Tom Cruise getting squirted in the face: Karma for avoiding legitimate

[StopTheMorans]

discussion of his sexual orientation? Discuss...

[xultar]

1. Great observation!

:rofl:

[StopTheMorans]

2. thanks!

:thumbsup:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. I am well known as a vitriolic and committed Tom Cruise hater, but...

but even I have to applaud him for going after the asshole squirting him. That would definitely piss me off, too; the squirting was utterly uncalled for, and shouldn't be accepted.

[jrthin]

5. I agree.

Further, what is it with people's obsession about his sexual behaviour. Let it the eff alone. If he's gay and want to behave straight, so what. Light bulb, the possibility exists that he might be straight.

[StopTheMorans]

6. but he still looked like an angry nerd doing it, and that's what really

counts :rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. I saw a clip of it last night, and he really did act like an asshole

while calling the guy a jerk.

Jesus, Tom, even in real life you can't fucking act.

Though I stand by my claim that he had the right to be pissed off, because I believe it, I wish he had done it better. Just like all his films!

[Dr.Phool]

11. Too bad nobody had a pie handy.

I love guerilla theater.

[sniffa]

4. he was just angry for the fLashbacks it brought

when he used to get squirted in the face aLL the time (on the D-Low of course).

[StopTheMorans]

7. .

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[tjwmason]

8. With what was he squirted back then?

methinks a substance somewhat different from water....

[name not needed]

47. .

:rofl:

[Zuni]

68. holy shit

:spray:

[terrya]

9. This tells me what a jerk he is.

I'm surprised he didn't have his bodyguards beat this guy up.

Apparently, in his quest to become one of Hollywood's richest, most powerful actors, Tom Cruise has become a humorless jerk.

And once again...he's pure, 100% all American heterosexual. Just to clear up any confusion. :-)

[StopTheMorans]

10. there is no way that this man is in any way, shape, or form heterosexual

:P

[terrya]

21. You're going to make me cry, STM.

Please, please, please don't foist him on us. Please. :cry:

[Susang]

28. Doesn't anybody want this yob?

Straights don't want to claim him, homosexuals deny him....poor Tom, will he be condemned to ambiguity for the rest of his life? :scared:

[StopTheMorans]

29. the aliens can have him

[Susang]

52. I think they already do

:scared:

[terrya]

30. Maybe the asexuals will be ok with him.

Otherwise, it is indeed a lifetime of sexual ambiguity for poor Tom. :-(

[Zuni]

73. I vote for giving him the necrophiliacs

they are creepy and would welcome even a creepy ass celebrity moran like him

[Felix Mala]

12. Sorry, I like Tom Cruise as an actor and thought he handled this

quite well considering. I liked the way he was holding onto the guy and making him feel like a total heel.

[StopTheMorans]

13. the guy was looking down on Tom Cruise's 5'2 frame with an air of

indifference and amusement.

[Heidi]

14. How's his sexual orientation a legitimate area of discussion?

Please explain. I can see where his public health care agenda, advocating erradication of pyschiatry, is clearly worthy of discussion and protest, just as Jerry Falwell's public health care agenda is worth of discussion and protest.

But, how is Tom Cruise's sexual orientation any of our business? Really, StopTheMorans, I'm not being mean-spirited here. I want to know why it's necessary to single him out on the basis of rumor, innuendo, etc.

[StopTheMorans]

15. anyone who chooses to be famous chooses to make their personal

life the subject of intense speculation by the public. thus, it is the public's right to know everything about Tom Cruise's personal life.

[Heidi]

26. This _must_ be irony. Because otherwise . . .

it's a straight-up bullsh!t philosophy.

[StopTheMorans]

27. it is nothing more, and nothing less, than the truth

[Heidi]

43. So, you're telling all of us . . .

I'm a reasonably well-known artist in a region of the country where I live; there is the outside chance that I could one day become "famous."

So, you're telling me, that simply by pursuing my career and leveraging the options available to me for having some skill and interest, that _I_ choose whether to become famous, thus throwing open my personal history for goddess-knows-how-long, simply because _you_ say so?

I call bullsh!t, whether it's me or someone else whose personal "truth" you believe you're entitled to.

[StopTheMorans]

44. exactly; couldn't have said it better myself

:thumbsup:

[Heidi]

45. You're misguided. (nt)

[StopTheMorans]

46. your opinion has been noted and will be taken into consideration

thank you for your time.

[redqueen]

32. Yep, bullshit.

Being subject to intense scrutiny does not translate automatically into anyone's "right" to know jack shit.

[StopTheMorans]

34. indeed it does, indeed it does

[redqueen]

37. Care to explain exactly how that works?

The process by which something goes from being a demand to a right, I mean?

[StopTheMorans]

38. not particularly, it is a truth that we all hold to be self-evident

[tavalon]

55. Who is the "we" you speak of

Nor is it self evident. It happens but that it is a fact of nature is not true. It is a symptom of societal pathology. I can accept that one if that's what you're selling, but I'm not getting that from what you are saying.

[StopTheMorans]

59. every true American

[tavalon]

66. Every true American

is shallow and has a psychopathology that causes them to have permeable boundaries and difficulty understanding boundaries?

[StopTheMorans]

83. no, every true American seeks the truth, and Tom Cruise is hiding

the truth.

[Zuni]

84. what are you?

some kind of communist? :shrug:

[tavalon]

54. Now, theres a good discussion there

Why in the world should being famous require that your personal life be placed under scrutiny? What is wrong with our society that we think that is ok? (yeah, you can see my bias here)

[vi5]

96. There are plenty of celebrities...

Who are very effective at keeping the bulk of their personal lives under wraps. That involves maybe not talking about some things which you would actually not mind talking about, in return for not talking about things which you would rather keep secret.

In a situation like Cruises, you can't put yourself out there and talk about and lecture people on the greatness of your religion, the wonderful nature of your relationship, and any number of things, but then complain when people go into areas that you don't want to discuss.

If someone doesn't want to put their personal life out there as an actor or celebrity they don't have to. They can just act, be done, and leave it at that (Daniel Day Lewis is a good example of this). But if you choose to open up your life to the press and the public, you can't complain when they want to know stuff that you don't want to tell them. That's not saying you ultimately have to cave and answer them, but you definitely relinquish the right to complain about it.

[jakefrep]

88. Wrong!

There is no such thing as a "legitimate discussion of his sexual orientation."

[StopTheMorans]

91. yeah, and there's no such thing as chemtrails either

:eyes:

[jakefrep]

97. What in the bloody hell does that mean?

I couldn't give two shits about Tom Cruise's sex life.

[StopTheMorans]

98. that's not very American of you

[jakefrep]

104. The truth is that you're not entitled to a "legitimate discussion"...

...of Tom Cruise's, or any celebrity's sex life.

[StopTheMorans]

106. if you're a communist, maybe, but this is America

:patriot:

[vi5]

95. I normally would agree with you....

However, when as a celebrity you have any number of rumors and innuendo said and printed about you regarding countless subjects and areas of your life, yet the only ones you actually sue people over are the ones where they say you are gay, it does become a legitimate source of discussion. At the very least if he's not gay, then doing that makes him a homophobe in my opinion.

And I do ultimately believe that if you become a celebrity, you cannot pick and choose which areas of your life people discuss. You can't go out there and talk about your religion or your relationships or whatever it is thatyou feel like talking about, but then get upset when people want to ask or know about other stuff as well. It goes with the territory. There are plenty of people in this world much more deserving of my sympathy and empathy than celebrities who complain about the public wanting to know too much about them.

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[StopTheMorans]

17. yes, it does. no, i am not an idiot, are you?

almost forgot: the only thing I would pay 8 dollars for is to see Tom Cruise take a dogshit pie in the face.

[Texasgal]

19. Ummm... hey there.

You are in direct violation of DU rules. You need to edit your post before it get's deleted. ( IE: Are you an idiot? is calling out another Du'er.)

Beter yet, try having some humor, you are in the lounge where sarcastic humor runs rampant.

[Lavender Brown]

18. .

:rofl:

[derby378]

20. Quote from Tom: "Ritalin is an amphetamine" - BWAHAHAHAAA!!

Message to Tom and all of his Scientology pseudo-expert buddies:

Ritalin is an amphetamine the same way that ketchup is a vegetable. Only in your dreams, babyface!

[Swede]

22. I would have punched the guys lights out.

I wouldn't have been able to stop myself. Bam! Oh look,your fucking teeth are on the ground.

[StopTheMorans]

23. but Tom Cruise couldn't reach his teeth due to his stature; what should

he have done :shrug:

[Swede]

24. Punch him in the nuts then.

Stalkers deserve no less.

[StopTheMorans]

25. this man was a performance artist, which is much more than i can say

for Tom Cruise.

[Swede]

41. He's done fine in a lot of movies.

And not so well in others.

[StopTheMorans]

42. were these movies stolen by alien beings, never to be seen by humans?

:shrug:

[Swede]

50. You havn't seen any of his bad movies?

That's hard to believe.

[StopTheMorans]

51. no, i didn't know he made good movies

[Taverner]

31. Karma for being a Scientologist FREAK

[StopTheMorans]

35. well, i think that may have something to do with it, but it certainly

isn't the main factor IMHO...

[WilliamPitt]

33. The degree of fascination with Cruise that has swpt the Lounge is

amazingly boring.

[StopTheMorans]

36. thank you, oh wise and omniscient arbiter of all that is exciting

[terrya]

39. Hide threads

Great DU feature.

[StopTheMorans]

40. words to live by

:thumbsup:

[WilliamPitt]

48. You're welcome

O Snarky and Defensive One.

[StopTheMorans]

49. you are certainly qualified to judge snarkiness, but the "defensive"

comment is off-base.

[tavalon]

57. Really?

Not from where I'm sitting. You look mighty defensive. Either that or you're premenstrual, which given that you're supposed to be male, strikes me as unlikely.

[StopTheMorans]

60. maybe you need a new seat; your vantage point appears to be clouded

as does your judgment on this issue

[tavalon]

67. Mirror baby,

you need a mirror.

[StopTheMorans]

69. another one? my bedroom is already covered in them

i don't have any more space :cry:

[Zuni]

76. I only use mirrors for snorting ice

[Zuni]

78. sexist bullshit

This is a liberal forum, where men can menstrate equally :grr:

[tavalon]

108. And he certainly seems to be n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

80. premenstrual?

not funny.

[tavalon]

109. I wasn't trying to be n/t

[arwalden]

100. I Know... It's Almost As Bad As Baseball Threads

[BikeWriter]

53. His sexual orientation is nobody's business but his own.

[StopTheMorans]

61. and every good American's business too

[mondo joe]

65. Then he should keep his sex life out of the news rather than

shrieking about it every chance he gets.

[StopTheMorans]

70. SNAP!

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

56. no, that guy was an ass...

di caprio got his face slashed by a nut ball party crasher = karma for 'whatever happened to gilbert grape' :shrug:

[StopTheMorans]

63. i agree that Tom Cruise is an ass, but this has nothing to do with Leo

[Mutley]

62. What was he squirted with?

:wow:

[StopTheMorans]

71. water

:rofl:

[Zuni]

64. Why is the MSM not reporting this?

:grr:

[StopTheMorans]

72. they'll report this when they start reporting chemtrails

which is to say, NEVER! fucking bastards :grr:

[Zuni]

74. first they don't report the Rove-quakes in Cali

now this.

I have had it with the lying mainstream media :grr:

[StopTheMorans]

85. and they are still not reporting MIHOP!

do your fucking job you assholes :grr: :nuke:

[philosophie_en_rose]

75. It's karma for medical quackery.

from http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/whattomcruisedoesntknowmighthurtyou.html

Shields's recovery from her depression involved taking the drug Paxil. Apparently, this doesn't sit well with Tom Cruise and he felt compelled to express this in public as if he has some particular moral high ground. Tom Cruise claiming the moral high ground is like Ken Lay taking the ethical high ground. How many times has Tommy boy been divorced anyway? Look, jackass, being on Oprah doesn't absolve you of shit.

Here is what Cruise had to say about Shields: "These drugs are dangerous. I have actually helped people come off." Cruise explained, "When you talk about postpartum, you can take people today, women, and what you do is you use vitamins. There is a hormonal thing that is going on, scientifically, you can prove that. But when you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that. You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things."

Not only is Cruise not a doctor, I don't think he's ever played one. The foundation for this statement comes from Cruise's faith in the Church of Scientology, which opposes the use of drugs such as Paxil. Frankly, I have no opinion on the Church of Scientology. As I think all religions are basically full of shit, the fact that Scientology has been quite often accused of being a cult rather than a "true religion" isn't really a differentiation I care about.

...

The belief that vitamins can cure radiation sickness, cancer and postpartum depression is a well-established psychological condition that is known widely in the medical community as CFH, short for "completely fucked in the head." L. Ron Hubbard was CFH. Tom Cruise is also CFH. If Tom Cruise wants to give advice on what makes Katie Holmes hot or what Nicole Kidman likes for breakfast, that's fine. Write a book about it. However, on behalf of all sane people everywhere, I respectfully request that Tom Cruise and any other megastars with absolutely no knowledge or training in medicine or whatever other subject may be bothering their puny little minds, shut their mouths and keep their stupid, backwards, malformed, mystical, bullshit ideas to themselves.

[bertha katzenengel]

77. Discuss? Why? Whose fucking biz is anyone's sexuality if one doesn't

choose to discuss it?

[mondo joe]

79. Except he does choose to discuss it all over the place. He opened the

door.

[bertha katzenengel]

90. You have a good point. Still, I contend it is nobody's business.

The man proclaims himself as straight. It's not my place to point a finger and say "no! you're gay!"

What purpose does that serve? So we'll have another poster child? We don't need poster children. We need solid citizens -- which most of us are anyway -- regular Joes and Janes to be out and loud.

Or is it to point out some nebulous theme of hypocrisy? That doesn't do anything for us either.

I ask you, why must we make this guy gay?

[mondo joe]

93. He chose to make his personal life fodder for publicity - so it's open

to being questioned.

If he went on talk shows to discuss his medical degree and posed for photo ops with a stethescope would it be no one's business to invesigate whether he really had a degree or not?

I don't care of he's gay or not. I don't think anyone has the right to KNOW.

But I think there's a right to ask about it, especially in light of how he's publicized his love life.

[StopTheMorans]

86. every good Americans

[Shell Beau]

81. I have to say that I thought it was rude of the

interviewer to do that. Celebrities subject themselves to being out in the open. But lately some of the media have been taking it too far. As much as I cannot stand Lindsay Lohan, she was hit in her car by some loons (media)trying to get her picture. Leo DiCaprio was cut with a beer bottle that was thrown at him by some loon who got by security. He required 12 (or so) stitches. As silly as this incident with Tom Cruise (wacko as he may be), it is just part of a bigger problem with the fascination with celebrities. Look at Princess Di for instance. I don't know what caused her wreck, a drunken high driver, or fleeing the media, but these people will stop at nothing to get a pic that sells. The guy who squirted Tom was not even supposed to be there. I personally thought he handled it fairly well. He had to be embarrassed beyond belief.

[KG]

82. cruise shoulda grabbed that mike and shoved it up that jerks ass.

[StopTheMorans]

87. maybe if he was half of the badass that he's played in various roles

he would have. alas, he is not.

[truebrit71]

102. I think Lil' Tommy would prefer that the other way around...

...or so they say...

..not that there's anything wrong with that.... ;-)

[mondo joe]

89. Aren't the suggestions of violence in response to a squirt of water a bit

over the top?

Is this thread being cross posted with Free Republic?

[terrya]

92. Yes, they are over the top.

Should Tom have had his bodyguards beat the crap out of that guy?

It's ridiculous, IMO.

[mondo joe]

94. In light of the idea of punching a guy for a squirt of water, Bush seems

practically restrained for wanting to take Saddam down beecause he "tried to kill my daddy".

[peacebuzzard]

Why would anyone waste their time doing that? Or were they personally

offended? But even so, why do that?:shrug:

[peacebuzzard]

99. Why would anyone waste their time doing that? Or were they personally

offended? But even so, why do that?:shrug:

[truebrit71]

101. He needs to get over himself...I am sooooooooooooooo tired..

..of hearing about this self-loathing homosexual and his latest beard...

If ever there was a guy that needed a serious cult deprogramming it is him....He is completely out of his fucking tree....

[ernstbass]

103. I'm ready for him to go away

[RetroLounge]

105. Like I really needed a picture of a Tom Cruise

money shot...

:puke:

RL

[UdoKier]

107. As much of a jerk as Tom Cruise is, that was very rude.

And Cruise handled it much better than I would've. I would have throttled that fucker.

That was really rude, and I actually have a bit more sympathy forr Cruise now, if only a bit.