I can do better than that, I can state what actually happened.

You said "I'm not condoning the slap to the face (I'd have done worse)".

And you posted a curated Youtube list of three bawdy comedians in a 'comedy greats' thread who you are now at pains to declare you've never been a fan of. Deeply offensive follicle based funnies have jolted your entire past comedic landscape.

Now let's go out and 'worse than slap' the hell out of some joke tellers!! .

Edited by BlueJay (02 Apr 2022 2.24am)

Apparently Chris Rock is the eldest of five adult brothers, one of them was up on stage the other night and he was pretty p1ssed about it all.

To be honest I would be too.....the family's golden boy being made to take it like that.....I can see the humiliation. On the street it wouldn't end there.

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Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Apr 2022 10.58pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Can't fault his brothers comments really (and great publicity for him too since I didn't know Tony Rock existed until today!). While Chris Rock has been classy in letting events speak for themselves, it's only right that people call it how it is, and there's no better people for that to come from than family.

Seems a pretty accurate summary to me.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

He's handled it well so far in my view, but yes like Jim Carrey said, this footage isn't going away and is humiliating in a sense even though he did take the higher ground.

Like you say, maybe Smith will keep a low profile for a bit, or lose with work and take a break. People have short memories so I expect he can move past it before long, but as you say it's more about what he wants rather than needs considering his wealth.

No, you posted comedians routines because it's safe to assume you're a fan; you stated that you'd do 'worse' than slap someone as a nod towards violence. Your bizarre and pointless re-framing after is an irrelevance.

And you've now suddenly gone from pages of being affronted that your comment that you'd have done 'worse' than slap Chris Rock could be taken as an endorsement of violence, to a complete about turn of berating me for not endorsing Smith's reaction on account that I would apparently find it 'too macho' - and that if you had acted in a 'macho' way, 'worse' than slapping (that you 'would've regretted') it's not an 'endorsement' of violence but a 'reaction' to events. 'There is only one way to deal with bullies' apparently. What in sweet Jesus are you even going on about? How you choose to frame violence is for you, I'm highlighted what you said not how you feel about it.

You're disingenuously arguing from every perspective going. Plenty of popular comedians - such as ones you promote: Jim Davidson, Bernard Manning - tell jokes that are going to offend. The idea though that there should be physical payback for their routines is mental. You seem to think that every joke you've ever heard is fine (while also disassociating from bawdy comedians you know act against your new 'comedic sensitivity') and that Chris Rock's joke was some kind of uniquely terrible event that we're all wrapping our heads (with or without hair) around and are left reeling from. In reality, if Will Smith hadn't reacted violently nobody would've considered this tame joke even vaguely of note compared to any others on the night. And again, the likes of Ricky Gervais routinely say much worse at these events. Would Will Smith have hit him too, or just a diminutive comedian like Chris Rock? Who's the 'bully' again?

You're just trying to get a rise rather than holding anything resembling a consistent or honest view.

Edited by BlueJay (03 Apr 2022 4.18am)