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Mark Wahlberg is a bad ass

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Village said:
People can change, that doesn't make the things you have done unhappen. That doesn't make people magically ok with it.
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So you have never done anything shitty in your life?

You live you learn. What he did was horrible but those were choices he made and he had to live with them. You know how much good he has done for this world since? Does it excuse what he did? No, do i care? No.

Everyone makes mistakes.
 
An eye for an eye makes the whole world Marky Mark.
 
smr00 said:
So you have never done anything shitty in your life?

You live you learn. What he did was horrible but those were choices he made and he had to live with them. You know how much good he has done for this world since? Does it excuse what he did? No, do i care? No.

Everyone makes mistakes.
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the whole "Everyone makes mistakes" thing is such a ridiculous false equivalency. Yeah, people make mistakes, but luckily mine didn't involve hate crimes.
 
Eschaton said:
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shit. that gif is hilarious. dude was a total psycho on set too apparently.
 
Artemisia said:
At 16, Wahlberg approached a middle-aged Vietnamese man on the street and, using a large wooden stick, knocked him unconscious (while calling him "Vietnam fucking shit"). He also attacked another Vietnamese man, leaving him permanently blind in one eye.
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Wow. Did not know about that. Just read the rest of that article and it's hard not to despise the man:

For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to assault, and was sentenced to two years in state prison at Boston's Deer Island House of Correction, of which he served 45 days. In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack. Commenting in 2006 on his past crimes, Wahlberg has stated: "I did a lot of things that I regret, and I have certainly paid for my mistakes." He said the right thing to do would be to try to find the blinded man and make amends, and admitted he has not done so, but added that he was no longer burdened by guilt: "You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right by other people, as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night. I feel good when I wake up in the morning."
 
Enco said:
OK, so he isn't allowed to be creeped out about acting a gay scene?

I'm guessing actors aren't allowed to feel uncomfortable doing nude scenes either?
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I clarified there was nothing wrong with him not being comfortable in the first sentence of that post. It's literally right there in the part you quoted.

Taken as part of a larger context along with how he says he was "thankful" that Ang Lee didn't explain things to him, it fits in with his persona we've been discussing in the thread. The real issue is explained in this:

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/e...-told-him-no-brokeback-mountain-92340764.html

'Mark says he owes his career to Father Flavin. 'Father Flavin pushes Mark to honor his religious roots,' said the source. 'Even though Mark was offered one of the leads in Brokeback Mountain, he passed because of the gay subject matter, which clashes with Catholic doctrine.'

So now Catholic doctrine is saying its a sin to even pretend to be gay? Wow that's comprehensive. It's also really, really hypocritical.

Because, of course, playing a coke and meth-addicted hustler with a 10-inch you know what in Boogie Nights was just fine. Nothing objectionable about that. No doubt Father Flavin gave him the go-ahead. And let's not forget it was walking around in his underwear onstage at every opportunity that made him famous (as a gay pin-up, among other things).

Irony much?
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Wahlberg may not be the only person who feels this way, but it doesn't make him less of a dbag. And in context of his personal history it's rather unsurprising. But it's okay because he forgives himself and doesn't feel guilty for his crimes anymore. :)

We discussed this clearly earlier in the thread after me posting those articles initially. It seems like you saw only my post and are responding only to that.
 
smr00 said:
So you have never done anything shitty in your life?

You live you learn. What he did was horrible but those were choices he made and he had to live with them. You know how much good he has done for this world since? Does it excuse what he did? No, do i care? No.

Everyone makes mistakes.
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I have never possibly ruined a persons life. Everyone makes mistakes, however when those mistakes drastically effect lives, that's where the issue comes in. Because now that person has lost something they can never get back, and you are just sorry. Excuse me, If that doesn't sit well with me.

Nico Bellic Has an excellent quote about baggage I cannot remember at the moment.
 
i've never really sought out to see him in films, but he happens to be in some good ones. i was locked up twice for assault, so obviously i can't judge him for that. although, a hate crime is fucked up. 45 days in jail seems off for something like that..
 
While what he did is terrible, it certainly isn't irredeemable.

In regards to that quote, what is he to do? Not sleep at night and feel guilty forever? To everyone quoting that post: your suggesting he allows guilt to impede upon growing as a human being, capable of good later on in life?

I can't say with certainty what type of person Mark Wahlberg is because I don't know him personally but I can respect the turnaround from being a hood rat in Dorchester to successful Hollywood movie produce and actor.

However, I can say at 16 Mark Wahlberg was a delinquent on a fast track towards a murder sentence and likely 25 to life at the rate he was going. But that isn't the life he chose for himself so I can respect his change in character because to go from where he was to where he got isn't easy.
 
I hate that trashy Boston accent. I hear it when the Red Sox come to angel stadium. I hope karma hits this piece of trash.
 
ZaCH3000 said:
While what he did is terrible, it certainly isn't irredeemable.

In regards to that quote, what is he to do? Not sleep at night and feel guilty forever? To everyone quoting that post: your suggesting he allows guilt to impede upon growing as a human being, capable of good later on in life?

I can't say with certainty what type of person Mark Wahlberg is because I don't know him personally but I can respect the turnaround from being a hood rat in Dorchester to successful Hollywood movie produce and actor.

However, I can say at 16 Mark Wahlberg was a delinquent on a fast track towards a murder sentence and likely 25 to life at the rate he was going. But that isn't the life he chose for himself so I can respect his change in character because to go from where he was to where he got isn't easy.
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Marginally make an effort to apologize for the incident?
 
xtrasauce said:
Wow. Did not know about that. Just read the rest of that article and it's hard not to despise the man:

For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to assault, and was sentenced to two years in state prison at Boston's Deer Island House of Correction, of which he served 45 days. In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack. Commenting in 2006 on his past crimes, Wahlberg has stated: "I did a lot of things that I regret, and I have certainly paid for my mistakes." He said the right thing to do would be to try to find the blinded man and make amends, and admitted he has not done so, but added that he was no longer burdened by guilt: "You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right by other people, as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night. I feel good when I wake up in the morning."
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rofl, top tier arrogant fuckhead right there

but that's always been my opinion on this berk, so
 
Talon said:
Marginally make an effort to apologize for the incident?
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Why? Would it be a nice gesture if it truly came from the bottom of his heart? Absolutely it would. Should he do it because he is a public figure and that is what people expect him to do? Fuck no.

Because even if he did one day decide to apologize, it would already be redundant because the idea would seem reactionary and thus artificial. In fact, an apology at this point would almost be a slap in the face to this man.

Now, lets just say a surgery was available that could bring this mans vision back (I don't think there is but correct me if I'm wrong) then hell yeah, Marky Mark should return that mans vision. However, an apology? Fucking please. That won't bring his vision back nor is it outlandish enough to be an acceptable apology.
 
Should have just given him the death penalty. Clearly if you do something that bad as a kid you can never rehabilitate and become a decent person, so you may as well put him down.

I don't know why I care to defend a huge movie star, but seriously, he was definitely a stupid piece of shit 25 years ago but it he's been 'clean' since, so I don't really understand the hate.
 
Wow, Wahlberg's PR agent is the bomb for keeping his shit history in relative mainstream lockdown.

He's always been a shit actor, but never to the point of actually bothering me. Blinding that Viet guy pushes him over the edge. What an asshole.
 
ZaCH3000 said:
Why? Would it be a nice gesture if it truly came from the bottom of his heart? Absolutely it would. Should he do it because he is a public figure and that is what people expect him to do? Fuck no.

Because even if he did one day decide to apologize, it would already be redundant because the idea would seem reactionary and thus artificial. In fact, an apology at this point would almost be a slap in the face to this man.

Now, lets just say a surgery was available that could bring this mans vision back (I don't think there is but correct me if I'm wrong) then hell yeah, Marky Mark should return that mans vision. However, an apology? Fucking please. That won't bring his vision back nor is it outlandish enough to be an acceptable apology.
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you're only making pointless excuses here
 
Would Wahlberg want reparations if someone made him blind in one eye in an unprovoked attack? Would he be ok with the person just spending a very short period of time in prison and nothing more? Would he be ok thinking that maybe that person forgave themselves, but never ever apologized to him?

To me sight is pretty fucking important. I know at least I'd want an apology (specially if it was unprovoked).
 
Oh I don't know, maybe being a millionaire, his midget ass could find the guy and his family, apologize, and give them some of that money he made by playing pretend?

Hey, a quick question for all you defending him. Say you are sitting face to face with that Asian man he beat and blinded. Would you tell him he should feel great because midget Mark has forgiven himself without having to pay any penance? That he should just move on and enjoy his one good eye, and be thankful that Marky the ass has "done so much good for this world"?

I'm all for rehabilitation and people changing for the better, but too many of you on here take that position, and then completely forget about the victims in these crimes. They deserve more than just a "Oh well, shit happens, but it's ok because now the criminal is a good guy, we spent 100k so he could get a college degree. Enjoy being blind or crippled for the rest of your life because of the beating he gave you."

Unless it's rape, then you cats go fucking ballistic.
 
Isn't this the guy that made the Max... No, I'm scared to even mention its name. Didn't he make that awful abomination that supposedly was based on one of my favorite games?

I don't have any sympathy for him. Fuck that monstrosity. You simply can't disrespect such a game like that.
 
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