I had luckily recorded a couple of football games so didn't watch it. No, on second thought it wasn't lucky, I did it on purpose.

DonM

All the new media technology just shines a very bright light on the same human behavior that has been occuring in the dark
since the dawn of consciousness.
Thankfully more of it is now in the open so we can begin to curb it.
As far as kids go, I guess we could go back to beating them into submission.
On the other hand Serena has a good excuse.
She's on steroids!

See, well if that is true (the upcoming Tour) then that's even worse, because it WAS quite a deliberate and tactical act designed purely for his own publicity

Some people in the PR industry might even applaud (privately or publicly) that stunt....

(Yes, I said STunt.... )

Mind you, I guess before we adopt any attitude of smug superiority, we ought to take a look at how we behave on this very forum, and realize that these people are by no means unique

Gentlemen I'm certainly share your point of view. There's so little respect today....

Mind you, once upon a time, respect was EARNED, it didn't come as part of the whole 'self-esteem' package. There's a lot of people right now believe they deserve some kind of respect just for breathing in and breathing out...

I think what we are all looking for is 'politeness'...

And there is a delicious way of showing politeness without having to show respect

Well, I guess somethings up with the tour: http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20090916/lady-gaga-and-kanye-west-tour-dates-the-disappearing-act/

Maybe Lady Gaga's not going to take any chances with this guy. I'm sure she could take her pick of artists to tour with.

I have seen that kind of behavior almost anywhere I go, in the parking lots, at the store, on the road.....etc.. And then they claim discrimination!

IS NOT THE COLOR, IS THE ATTITUDE!!

Huh!!!

I think I'll let you take this one, Diki. Otherwise, someone will think it's just ol' thin-skinned chas at it again.

....and wow, coming from a VERY suprising source, too.


chas

You know, I've got a theory. I'm not condoning what Mr. West did in any way, but I wonder if there would be the same level of outrage and outright hate if he had done the same thing to, say, Rosie O'Donnel. I'm starting to believe that the degree of anger is directional proportional to our perception of the 'victim' (and the perpetrator). When you look at the clip, was it what he did or was it who he did it to? He didn't just ruin someone's moment, he dared to ruin the moment of our squeaky-clean, deliciously innocent, little fair-haired country princess. Unforgivable. Next thing you know, he'll be crying discrimination.

Mind you, this is just a hunch.

chas