I am very aware that the minute that Chris beat up on Rihanna, it was no longer something personal between two people but a crime against society. Yes, I do understand where everyone who differs from my POV are coming from... but I guess I am just willing to be a bit flexible for many reasons already stated in this thread: the fact that he is only 19, it's his first offense (that we know of), his family backgroung, it was not premeditated and the fact that he is already being punish from this whole ordeal.
What punishment: you mean by losing out on sponsorship -- how awful! I don't know how he'll recover without all that money and lifetime supply of free gum -- and the fairly even media reports and speculation in the blogs? The trauma and pain! He should call Rihanna and they can compare notes: fist to face -- more or less painful than Terrence Howard making a fool of himself in one's defence on camera?
Although I cannot speak for Chris but I will bet that he will think twice about getting physical with ANYONE when he is angry. He now has a dent in his reputation/image that will be almost impossible to overcome, he has already lost thousands if not millions of income and the stress of it all.... (not to take anything away from Rihanna own suffering and losses, but Chris too is learning a harsh lesson).
You're kidding me. You're equating what amounts to the consequences of libel (which is basically damage to public/professional reputation which can amount to lowered income) to domestic abuse? And more or less the only thing that leads you to do this is because it's his first offence? (Most criminals are that way at least partly due to social problems ie checkered family background. They don't appear like magic and it's no real reason to drop criminal charges. It may affect the type of punishment though.) You can protest that you're not trying to "take away anything from Rihanna" but your opinion is based on doing exactly that.
Thinking twice is not good enough especially since you have no idea if he will or not. The dude has
anger management issues.
The thing is if he was not a celebrity, the case probably would not have gone so far. If the women did not press charges, he probably would have gone free... and if she did a few months in jail depending on vacancy/capacity at the local jail. But this is Chris Brown who beat up Rihanna so they must throw the book at him... an example to all the young men out there. What purpose would that serve?
You have absolutely no evidence of this. Has the LAPD given any statement about making him an example of anything? They haven't even booked him on all full charges yet and he was granted bail with an amount that he could easily meet. You also have no grounds for this idea the justice system treats celebrities more harshly than everyone else. All past events point to the
exact opposite.
In fact, if this was about any other woman-beater all of 19 years old that we read about in the local newspaper in a little article no one would blink an *eye* at the fact that, if enough evidence was found, he was charged and a court case followed. No one would be weeping tears about the overcrowded penal system, insulting the qualification and experience of dealing with societal elements that no one else wants to, or praising the saintly benevolence of the defendant's family of whom we know little to nothing about. He would just be another criminal.
The difference between you and I is that since all evidence points to Chris committing a crime I'm willing to let the justice system do its work, whether to find him guilty or innocent, whether to send him to jail, whether to get him counseling....whatever. You are content to make Chris' age and checkered family background more important than anything else including Rihanna, the law, and society (don't pretend otherwise) to the point that you don't even want a proper investigation into a possible crime. You're not being "a bit flexible". You want him to be treated the same way as Rihanna: just go home to the family. To me wanting the justice system to treat the alleged
criminal in the same way it treats the
victim is plain ol' crazy talk. It's not even reasonable and would only be understandable if you were his Mom or some other super close relative.
(You don't even know his family so I have no idea why you're so assured that they'll give him help. In one sentence you say his family's messed up then in the next you say they can help him. (Not that a more stable family could necessarily deal with this kind of thing.) That doesn't make sense.)
If she doesnt Im no longer a fan
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