Random Thoughts

[number8]

I have no problem with him saying that. Who is to say what would have happened?

It implies that the 9/11 victims died because they did not love their kids enough to Mark Wahlberg the terrorists.

[EyesWideOpen]

I've thought about what I would do in certain situations if I had been in them and that's all he said. Probably as a celebrity it wasn't the smartest thing to say but I still don't understand why people are so up in arms about what Mark Walberg says. I mean honestly who gives a shit.

[Mara]

I agree that the public evisceration has been pretty thorough.

[Derek]

Who does Mark Whalberg think he is? Werner Herzog?

[megladon8]

I've thought about what I would do in certain situations if I had been in them and that's all he said. Probably as a celebrity it wasn't the smartest thing to say but I still don't understand why people are so up in arms about what Mark Walberg says. I mean honestly who gives a shit.

I think Mara said it pretty well with her analogy about the rape victim.

In so many words, he called the victims on the planes cowards.


Anyone can say with hindsight "well I would have done this", but it's still inappropriate.

Mark Wahlberg's tough guy posturing, whether jocular or not, is at a high level of douchebaggery here.

[number8]

To be fair, though, it's classic survivor's guilt. It's pretty common to be obsessed with what you would or could've done when you escape unharmed from an incident that killed others by sheer blind luck. He just phrased it terribly.

Seth McFarlane was in the same situation and his outlook on it is much better.

[Spinal]

Is Mark Wahlberg really someone we look to for clear-headed eloquence?

[D_Davis]

Is Mark Wahlberg really someone we look to for clear-headed eloquence?

He's pretty much considered the modern day Oscar Wilde.

[Skitch]

Seth McFarlane was in the same situation and his outlook on it is much better.

Wasn't he in a situation where he missed his plane or got redirected or something, and that plane turned out to be one of the ones that hit the towers? Man, that would be tough to cope with. I would think about that every day for the rest of my life.

[Ezee E]

Wasn't he in a situation where he missed his plane or got redirected or something, and that plane turned out to be one of the ones that hit the towers? Man, that would be tough to cope with. I would think about that every day for the rest of my life.

He does many a skits or spots on it in Family Guy.

Still think the one through the Arch is hilarious.

[number8]

Wasn't he in a situation where he missed his plane or got redirected or something, and that plane turned out to be one of the ones that hit the towers? Man, that would be tough to cope with. I would think about that every day for the rest of my life.

Yeah, he was hungover and missed the gate closing by 10 minutes. He's pretty cool with it. He said he didn't realize the plane that hit the towers was his until it was all over, so to him, it was just a flight he missed, like people do all the time. He doesn't think there's any significance to any of it. That's probably how I would've looked at it. I'm sure I've "dodged death" in this manner a dozen times walking to the grocery store without even knowing it.

Wahlberg's supposed to be on one of the other planes, but at the last minute he decided to change to an earlier flight.

[D_Davis]

[Derek]

Is Mark Wahlberg really someone we look to for clear-headed eloquence?

Mark Wahlberg is one of our finest young actors.

[EyesWideOpen]

I think Mara said it pretty well with her analogy about the rape victim.

In so many words, he called the victims on the planes cowards.


Anyone can say with hindsight "well I would have done this", but it's still inappropriate.

Mark Wahlberg's tough guy posturing, whether jocular or not, is at a high level of douchebaggery here.

I don't think Mara's analogy is comparable. And I guess our difference in opinion is that I don't find what he said to be "inappropriate". People throw that word around way to much and I guess I just don't let things bother me as much as most.

[Mysterious Dude]

I don't think Mara's analogy is comparable.

Why not?

[megladon8]

I don't think Mara's analogy is comparable. And I guess our difference in opinion is that I don't find what he said to be "inappropriate". People throw that word around way to much and I guess I just don't let things bother me as much as most.

It didn't "bother" me either, I just thought it was pretty shitty, tactless thing to say.

[Qrazy]

I let everything bother me. It helps me keep my edge when I'm fist fighting terrorists.

[Lucky]

Why not?

I'm curious about the logic behind this as well.

[Melville]

I let everything bother me. It helps me keep my edge when I'm fist fighting terrorists.

A good method, no doubt, but it's no match for Mark Wahlberg's years of experience permanently blinding people and beating them unconscious with large sticks, all while hurling racial epithets.

[Qrazy]

A good method, no doubt, but it's no match for Mark Wahlberg's years of experience permanently blinding people and beating them unconscious with large sticks, all while hurling racial epithets.

Well, we can't all be the Mark Whalberg.

[Skitch]

Yeah, he was hungover and missed the gate closing by 10 minutes. He's pretty cool with it. He said he didn't realize the plane that hit the towers was his until it was all over, so to him, it was just a flight he missed, like people do all the time. He doesn't think there's any significance to any of it. That's probably how I would've looked at it. I'm sure I've "dodged death" in this manner a dozen times walking to the grocery store without even knowing it.

Wahlberg's supposed to be on one of the other planes, but at the last minute he decided to change to an earlier flight.

Damn. I don't know that I would put any signifigance to it either, but I would still probably wake up everyday and say 'damn'. Hell of a thing.

[D_Davis]

God kept him alive so he could be a strong voice for atheism.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Related: over Christmas, I was scheduled to take Flight 815 bound for LAX...but I missed the connection.

[Thirdmango]

Related: over Christmas, I was scheduled to take Flight 815 bound for LAX...but I missed the connection.

I am that flight.

[Qrazy]

Here's another heavier electronic mashup. Van Halen on guitar.