Tom Cruise gets it in the face!

Grammatron said:
He'll probably drop the charges but I think he has a sense of humour if only because of that old bit from MTV Movie Awards.
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Which old bit?
 
I saw some footage of it and at first Cruise acted in a very calm manner (perhaps just shock) but he then did start to get angry. As for him dropping the charges, that's not really an option in this country, the Crown Prosecution Service will decide if a prosecution will happen or not, or the police could decide not to pass it on to the CPS.

What I think is really over the top in this instance is that the police arrested four people over this matter, that is out of proportion to the incident.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4107922.stm
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Four TV workers were arrested after the 42-year-old actor's face and jacket were drenched with water from a fake microphone on Sunday.

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Darat said:
What I think is really over the top in this instance is that the police arrested four people over this matter, that is out of proportion to the incident.
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Ah, but "conspiracy to spray someone with water" is a serious offense. As serious as the actual spraying of someone with water!

Why not just hit the offender with one of those vaunted ASBOs that he can't spray Tom Cruise with water any more?

Although I'd think it hilarious if they decided the prosecution could only proceed if Cruise could prove he suffered actual mental harm--for which he'd have to have a session with a psychologist. He'd probably prefer another spraying.
 
rdtjr said:
...Better watch out for waterballoons at the next company picnic too... unless you explicity sign a waiver to be hit with one the bosses kids had better not throw one at you.
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The act of unwelcomed physical contact is, by definition, assault. However, if the person so touched chooses to keep things in perspective, then, as they say, no harm no foul.
Oh, I saw a team mascot use a supersoaker water gun on the opposing team's bench inbetween innings at a baseball game last year... ASSAULT!!! And when the team jovially retaliated dumping a bucket of ice on the mascot... ASSAULT!!!
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See above.
Yesterday I, literally, patted a worker on the back for a job well done... without her permission! It was uninvited physical contact. I didn't know it was assault. Better hope she doesn't call the cops.
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Your sarcasm aside, again, the law is the law. However, those entrusted with judging the crime as it corresponds to the law would determine the degree of severity.

Are you suggesting that there be no restriction placed on such behavior? Should you be allowed to walk up to the president of the U.S. (regardless of who holds the office) and spit on him? Should you be allowed to walk up to Eva Longoria and grab her breasts?

Now one might argue that to do either of the above, or countless other acts, would open you up to immediate retaliation, no law neccessary. However, such reasoning opens up its own can of worms. No, better you be on notice that you need to be careful and considerate when it comes to personal interaction.
Geeze... if this had been on candid camera (a show similar to what I understand this crew were working for) would we even be considering this a big deal? Again, if it had been a squirt from a fake flower? Or is it just because T.C. is a celebrity?
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You posit a hypothetical that is of no consequence to the discussion. This incident seems to be "a big deal" (at least in this thread) because there are people such as yourself who are not able to understand the basic principle: unless I agree, you may not touch me.
 
joining the discussion late

I am reminded of David Letterman's show in New York City (CBS studios) and they have rigged up a water-cannon to shoot a stream of water onto the public sidewalk and soak passers-by at random. Mr Letterman has a switch on his desk and activates it in order to try and "get" the innocent people walking down that particular stretch of sidewalk.

Practical joke. funny. End of story.

There is an entire industry of gags and things designed to embarrass and humiliate. Blue Mouth Gum. Joy Buzzer. Exploding Cigar. Pile of Dog Poop. Fart Cushion. Stink Bombs. Dribble Glass. Fly in an Ice Cube. etc etc
http://www.funshop.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=19

I am sitting here totally in a state of amazement that the squirt-in-the-face microphone trick has been brought to this stage of discussion. Especially in this day and age of PUNK'd and SPY TV- type programs.
 
All those gag things are things people use on others they know and probably in private. They think it will go over well and if it doesn't they may lose some friendship.

Doing those kinds of things to strangers in public is completely different.

I don't know if stuff like that is legal or not but my guess is that if Letterman is shooting strangers with water on public sidewalks in NYC and if people complain about it the authorities tell him to stop or face some kind of legal consequences.
 
I'm surprised that the recent assault on Leonardo DiCaprio was not brought up on this thread yet,
As he left a Hollywood party at around 4am on Friday, a maniac woman gatecrasher lunged at his head with a beer bottle.

The broken glass tore into his famous features and his attacker came just millimeteres from severing vital arteries and landing a murder charge.
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If this were to happen to me, I would press charges in a minute, and yet did Dicaprio press charges?
Yesterday, as cops began quizzing witnesses and party guests, no criminal charges had been brought against the woman, in her twenties.
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In light of Dicaprio's aquiescence, TC should get over his celebrity arrogance whether or not he can legally accuse the reporter of assault. I don't condone this puerile prank, nor think that it is not assault, but it is my opinion (yes, my opinion) that Mr. Cruise should just get over it and move on as TragicMonkey suggested.
 
webfusion said:
"Doing those kinds of things to strangers in public is completely different."

Oh, please, Number Six,, you are living in a bubble. I think doing harmless pranks to strangers is hilarious. My friends and I do it all the time. It's a hobby, actually. We even have videotapes, interested?
Cruise got sent-up by a silly prank. Period.
Kudos to the perpetrators. Nice job.

http://gwally.com/pranks/archives/cat_public.php
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Just fine as long as you don't complain when one of your pranks leads to some missing teeth in your mouth.

You know, having experienced a brief 15 minutes of fame myself, I can assure you that having perfect strangers walk up to you and act like they know you---and demand moments of your time---is really, really spooky. To have to live like that all the time? Well, all I can say is I think Tom Cruise showed remarkable restraint.

I am not saying celebrities deserve sympathy, but I am saying that when one of them snaps and reacts badly to someone behaving like an arsehole (which Cruise did not), then said arsehole has NO right to complain. Anyone remember what happened John Lennon? Personally, if I were Cruise, I'd have decked the little ◊◊◊◊.
 
comparing a squirt of water to assassination?

Mark, have you totally lost all perspective?

Just fine as long as you don't complain when one of your pranks leads to some missing teeth in your mouth.
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Well, then, you are saying that an actual criminal assault that causes physical injury and severe medical expense is a proportionate response to a prank that had no direct harmful effect on you whatsoever other than some localized public embarrassment?

I think not. If we go down that path, then there is no need for laws at all and anarchy will rule.
"Personally, if I were Cruise, I'd have decked the little ◊◊◊◊"
If you cannot laugh at being placed in minor ridicule and your reaction to being the subject of a harmless practical joke is violence, then I pity you.

Yeah, Cruise reacted really well, under the circumstances.
I was impressed at his cool and continuing what he was doing. He gets my respect for getting past it the way he did.
 
I didn't say it would be right. But I am saying that anyone juvenile enough to think this sort of thing is funny, has NO right to be surprised or to expect sympathy when he gets his nose busted. That's the risk you take, funny boy.

But, like all such juvenile "pranksters," you obviously think you get to decide what is appropriate to inflict on people and your victims have no say in the matter whatsoever.

Childish and arrogant. Lovely combination.
 
Lamest. Prank. Evar.

Well, I've been interested in the upcoming Spielberg film so I read related websites/messageboards and some of the reactions to this incident are depressing. People not only think the attack is "deserved" but they take great delight in it. The animus against Tom Cruise floors me.

Some say he over-reacted and can't take a joke. They say his reaction shows HIM being an egotistical jerk.

Conspiracy theorists claim he was actually in on it in order to win back sympathy from the masses. That this was a publicity stunt like the "fake" Holmes relationship.
 
That's all right, Mark...

Yeah, well, I'll keep your admonition in mind when I continue to perform delightfully humorous outrages and fiendishly laughable tricks on the unsuspecting good people of earth.

We are just exposing human's minor foibles. It is a time-honored tradition in the great line of sophomoric humor.
You are the one here suggesting outright violence and crude retribution as the proper reaction. That is disturbing.

I only hope that you take a moment to smile at yourself when you realize you've been peeing into a toilet-bowl covered with cling-film! Who are you gonna punch in the nose then, dude? The poor washroom attendant?

http://www.thegag.com/a2675.html

SMILE __FOR___THE___CAMERA
 
Re: That's all right, Mark...

webfusion said:
I only hope that you take a moment to smile at yourself when you realize you've been peeing into a toilet-bowl covered with cling-film! Who are you gonna punch in the nose then, dude? The poor washroom attendant?
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Good heavens, that's almost as old and tired as spraying people with water unexpectedly.

Try something more imaginative, like placing a rotting walrus somewhere unexpected. Boy will they be surprised to find that beneath their Christmas tree!
 
Mark said:
I didn't say it would be right. But I am saying that anyone juvenile enough to think this sort of thing is funny, has NO right to be surprised or to expect sympathy when he gets his nose busted. That's the risk you take, funny boy.
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This is why I train in Muay Thai and BJJ.

;)

I can have fun both in the prank and the retaliation.
 
thaiboxerken said:
This is why I train in Muay Thai and BJJ.

;)

I can have fun both in the prank and the retaliation.
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Don't pull pranks like that in Arizona or Texas. :p
 
Khalid01 said:
I'm surprised that the recent assault on Leonardo DiCaprio was not brought up on this thread yet,

If this were to happen to me, I would press charges in a minute, and yet did Dicaprio press charges?

In light of Dicaprio's aquiescence, TC should get over his celebrity arrogance whether or not he can legally accuse the reporter of assault. I don't condone this puerile prank, nor think that it is not assault, but it is my opinion (yes, my opinion) that Mr. Cruise should just get over it and move on as TragicMonkey suggested.
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seems Leo has had a change of heart...
Leo Presses Charges

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonardo DiCaprio has filed a police report over an attack at a Hollywood party that left him needing stitches.

The star of "Titanic" and "The Aviator" stated that he was attacked with a deadly weapon while attending a party given by Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend, Rick Salomon, authorities said Tuesday. DiCaprio said his injuries required several stitches.

Police officer Kevin Mailberger said DiCaprio contacted the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood division Monday afternoon to file the complaint.
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