# That Adorable Scamp Mike Tyson Does It Again! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282 "2003-05-29T15:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/1 "2003-05-29T15:38:27Z")
NEW YORK (AP) - Eleven years after he was found guilty of raping a beauty pageant contestant, Mike Tyson again denied he committed the attack but said the burden of the conviction makes him want to do it now. In a television interview scheduled for broadcast Thursday, the former heavyweight boxing champion said Desiree Washington “put me in that state where I don’t know. I just hate her guts,” he said. “… Now I really do want to rape her.” ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/2 "2003-05-29T15:41:25Z")
Good ol’ Mike. It’s important to have guys like him around to give all the rest of us a baseline from which to draw the definition of “humanity.” 'Cause he ain’t it. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/3 "2003-05-29T15:41:59Z")
Good ol’ Mike. Always learning from experience, that guy. And such a talent for spin! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/4 "2003-05-29T15:43:17Z")
Oh, now THAT is cool. A simulpost with identical openers. We so cosmic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/5 "2003-05-29T15:46:00Z")
I can’t help but wonder if for all these years he’s actually been on Ted Turner’s payroll. The guy is news waiting to happen! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/6 "2003-05-29T15:46:15Z")
**Bernse** [beat you to it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187046), **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/7 "2003-05-29T16:00:17Z")
Remember folks, he’s not paid to be a role model. He does it for free! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/8 "2003-05-29T16:04:55Z")
Oops, sorry—didn’t even see that one. I did look, honest . . . ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/9 "2003-05-29T17:51:09Z")
Kinda makes a gal want to cuddle right up to him, doesn’t it? And I’ll bet he’s one talented stud in the sack too, huh? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/10 "2003-05-29T17:57:41Z")
If there is one bit of justice in nature, it’s that it would give a thug with such overwhelming physical tools a voice seemingly still anticipatory of it’s first nutdropping. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/11 "2003-05-29T17:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\*Kinda makes a gal want to cuddle right up to him, doesn’t it? And I’ll bet he’s one talented stud in the sack too, huh? \*\* I don’t know if he’d blow in your ear, but he’d sure as hell bite it. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/12 "2003-05-29T18:27:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Oops, sorry—didn’t even see that one. I did look, honest . . . \*\* Thats OK, Eve. A piece of work such as this _deserves_ at least two active pit threads. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/13 "2003-05-29T18:51:08Z")
What the hell is wrong with this guy and why the hell do his handlers let him talk in front of Homo Sapiens Sapiens? He is far more effed up than being punched repeatedly in the head can account for. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/14 "2003-05-29T20:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*If there is one bit of justice in nature, it’s that it would give a thug with such overwhelming physical tools a voice seemingly still anticipatory of it’s first nutdropping. \*\* OK, so I didn’t actually spit my lunch all over my computer, but this was about as close as I’ll ever come. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/15 "2003-05-29T20:23:50Z")
The only difference between Joe Louis and Mike Tyson is that, when I saw Joe Louis broke, punch-drunk, crazy, and pissing down his leg in a wheelchair, I felt sorry for him. Wasn’t it Camus who said that sports don’t build character, but they do reveal it? I used to be a Tyson fan, and I believe he once had the potential to be the best ever. But as they always say, you can take the sick, twisted, sociopathic criminal out of the ghetto, but… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/16 "2003-05-29T20:59:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > **I can’t help but wonder if for all these years he’s actually been on Ted Turner’s payroll.** I’ve wondered the same thing. Like Turner is to Tyson what Vince McMahon is to The Rock. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/17 "2003-05-29T21:03:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*If there is one bit of justice in nature, it’s that it would give a thug with such overwhelming physical tools a voice seemingly still anticipatory of it’s first nutdropping. \*\* Bwahah… \ ahahah! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/18 "2003-05-29T21:27:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*If there is one bit of justice in nature, it’s that it would give a thug with such overwhelming physical tools a voice seemingly still anticipatory of it’s first nutdropping. \*\* Okay, unlike Godfrey, I -did- spit diet coke all over my monitor. Congradulations, you’re the first one to be able to get me to do that in 13 years! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/19 "2003-05-30T03:22:33Z")
this thread reminded me of [this](http://www.somethingawful.com/article.php?id=74-8) . It’s the second from the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282/20 "2003-05-30T03:27:17Z")
Didn’t Mr Tyson marry a lawyer? Was she just after his money or what? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-adorable-scamp-mike-tyson-does-it-again/178282.md?page=2)