http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF6W3206l70
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So WTF us up with embedded videos?
I had the same problem the other day
What I don't get in this video is why the bleeding guy just sits there and doesn't seem to notice he bleeding everywhere. First thing I would've done after that guy got off the bus was pinch my nose to clot the bleeding.
Also, don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk - proven here
Even if he could walk the walk I don't get why he was being so unnecessarily rude and obnoxious. I also guarantee his dumbass didn't learn a single thing from the beating he took and deserved. After getting destroyed he still is like "I'll fuck you up." What a moron, why do people care about acting so "hard" all the time? If only he realized the misunderstanding and swallowed his pride, then he would have had a lot more pride by the end of that bus ride, and a lot less pain. Even if he had succeeded, what was his goal, to beat the shit out of some grandpa and go to jail to get his ass pounded? Fucking retarded.
i don't know when i last saw racism as blatant as the racism in the comments for that video. i just -- well, it leaves me kind of dumbfounded.
edit: i mean sure i can see what they're getting at but man some people have no tact
That is the best video I have ever seen.
welcome to the internet. i'm afraid comments like those are often typical.
no, no need to qualify what you said. they aren't "getting at" anything except that black people are all as violent and stupid as this guy.Quote:
Edit: i mean sure i can see what they're getting at but man some people have no tact
Bring da amber lamps
Wow, you must view casual discourse like this:
http://www.casualdiscourse.com/forum...avatar6_11.gif
because it's hardly rare on this site.
I feel bad for that old man - I really hope he doesn't get villified for this. Some ignorant dick was acting all tough and got punched out for it. He was practically begging for it. Race doesn't even have anything to do with this, unless your an armchair moralizer whose opinion on social stereotypes is proven by isolated incidents.
true, but i just encounter it so rarely that it takes me completely by surprise.
well it's also not genuine, is it
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I want to know what has happened after this. This is awesome.
Apparently this isnt his first time on youtube. lol
http://cbslocalblogs.prospero.com/kp...ogs?entry=8049
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXkwa9uFBss&feature=player_embedded
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/epic-beard-man
i kind of lol'd when the guy who got the shit beaten out of him still said, "man i'll fuk u up" after he's got blood running down his face
all bark and no bite
OMFG
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sWgtGdl7KQ
This guy is crazy.
Wow. This guy is a nutcase.
Also, how is a 50 year old guy "the younger generation"?
And I find this whole business distasteful. Yeah, the black guy was clearly the agitator and the aggressor, but I sort of feel that this white guy is being overly-adulated by other white people as well. This stupid fight recorded by this dumb woman has really seems to have brought out people's racial fears.
You think so? It looked to me like the white guy tried to leave the situation behind when he walked up to the front of the bus. Then the black guy followed him up there and assaulted him without provocation. Even if you mean verbally, it sounded like the white guy was on his phone minding his own business, when the black guy decided to deliberately make a racial case out of something he heard the white guy say, and started badgering him over it. Seems to me like the black guy instigated it in every way possible. Not only did he start and press the verbal argument, but he followed the white guy and punched him when the white guy tried to walk away from the whole situation.
EDIT: And on top of that the black guy was apparently flashing a knife, again totally without provocation or justification.
As Syme said, I have no idea where you could draw this conclusion from anything. The white guy might be a little nuts, but he definitely was trying to get out of the situation when he moved to the other part of the bus, when the black guy decided to come up and punch him.
And the guy's story seems plausible. In the video the black guy was yelling about shining shoes and calling the white guy racist.
This guy is batshit crazy. I'd be interested in finding out if there was any truth to what he said about the guy going to jail.
I can kinda see how the old white guy could have started this whole ordeal. He kept asking the black guy to shine his shoes, saying that he offered to but the black guy was denying it completely, and just getting pissed off. For some reason I kinda believe him, and that he never offered to spitshine his shoes and that the batshit crazy old guy just made it up to start some shit.
EDIT: Just watched the interview video. Hmm. Now I'm not sure what to think.
From what I've been hearing, EBM had his feet in the aisle and the black guy said something like "move your feet man, what you want me to spit shine yo shoes or sumthin?" and EBM took his seriously.
Well the old guy's story (going by the interview video that you yourself posted) is that he was on the phone with someone, talking about having a nice pair of dress shoes spit-shined for his mother's funeral, and the black guy overheard this and decided to assume he was talking about having his shoes shined by a black person, and started hectoring him about him "why it gotta a brotha who spit-shine yo shoes". The video begins as they are arguing about this, with the white guy trying to say that he didn't say anything to suggest that the person who shines his shoes would be black, and the black guy refusing to listen in the slightest.
Jesus, even before watching the interview, what could possibly make you think this is how it went down? There's definitely nothing in the original video to suggest that the old guy "kept asking the black guy to shine his shoes". It begins with the black guy going "why a brotha got to spit-shine your shoes" and the white guy protesting that he never said anything about a black person shining his shoes, and that the person who shines his shoes could just as easily be Chinese.Quote:
Originally Posted by srsinternets
So, again: Absolutely nothing to support your suggestion that the white guy started the incident because he "kept asking the black guy to shine his shoes".
He asks him 3 times how much he would charge for a spitshine within the first 10 seconds of the video (EDIT: and its quite apparent he asked him prior to the start of the video as well). I mean Jesus fucking Christ Syme I'm sorry I didn't phrase it "he kept asking the black guy how much he would charge to shine his shoes". Don't act like you didn't know what I meant, just because your internet toughguy persona got in the way. Fuck, your display of obstinance in every internet argument astounds me.
Wow, seriously? Internet toughguy persona?
EDIT: My problem isn't with the fact that you didn't phrase it exactly right. What the white guy said about how much the black guy would charge obviously escalated the situation, but you suggested that he STARTED it by asking the black guy to shine his shoes. Maybe he was lying in the interview, but that doesn't seem to be how the thing started. It apparently started when the black guy overheard the white guy on the phone talking about how the shoes were going to be shined by his brother, and decided to make an issue out of "why a brotha gotta shine yo shoes". Hence the white guy's protestations that he wasn't in the slightest talking about having a black guy shine his shoes.
I never though I'd say this, but: AI's leaking
vvvv touché
Retards from the rest of the site leak into AI too, it's only fair
This is what I figured. I shouldn't have said it was obvious because looking back on it it isn't. The first thing I heard was the white guy saying how much would you charge me for a spitshine. If that was the first thing that was said then I think it was a blatantly racist comment that was undeserved. If the situation occurred like anonymous d said then I would think the black guy is in the wrong. Assuming my original theory was true, it doesn't matter what the white guy said or did after, he completely instigated the entire thing. He would have been picking on someone who he determined wouldn't let that comment go in an effort to start a conflict and moving to the front of the bus doesn't change anything.
I know am jumping to some conclusions by thinking this and what made me do that was hearing about the guy starting trouble before(getting tazed at a baseball game, the clip of him after he got off the bus). It seems more likely that this guy was just starting trouble again and I don't see why we should give him the benefit of the doubt instead of someone who has no history of this kind of stuff(that we are aware of at least).
In the video in question, you can see him decide to escalate a verbal argument to physical violence AFTER the other party to the argument walked away, so I'm not entirely sure it's fair to say that he's the one deserving the benefit of the doubt. Also, didn't he turn out to be a convicted murderer who was violating his parole by carrying a knife? And didn't he threaten the other guy with it? I don't know what exactly you mean by "this kind of stuff", but if that's true, it's also probably not fair to say that he had no history of instigating altercations.
Ok guys. This is what happened.
White guy is sitting with his feet in the aisle.
Black guy makes a comment to the effect of "Hey man move yo feet, what, you want me to spit shine yo shoes or sumthin?"
White guy says yes, and goes with it.
Black guy calls for amber lamps.
Yes the black guy decided to continue confronting the white guy after he had made a blatantly racist remark and moved to another spot on the bus like that would make it ok that he had said that. So if I went up to someone and said something derogatory to them but then I walked 10 feet away and sat down, it would be ok? The guy shouldn't have resorted to violence but I can see how it happened. Again remember I am basing this off of the assumption that the first thing that was said was what the guy said on the video. I haven't heard anything about the guy turning out to be a convicted murderer who was violating his parole, nor did I hear anything about a knife being involved(and I think that was clear by my saying "that we are aware of at least"). I only watched the video 2 times though so I very well could have missed it. When I said "this kind of stuff" I obviously meant a history of instigating altercations, and I know you knew what I meant.
Really I shouldn't be giving either of them the benefit of the doubt. The black guy was clearly in the wrong for actually resorting to violence first, but the white guy was nearly as guilty in my opinion. The black guy pushed/hit him one time and the other guy just pummeled him to the ground, he could have stopped after he threw the first or second counter punch. Instead he continued to hit him right in his face, knowing he was in no real danger from the guy. How is that justified? Then he proceeded to go off the bus and run around ranting "I am a motherfucker" and you are trying to defend this guy? The whole I told you not to fuck with me part also led me to believe that he had started this knowing it was going to result in some kind of physical altercation that the white guy was confident in winning.
Don't talk shit bout my epic beard man.
bottom line is both of them are useless piece of trash
where's the motivation to discuss instigation and awkwardly dance around ulterior racist arguments
You seriously think physical assault is only slightly more reprehensible than insulting remarks? If you see so little difference between words and blows, that's your business I guess, but the law disagrees for a quite good reason (as do most reasonable people, I think). Offending someone verbally is not "nearly" as bad as attacking them physically.
No, I don't think that would have been a good idea. When someone assaults you, it's probably not wise to punch them back once and then stand back and be like "there, now we're even!" and expect the other guy to drop it. This isn't a couple of pre-adolescent siblings trading kiddie punches iin their backyard; this is a guy being assaulted by a violent stranger. When someone assaults you and you have to defend yourself, you should end the fight conclusively. This is not only common sense, it's legally defensible. Maybe his last few punches weren't strictly necessary since the guy was already on his way to the floor, but it's not like he got him on the ground and then started kicking/stomping him, and certainly he was justified in throwing more than one or two punches. The exchange of blows only lasted a couple seconds and the old guy didn't cross the line of justifiable defense against a physical assault.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killuminati
I dunno, it guess it depends on what you mean by "defend". I'm not saying he's a civic hero, or a good person in general, nor am I trying to defend his verbal sparring with the other guy (that was irresponsible) or the way he rants and raves after he gets of the bus (though I can understand why he's worked up into an emotional state). So please don't try to suggest that I'm a fan of his behavior. But yes, I would defend him from charges that he is responsible for initiating the fight (the only one responsible for that is the guy who threw the first punch), and I would say that the way he finished the fight is perfectly defensible in every way. Unless a person can throw a pretty ridiculous punch, or gets really lucky and knocks out some teeth or something, hitting someone only once or twice is unlikely to take the fight out of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killuminati
I think this is a pretty baseless assumption, it seems perfectly reasonable that someone would yell this when they're in a keyed-up, adrenalin-filled state after being physically assaulted by someone who they warned to leave them alone and tried to walk away from. That's no good grounds to assume that he was trying to bait the dude into a fight. If anyone besides the black guy himself bears responsibility for that, it was the idiots on the bus encouraging him to "beat his ass".Quote:
Originally Posted by Killuminati
I TOLD YOU NO FUCK WITH SYME
I think it depends on the things that were said. If he said something blatantly offensive that could start a physical confrontation then it is at least partially his fault. I do appreciate the snide "as do most reasonable people, I think" remark being tossed in. Clearly the difference verbal and physical confrontation is entirely cut and dry and one would never inevitably lead to the other.
Yea I suppose his little beating was justified, putting myself in his position I would have wanted to do the same thing. Watching the video just made it seem a bit over the top.
Listen, I'm going to make something perfectly clear right now. I am not saying that the white guy should face any kind of legal charges. I was thinking about this whole thing in terms of morality and not strictly what is or isn't legal. I never said anything involving criminal charges.
I agree that the people on the bus were irresponsible as well and only helped instigate the situation. Have you watched any of this guys videos though? He wasn't a regular guy in an adrenaline filled state, he looks to me like he is mentally unstable and I think every one of his videos support that.
I didn't say one couldn't lead to the other, obviously they can. I'm saying that when the former leads to the latter, it's a significant escalation--a major change in the situation, not just the natural next step--and the responsibility for the escalation rests with the person who said to themselves "Well this guy has offended me with what he's said so I think I'll go rearrange his face". I don't think it's reasonable to say that the person who uttered those offensive words is "nearly as guilty" (your exact phrase) in the confrontation as the guy who decided to express his indignation by clobbering whoever insulted him. I wasn't being snide, I was being quite earnest about what views I think are reasonable and unreasonable. If someone says to me (as you did) that a victim of assault is "nearly as guilty" as their attacker because they said something to piss the attacker off, I tend to think that person is being unreasonable.
I know what you're saying. I'm talking about moral responsibility just as much as I am about legal responsibility. I disagree that the older guy was "nearly" as guilty of instigating the fight, in moral terms, as his attacker. He isn't totally blameless but I think that a substantially larger portion of the blame has to go to the guy who decided to resolve a stupid verbal spat by throwing punches, especially since he chased after the old guy to do after the old guy walked away. Offensive words aren't enough to justify claims of "nearly" equal guilt. And I think that the way he handled the physical fight was perfectly defensible in moral terms as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killuminati
That may be, but it doesn't change the fact that "I told you not to fuck with me" is a fairly reasonable thing for a keyed-up person to say after defending themselves against an attacker who they had already warned to leave them alone, so I don't think you are right in concluding that the guy must have been trolling for a fight because he said that. Maybe he WAS trolling for a fight, but the mere fact that he said "I told you not to fuck with me" doesn't support that conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killuminati
This victim of assault was taunting his soon to be attacker by saying "I'll slap the shit out of you". The guy moved to the front of the bus and continued goading this guy on. Now I want to make it clear that I am not saying that taunting or continuing an argument is justification for hitting someone because it absolutely is not. I shouldn't have said nearly because they are definitely an order of magnitude apart. However, that doesn't just clear him of responsibility. I also took that to be a snide comment but if it legitimately wasn't then sorry for saying that. It seemed like one at the time.
I'll admit that nearly wasn't the right word to use and you are right offensive words aren't enough to justify claims of nearly equal guilt.
Really all I was getting at was that he was trolling for a fight and it seemed that way based on all of his videos, not just the one after the fight. I agree that that "I told you not to fuck with me" is a reasonable thing to say in that situation but in combination with his responses to the guy on the bus, as well as his other interviews made me support that conclusion.
I did just read the transcript of the interview as well and it does seem that the black guy started it by wrongly suggesting that the white guy was talking about a black person when he said boy.
What all of this comes down to is that I pity both of them.
What did I say here that made me a douchbag? I don't care if you think I am a douchebag but I am genuinely curious as to what I said in this thread that made you think that. I was even going to quote faesces post and make it a tl;dr to my post but chose not to because of his second comment in that post. I don't think there needs to be a motivation to discuss instigation, I am just doing this for fun.
i should clarify: the faesce excerpt was aimed at the discussion, not specifically you. only the douchebag comment was aimed at you.
you're a douchebag because your argument is dumb, and you're being an irritating, persistent curmudgeon.
i mean i'm a little surprised syme is lowering himself to even argue with you peons, but then he always has been one who can't walk away from stupidity on the internet, bless him.
fun would be your motivation then
Legally speaking (in most US states) verbal provocation does not justify force.
Yes, it would be OK, because adults do not go attacking eachother over words.
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i mean i'm a little surprised syme is lowering himself to even argue with you peons,
Oh god LOL.
LOL so hard.
Someone give cliff notes.
old white ppl are pretty tough ppl fyi*
* If they have a beard
mr. e can't find this thread cause he's too busy irl.
The followup interview with "Slick"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQjo6iInIU
this or any
they should make an operatic version of this. the black guy would be a tenor and the white guy would be a baritone or bass. the older lady who's trying to keep these guys apart would be a contralto. and the dumb girl recording this would be a mezzo-soprano.
amirite?
It would depend on how you wrote for the tenor whether or not it would properly mesh with the contralto, and if you've got a contralto and a tenor you definitely want the other guy to be a bass not a baritone.