Sure, but do you then agree that Blaine and his management should maybe have researched the “national character” and discovered that taking the piss is ubiquitous, especially for people Blaine, who have their heads rammed all the way up their own arses (particularly in the Eamonn Holmes interview, in which Blaine was incredibly damn rude himself, and humiliated Holmes on live TV in front of millions of viewers). Maybe not “asking” to be abused, but abuse was a likely outcome…
If she really loved him, she would have eased his loneliness while she was up there by sticking one of her German boobs into one of his airholes.
Come to think of it, Claudia Schiffer has been out of the news lately…
Then again, they may have discovered that taking the piss out of Eamonn Holmes is ubiquitous…
28th September:
West Ham v Millwall.
I reckon Blaine will learn one or two things about abuse that day…
Can someone tell me why his girlfriend and not some stagehand is wiping the crap off his cage?
I think that actually throwing stuff at him is too much. I’m all for the laser pointer/stripping/food truck/yelling stuff though. For one thing I want the trick to be hard! If nobody gave a crap and he was all alone at 4 a.m. then the stunt would be useless. Face it, him withstanding the taunting and being under constant surveillance are what makes this at all interesting.
I think the only interesting thing about David Blaines latest stunt is the abuse he is getting. I find it insulting that he is deliberatley starving himself in the name of entertainment without even giving a vague nod to the plight of the millions of people who are genuinley starving and who won’t get a cheque for $7 million for at the end of their torment. I think a few thrown eggs is a walk in the park compared to dying a horrible, horrible death. So I am going down there to express my displeasure by lobbing stuff at the foolish goon…any suggestions?
I was up in London today, just a short walk away from where this whole thing is going on; I had intended to go along and take a look, but in the end, I couldn’t be arsed and just made use of the time by catching an earlier train home.
I’ve heard people speculate that (because he is clearly after attention), the whole thing must have been planned this way; isn’t he clever for getting the food-throwing british public to play right into his hands?
Well, I hold a slightly different opinion on the matter, if there’s one thing he might have done that is clever, it would be the way that, no matter what reaction he gets, he’s somehow made people willing to attribute it to intention on his part.
I stand by what I said. And I was not saying that being pelted with rocks and getting raped are the same thing. I just said that one punishment is as much deserved as the other. (hint: neither are deserved)
Esprix said:
Please don’t judge all of us by the actions of a few. I agree with you entirely. I laid out my position in the pit thread and I haven’t read anything yet that’s made me change my mind.
The arguments about “doing it for charity” and “what about the starving people in the world” and “what about hunger strikers” are all just so silly I can’t even be bothered addressing them.
I went to see Blaine and I didn’t see anyone throwing anything. Most people (the silent majority) feel the same as you and I. British people can be both extremely polite and unbelievably rude. They admire both traits so that is why you see people here supporting the egg throwers. They wouldn’t throw eggs themselves but they admire the “rude streak” that the egg throwers embody.
As regards spirituality, there is such a thing as a “vision quest” that I believe the native Indians used to undergo. You go without food for a long period and, apparently, you start to have visions. I once knew somebody who stayed in Death Valley for a week without food in search of a vision.
All he saw though was a cactus that appeared to breathe.
For the record, I do not see all Britons the same way.
Esprix
And thus you again completely ignore the doctrine of proportionality and the principal of a Just War. Clearly not a fan of the works of St. Augustine, then.
Oh! But I see that you “stand by what [you] said”! Well then, I must quiver in fear and back off from your impenetrable position. Look everybody! He stands by what he says! It’s all over!
pan
Wow! I do. If you really do have a method other than “with your eyes”, you should contact a Mr. D. Blaine. He’ll probably put you in touch with a Mr. U. Geller and between the three of you, you’ll clean up!
pan
That’s right, ain’t choice a wonderful thing? You don’t have to agree with it, they don’t have to stop it and Blaine doesn’t have to puff himself up like a western Dalai Lama and suspend himself from Tower Bridge for 6 weeks.
We’ve been throwing eggs at those who try to put themselves up as our superiors for centuries. Why in the bloody hell should we stop now?
pan
Lets do the math (as you oh so polite americans say)
Reasons to taunt Blaine:
He’s a fat yank. In London. In a box. Dangling from a crane. The muppet.
He’s totally up himself
He’s a total tit.
He’s a pal of Michael Jackson
It’s enormous fun.
You can do it when you are drunk.
It’s a game for all the family
Reasons not to taunt Blaine
I need some help here…
Yes, those horrible, horrible ‘egg’ things that people eat here - yuck!
(Or have you found a report somewhere of people throwing ‘kidney pie’ at him?)
Funny enough, these exact words formed part of my inner dialogue yesterday, as I made the decision to head to Waterloo instead.
well, as a Brit who lives in London and works about 100 meters away from where the stunt is being performed (some might say a stones throw away), it is pretty bemusing walking past him at lunch. Pretty much all of the people standing there gawping at him are tourists! You know why? Because most of the population of london think this guy is a complete tit and can’t see the point of it.
Plus, the British like nothing more than to take the piss out of people, especially if they are famous - and it’s very easy to do so when they are caged up suspended from a crane.
“It’s rude” - Esprix
(“Well, duh!” - Brits)
Latest Blaine news (this is real - it’s from the Blainewatch site)
"A group of gay men are planning to go and throw chipolata sausages at Blaine. "
That is truly surreal.
As I said before, why does going on a “vision quest” necessitate dangling from a crane and being paid millions for television coverage? That sounds neither personal or spiritual to me. But what do I know.
Was he really naive enough to expect us to draw him to our collective British bosoms (and damn fine bosoms too!)? I doubt it. I’m sure he had at least a small inkling that people might take the piss in various amusing ways. And he still came. So, yes, in a way he is asking for it.
Or did he actually expect us all to say oooooh and ahhhhhh and be really impressed? Poor sausage.