 news crew decided it would be funny to squirt Tommy boy in the face with a water gun. He didn't think it was too funny. There is a video clip of the event. I think it was funny. Heck, the interviewer should've asked him why a master Scientologist would let such a silly stunt bother him.
 
thaiboxerken said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4107922.stm

A channel 4 news crew decided it would be funny to squirt Tommy boy in the face with a water gun. He didn't think it was too funny. There is a video clip of the event. I think it was funny. Heck, the interviewer should've asked him why a master Scientologist would let such a silly stunt bother him.
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I'm no Tom Cruise fan, but this stunt was outrageous and his restrained reaction was much better than I'd have been able to pull off. How was he to know at that moment it was water and not acid? Even when it turns out to be water, doesn't the guy have a reasonable expectation to go out and meet with the press without this stuff happening?
 
I thought it was kind of funny too. Now the "news" crew is being charged with assault? What kind of assault? In the U.S. that wouldn't even be "simple assault" in most states that I know of, so I wonder what kind of assault these guys would be charged with.

Makes me wonder if students could now be charged with assault for putting a whoopie-cushion on their teacher's chair. Same principal. No harm of any kind became Tom Cruise.
 
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manny said:
I'm no Tom Cruise fan, but this stunt was outrageous and his restrained reaction was much better than I'd have been able to pull off. How was he to know at that moment it was water and not acid? Even when it turns out to be water, doesn't the guy have a reasonable expectation to go out and meet with the press without this stuff happening?
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It was a rather minor practical joke. He didn't enjoy it, so what? If I pop a balloon in his precense I can be charged with assault too? Afterall, a popping ballon might sound like a gun going off to some people.
 
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manny said:
I'm no Tom Cruise fan, but this stunt was outrageous and his restrained reaction was much better than I'd have been able to pull off. How was he to know at that moment it was water and not acid?
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Mere acid could not hurt a Clear.

Even when it turns out to be water, doesn't the guy have a reasonable expectation to go out and meet with the press without this stuff happening?
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Pranks are not effective if they are expected.
 
I gotta give credit to the Loony Tune--er, Cruise--on this one. He handled well, with maturity, and was still able to tell them to get bent.
 
Well, it is a bit cruel to play practical jokes on the insane. Perhaps he'll go shake Oprah some more, as therapy. Oh wait, he doesn't believe in therapy. Someone should chuck him some Flintstones vitamins. Flintstones vitamins are guaranteed to protect against body thetan invasion.
 
So if you're a Scientologis or have a wacky religion, or any religion that mean it's ok to be an a**hole to you, got it.
 
Grammatron said:
So if you're a Scientologis or have a wacky religion, or any religion that mean it's ok to be an a**hole to you, got it.
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Who here said it was ok because he is a Scientologist? A few of us said there was really no harm done aaaand Cruise is a little wacky as a Scientologist... but no one said "Hey, let's all run around pulling practical jokes on Scientologists or anyone else who practices religion." Kind of a weird disconnect on your part.
 
Grammatron said:
So if you're a Scientologis or have a wacky religion, or any religion that mean it's ok to be an a**hole to you, got it.
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If you're a celebrity, you don't get to have special rights including having "sprayed with water" elevated to an arrestable "assault" charge. Do you honestly think that if you walked out right now and someone sprayed you in the face with water, you could get a cop to arrest them?

Cruise needs to realize he's just a guy, and while he may play act in movies and have lots of money and belong to a crazy cult, none of those things merit special treatment from the law.
 
TragicMonkey said:
. Do you honestly think that if you walked out right now and someone sprayed you in the face with water, you could get a cop to arrest them?
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y'know, if it was caught on film I'm thinking there's a good chance I could.
 
TragicMonkey said:
If you're a celebrity, you don't get to have special rights including having "sprayed with water" elevated to an arrestable "assault" charge. Do you honestly think that if you walked out right now and someone sprayed you in the face with water, you could get a cop to arrest them?
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Don't know British law.

Cruise needs to realize he's just a guy, and while he may play act in movies and have lots of money and belong to a crazy cult, none of those things merit special treatment from the law.
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I'm not sure if it was special treatment. If it wasn't and it was the law, would you change your mind?
 
Grammatron said:
So if you're a Scientologis or have a wacky religion, or any religion that mean it's ok to be an a**hole to you, got it.
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I say yes, but I will also include those without religion. ;)

The joke was harmless. I think what really angered Tommy boy is that the joke showed him that he's just a human, even with all of his self-delusion with Scientology that he's something greater.
 
HarryKeogh[/i] [B]y'know said:
I'm not sure if it was special treatment. If it wasn't and it was the law, would you change your mind?
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I would say that it's a criminal waste of police time and resources to deal with water-spraying when there are murders, rapes, arsons, and kidnappings going on. "Did you find out more about those eight-year-olds who were hacked to pieces in the park?" "No, I was busy hauling someone down to the station for spraying Tom Cruise's pretty face with water."
 
thaiboxerken said:
The joke was harmless.
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I think if you got dressed up for a very special event where you are one of the focuses of attention and someone embarassed you in front of the world you wouldn't think it was harmless.

Sure it was just a squirt of water but you just can't do those things. What if it was a bucket of water? or someone spit on you or whatever. At what point does it not become harmless?
 
TragicMonkey said:
Do you honestly think that if you walked out right now and someone sprayed you in the face with water, you could get a cop to arrest them?
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Actually, no one would be arrested, the fact that the water-spraying guy is a bloody pulp on the street notwithstanding. I live in New York City.
 
thaiboxerken said:
I say yes, but I will also include those without religion. ;)

The joke was harmless. I think what really angered Tommy boy is that the joke showed him that he's just a human, even with all of his self-delusion with Scientology that he's something greater.
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I don't know if it was that harmless. If someone I know did that to me I'd laugh, but if some a-hole TV person did it for ratings I'd be pissed.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I would say that it's a criminal waste of police time and resources to deal with water-spraying when there are murders, rapes, arsons, and kidnappings going on. "Did you find out more about those eight-year-olds who were hacked to pieces in the park?" "No, I was busy hauling someone down to the station for spraying Tom Cruise's pretty face with water."
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you sound like those people who say "with all the starving people in the world I can't believe they're spending 100 million dollars on a telescope"
 
Squirting water, throwing food, etc... is out of line. Toddler-level behavior.

Don't like Cruise? Stop watching his movies.
 
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