# ITT we express unfashionable sympathy for some otherwise utterly reprehensible celeb.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 20, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itt-we-express-unfashionable-sympathy-for-some-otherwise-utterly-reprehensible-celeb/381127 "2006-11-20T08:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itt-we-express-unfashionable-sympathy-for-some-otherwise-utterly-reprehensible-celeb/381127/21 "2006-11-21T09:54:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Cunctator]  
Nobody can say we’re not even-handed. If he wins an Oscar then he’s an Australian actor. If he assaults someone then he’s a New Zealand criminal.  
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Y’know, we do much the same. ‘Australian actor, Russel Crowe’ beans some sucker with his cellphone, and ‘New Zealand born Crowe’ wins an Oscar.

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