Blaine Baiting - Bringing out the worst of English society

[Uncle Spielberg]

I read with dismay the Blaine thread yesterday.

I think this event has been a microcosim of English society and what is wrong with it. You would only get this in England with people throwing eggs, golf balls etc at him and swearing obsenities , banging drums and being a pathetic drunken mob.

People who thing this is funny ( unfortunately and surprisingly NSC included ) are very sad individuals in my book.

Whether you like the guy or his stunt, he does not derserve this shit. I think it is very sad.

He is trying to complete a massive endurance test. He is competing against no food, complete isolation, cold, boredom which he banked on. What he did not bank on was the English public who have been a total disgrace and show everything that is crap about our people.

If I were him I would call the stunt off and redo it in a more civilised country.

 

[CHAPPERS]

What the f*** did he expect? He's doing it for attention anyway and he's got it. Job done, time to get out the box now you knob. The twat can't even levitate.

 

[REDLAND]

I'm no fan of Blaine but Gareth your so right, and I hope he says something accordingly when hes finished, we have such a yob culture at the moment its emabrrising.

 

[looney]

He's a magician. Master of illusion which is deceit, and a publicity hungry one at that.

Of course he can pull what ever stunts he likes but people can voice their opinion.

I dont have a veiw on him really, if he was doing it for charity I would be more sympathetic.

 

[FatboyTim]

Embarrasing is right.
It would be funny if it happened once.

 

[jonnyboylennon]

If I were him I would call the stunt off and redo it in a more civilised country.

What, like the USA? f*** off.

 

[Hamilton]

He is trying to complete a massive endurance test. He is competing against no food, complete isolation, cold, boredom which he banked on.

Gareth, get a grip of yourself. Stop being so worthy.

This is typical of the English attitude - sticking two fingers up at the establishment is what people have always done - Blaine has very much set himself up for ridicule.

It's a ridiculous challenge which proves little. If he is that interested in understanding what his body can take then he could have done all this in the privacy of his own home - why choose to display yourself to the public?

It's hardly as entertaining as escapology is it?

 

[Albion Dan]

I find the whole thing hilarious to be honest, Ive nothing against the bloke but he is attention and publicity seeking by doing what can only be described as an incedibly stupid stunt.

Staving yourself for 44 days, yeah well done, great example to loads of people that!

And parking himself in the middle of london is like throwing down a challenge to every drunk person to try and get him down. I watched a bit of the coverage last night and had to say I found the abuse he was getting well funny.

 

[Bwian]

I agree GG....it is more than giving him the attention he is looking for (he's a showman for f***'s sakes so of course he wants attention).

Why do we have to put up with loutish behaviour everywhere in our society? We go overseas on holiday to escape it only to find the mindless cnuts have beaten us there

Thank goodness I have the option of travelling on a Canadian passport so I can disown the English when they are dragging the name of our country down the toilet

I damn well shouldn't have to do that and it thoroughly pisses me off. And I'm not being precious either-if you are happy with a society that continually has to 'stick 2 fingers up' or be abusive and loutish then it's pretty depressing.

 

[Sam]

this is even more boring than big brother! he did set himself up to be ridiculed though, doing it in public, it was not long before people started throwing things at him! If he did it in america, someone would probably snipe him from a rooftop or something

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Chapman - surely anyone who does something in the public eye are " attention seekers " whether they play in a band, are on tele or on stage. Did Houdini get any of this shit.

All the people giving him this shit are all W~nkers in my book and I will not change my mind.

Johnny Boy - maybe he should have done it in a civilised society like Afghanistan under the Taliban rule ?..

 

[tedebear]

sorry but I think he's a misguided fool - if he wanted to starve himself he should do it for a proper reason and give the money he raises to the people who are actually starving??

Makes a mockery of all the people in this world who don't have food on their plates......

 

[Goring Gull]

Chapman - surely anyone who does something in the public eye are " attention seekers " whether they play in a band, are on tele or on stage. Did Houdini get any of this shit.

All the people giving him this shit are all W~nkers in my book and I will not change my mind.

Johnny Boy - maybe he should have done it in a civilised society like Afghanistan under the Taliban rule ?..

You could extend that to people who have a large number of posts on a forum as an attention seeker. I do agree though that there are alot of mindless louts in this country and about time the scum was removed from trhe streets. As some one else added you go on holiday to find places still crawling with English low lifes.

 

[jonnyboylennon]

I dont have a veiw on him really, if he was doing it for charity I would be more sympathetic.

Very good point Looney. If he were raising £5 million for starving africans I would be behind him 100%.

why the f*** should i sympathise with some clown who is creating this "feat of endurance" or "illusion" or whatever for personal financial gain?

 

[Hannibal smith]

Now come on. Banging a drum to keep him awake is V funny in my book.

And GG. He dosen't deserve this? Well he could always live for 44 days in a house like most normal people. In London above the Thames near the pubs - What did he expect?

 

[Goring Gull]

Chapman - surely anyone who does something in the public eye are " attention seekers " whether they play in a band, are on tele or on stage. Did Houdini get any of this shit.

All the people giving him this shit are all W~nkers in my book and I will not change my mind.

Johnny Boy - maybe he should have done it in a civilised society like Afghanistan under the Taliban rule ?..

You could extend that to people who have a large number of posts on a forum as an attention seekers. I do agree though that there are alot of mindless louts in this country and about time the scum was removed from the streets. As some one else added you go on holiday to find places still crawling with English low lifes.

Irrelevant of wether people are intrested in it or not he should be allowed to get on with it in peace.

 

[Hamilton]

Chapman - surely anyone who does something in the public eye are " attention seekers " whether they play in a band, are on tele or on stage.

Gareth, you ofetn post some sensible stuff, but this is real tripe.

Most people who get up on stage are trying to entertain by doing something. Houdini escaped from things. Even Big Brother contestants are interacting and competing (even if it is shite.)

Blaine is doing nothing. He is starving himself, and I think that is pretty irresponsible and I support anyone who wants to go and get him down by keeping him awake.

As someone else on here pointed out - he's not even doing it for charity, just for personal gain.

 

[Sorrel]

He is competing against no food, complete isolation, cold, boredom which he banked on.

He could have done it in Alaska if that's what he wanted to get out of it. He wanted the publicity that the events have given him.

He's a con-artist i.e. a magician. I don't have a problem with him, as he's very clear that he tricks people. But he does it for himself, and knew what he was getting into.

 

[Bwian]

The point is though tedebear that it is not what he is doing or his reasons-it's about a load of piss heads and idiots giving the world a display of our morons doing what they do best. And that's the perception people around the world have of British society.

 

[tinx]

I tihnk the blokes a freak and I find it highly amusing that people go there at pub kicking out time and shout abuse at him.

Very funny, yes yobbish but funny none the less. Some of the chants being sung are classic.

When it boils down to it, he is asking for it and no doubt was expecting it.