# Nice guy Christian Bale is visiting the shooting victims in the hospital. Warner Bros is quick to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292 "2012-07-24T22:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/82 "2012-07-26T02:08:59Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’ve heard the phrase “haters gotta hate” before, but until reading some of the ridiculous posts in this thread I never really understood it. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > My bolding. The phrase is haters _gonna_ hate. Gonna. Not ‘gotta’. Saying they _gotta_ hate removes the responsibility from the hater. It should be understood that ultimately they \*choose \*to hate. Shame on them. > [@duality72](#): > > Pedants gotta pedant. Pedants _gonna_ pedant. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/83 "2012-07-26T02:24:31Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > My bolding. The phrase is haters _gonna_ hate. Gonna. Not ‘gotta’. Saying they _gotta_ hate removes the responsibility from the hater. It should be understood that ultimately they \*choose \*to hate. Shame on them. Thanks, **Nzinga**! you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/84 "2012-07-26T02:29:00Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > I’m sure he’s a lovely guy but he’s also protecting his job/brand/studio etc. Was there really any serious chance that the Aurora shootings would in any way reflect negatively on Christian Bale? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/85 "2012-07-26T15:24:28Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Pedants _gonna_ pedant. No, _gotta_. For pedants, it’s not a choice. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/86 "2012-07-27T00:28:19Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Movies aren’t released on the same day all over the world. The USA isn’t the only country on the planet. There are release dates through the end of August. Today is opening day in Belgium, France, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. I thought it was being rolled out more slowly than that. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/87 "2012-07-27T02:29:19Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Was there really any serious chance that the Aurora shootings would in any way reflect negatively on Christian Bale? Yes. He obviously was not prepared. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/88 "2012-07-27T15:39:14Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I have no idea if he’s a douche or a paragon of pure, unadulterated human decency, (never seen any of his work) but in my opinion, to think he showed up with absolutely no thought of getting some good PR and some much-needed positive attention for his new moovie seems a bit naive to me, but I realize that is just my personal opinion, and I am certainly under no illusion that Mr. Bale gives a mollyfock what I think about him… I will give him credit that unless I missed it, he didn’t feel it necessary to give some huge speech in Aurora or go on talk-shows to talk about visiting the survivors. That’s why I’m in the non-self-serving camp. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292/89 "2012-07-27T16:48:45Z")
> [@HenryGale](#): > > I get that, you don’t have to pass your user name along to me. 😉 But **Sampiro** ’s sarcasm seemed to say that if Bale is right for visiting the hospital, then the rest of the cast must be wrong for abstaining. > > My point is, I don’t see the point in bringing the rest of the cast into it at all. The fact that he and the rest of the cast made different decisions doesn’t have to mean that anybody made a wrong decision. Clearly, you did _not_ get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-guy-christian-bale-is-visiting-the-shooting-victims-in-the-hospital-warner-bros-is-quick-to/629292.md?page=4)