Woman bites man, after being called fat

[npk]

A man is missing a piece of his ear after he insults a woman, calls her fat.

A Lincoln woman is accused of biting off part of a man's ear who insulted her, police say.
Anna Mae Godfrey, 21, 1101 D St., was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault after an incident outside a house party on the 7400 block of Greenwood Street, said Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood.

Flood said three men in their twenties at the party were arguing with the rest of the partygoers as they left around 3 a.m. Then, Flood said, one of the men shouted an insult at Godfrey.
Godfrey allegedly ran half a block, tackled the man and bit off a chunk of his right ear.
Flood said the missing piece of the man's ear was not found, and he would likely require plastic surgery.

http://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_45c908c2-52ed-11df-97cc-001cc4c03286.html

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/04/28/1120732/police-woman-bites-man-after-being.html (More info)

Flood said officers later learned that the injured man and two others had been arguing with other people at the birthday party. Flood says the man told 21-year-old Anna Godfrey that she was fat.

[The Magistrate]

1. That Ought To Learn Him, Sir....

"Don't write checks your ass can't cash."

[flvegan]

7. Please tell me that this post is in jest.

[The Magistrate]

13. And Tell Me, Sir, Your First Impulse Was Not To Grin....

[flvegan]

14. No it wasn't.

And I say that in all honesty.

So again, not in jest? I have to ask why?

If you'd like my "first impulse" I would be happy to share.

[The Magistrate]

16. We Seem, Sir, To Experience Life In Somewhat Different Ways

[flvegan]

18. I want to be sure I have this right.

Someone calls another a name, and the anger aroused by that namecalling justifies maiming the original person.

I really want to be crystal on this one, because that's what you seem to be saying. If I have this wrong, then I'll stand corrected.

sir.

[The Magistrate]

20. Man Calls a Woman Fat, Sir, Loses the Fight That Ensues? Funny As Hell....

If he learns to keep mouth shut rather than give insult, everyone, himself included, will be better off.

[Bonobo]

21. It's a good thing DU'ers don't live near each other.

There would be a hell of a lot of missing ears.

[The Magistrate]

23. It Is True, Sir, Lack Of Face To Face Contact Removes Many Inhibitions

A great deal of the insult and heat found in comments here would never appear in speech between the two persons, standing in arms' reach of one another.

[Kahuna]

49. If DUzy's were still alive your quip plus many on this thread would be

sure winners. ;)

[inna]

155. said "quips" were some of the creepiest things i've read on this board yet.

[roguevalley]

169. you need to read more posts. :) try around election time. you won't

believe it. Hi, Magistrate. Good to see you! :hi:

[inna]

173. absolutely gorgeous - and brilliant-looking! - little dog. :)

:loveya:

[roguevalley]

192. that is my most beloved dachshund, Tippy. He is the king of my heart

:hi:

[Flying Dream Blues]

161. LOL! No doubt! nt

[flvegan]

24. So, and I just want to be sure I'm reading this right...

It's okay to physically maim someone for calling another an unkind name. Physical violence over words is now what's acceptable?

I really want to be sure. Because the next time someone here calls me a name, "gives insult" I want to be able to punch his/her? fucking teeth down their throats and say "The Magistrate said it was okay" so I'd be justified.

Then, oh yeah, I could call it "Funny As Hell" too.

You, sir, have fucking lost it.

Man calls a woman fat, he's an asshole. He's in a position to be ignored and disliked by said female. He's not set up to be maimed.

And yeah, this comes from someone with a Punisher avatar.

Looking forward to your response...

[Mojeoux]

26. Temper Temper Temper

Having one means your passionate and alive.

Losing it means you lost the debate, and your dignity.

Losing it can get you arrested for biting off a guys ear.

[flvegan]

29. I never lose my temper.

I've microchipped it. So, even if it appears I've lost it, that isn't the case.

LOL!

[demigoddess]

156. how many times has a man murdered his wife and gotten only 3 years or so

because 'he lost his temper' or 'she made him lose his temper'. If you were a woman you would be able to see the humor in this. Sure she is guilty of a crime, but....

[The Magistrate]

30. We Are Into 'Say Something Once, Why Say It Again?' Territory, Sir

So anyway, Rene Descartes has just finished a shot and a beer at the bar, the bartender asks him he'd like another, he says, 'I think not' and disappears....

[flvegan]

32. "It's okay to physically maim someone for calling another an unkind name"

Agree or disagree.

No more games, Mag.

As for Descartes, maybe you should dismiss perception. sir.

[Gwendolyn]

34. My interpretation of those posts would be "sure, mutilate people whenever you like."

Because of the issues with HIV and Hep I don't think it's a good idea to bite peoples' body parts off, but why not carry a knife around and the next time someone smart mouths you at a gas station or the walmart just slice off their noses, or ears or eyelids. Some of those lunch ladies at Macy's get pretty annoying too.

The comments concerning prison rape, violence against men in general, and especially the trashy, slobbering drunk female kind against men are usually pretty disgusting around here. I would take it with a grain of salt and not bother.

[The Magistrate]

35. By All Means, Ma'am: Mutilate Whomever You Want, Whenever You Want, And Twice On Tuesdays

Just for the halibut.

[Gwendolyn]

43. I don't like Ma'am. I'd prefer to be addressed as Madam or Madame, thanks!

[Kahuna]

50. This is a side of the Magistrate I've never seen before..

Me likey! Just proves you can get down and snarky with the best of them. :toast:

[Forkboy]

104. ....

It was April the Forty-first, being a quadruple leap year;
I was driving in downtown Atlantis.
My Barracuda was in the shop, so I was in a rented Stingray,
and it was overheating.
So I pulled into a Shell station; they said I'd blown a seal.
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, okay, pal?"

While they were doing that, I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar.
A real dive. But I knew the owner; he used to play for the dolphins.
I said, "HI GILL!" (You have to yell, he's hard of herring.)

Chorus:
Think I had a wet dream, cruisin' through the Gulf stream.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Wet dream.

Gill was also down on his luck.
Fact is, he was barely keeping his head below water.
I bellied up to the sandbar; he poured the usual: Rusty Snail, hold the grunion, shaken, not stirred.
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side, heavy on the mako.
I slipped him a fin, on porpoise.
I was feeling good; I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's Squids,
for the halibut.

Well, the place was crowded. We were packed in like sardines.
They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal.
What sole. Tommy was rockin' the place with a very popular tuna,
"Salmonchanted Evening", and the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers,
Probably there to see the bass player.
One of them was this cute little yellowtail, and she was givin' me the eye.
So I figured this was my chance for a little fun.
You know, piece of Pisces.

But she said things I just couldn't fathom.
She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure.
Boy, could she drink. She drank like a...
She drank a lot.
I said, "What's your sign?"
She said, "Aquarium."
I said, "Great! Let's get tanked!"

Chorus

I invited her up to my place for a little midnight bait.
I said, "C'mon baby, it'll only take a few minnows."
She threw me that same old line: "Not tonight, I got a haddock."

And she wasn't kidding, either, cause in came the biggest,
meanest looking haddock I'd ever seen come down the pike.
He was covered with mussels. He came over to me; he said, "Listen, Shrimp.
Don't you come trollin' around here." What a crab.
This guy was steamed. I could see the anchor in his eyes.

I turned to him and I said, "Abalone! You're just being shellfish."
Well, I knew there was going to be trouble, and so did Gill,
cause he was already on the phone to the cods.
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch. I catch him with a left hook.
He eels over. It was a fluke, but there he was, lying on the deck,
flat as a mackerel, kelpless.

I said, "Forget the cods, Gill. This guy's going to need a sturgeon.
Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend.
She came over to me; she said, "Hey, big boy, you're really a game fish.
What's your name?"
I said, "Marlin."

Chorus

Well, from then on we had a whale of a time. I took her to dinner;
I took her to dance; I bought her a bouquet of flounders.
And then I went home with her.
And what did I get for my trouble? A case of the clams.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

152. Is it OK to ram a whaling vessel?

I'm wondering, because usually you don't have a problem finding the humor when whales fight back.

yes, that's a fat woman joke

[Bonobo]

176. Ouch! That'll leave a mark! eom

[Petrushka]

124. +100

[tkmorris]

132. Now THAT is good stuff

I have not heard that Descartes joke before. Not sure how it avoided me, I love humor in that vein.

[timtom]

184. My god!

That's absolutely hilarious!

[treestar]

119. It is not saying it is OK to say that it initially, when happening to

strangers in the media, it makes one grin.

[shedevil69taz]

140. I didn't read anywhere where he said it was ok

just that he found it funny. I did too actually in an ironic sort of way.

Should she go to jail? Absolutely

There is also another lesson in there: don't hurl insults at people and assume they will refrain from doing damage to you. (especially if they have been consuming alcohol)

[Ken Burch]

143. It's not like anything said in this thread is going to lead to mass ear-biting

I really think you're overreacting a scosh.

[inna]

154. You think it's "Funny As Hell"????

Jesus Fucking Christ on the Cross.


:facepalm:

[NM_hemilover]

98. I grinned. Sometimes stupid IS funny

[Kokonoe]

77. You should say ' I would be happy to Apply'.

For poetry.

[aquart]

33. My first impulse was to wonder if he was tasty.

He gave way to an impulse to maim her with words.

She gave into an impulse to maim him with teeth. I will not be impressed with the people who try to tell me the teeth hurt worse. That nonsense about "sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me" is always told to a child in utter agony from WORDS.

[Chulanowa]

52. She tore off a piece of his body

With her teeth.

Words don't require stitches, tetanus shots, and Hepatitis testing.

I've never been bitten by a crazy lady. I have lost a piece of my nose to a dog, though. It hurt a lot more than some asshole calling me a name ever did.

[Control-Z]

103. 'Words don't require stitches, tetanus shots, and Hepatitis testing.'

True. And psychological and emotional abuse can often cause damage that cannot be healed by any means. Not that I agree with physical violence for any reason other than self defense, but verbal abuse seems to be almost celebrated these days.

I can't stand bullies, which the ear guy clearly is.

I can imagine his comment was one that broke the camel's back for this woman - not that it makes her behavior acceptable, just a bit more understandable.

[EOTE]

109. I've been insulted and bitten plenty of times.

When I was in middle school, I was defending a kid who was being picked on by a bully and that bully bit me in the arm and gave me two puncture wounds that are very visible to this day. That was one of the far too many times I was bitten. The insults I was given as a kid mean nothing to me now, I've still got scars from the bites. I would say that someone who bites another person without being physically provoked is a bully and an idiot. This woman was an adult. Adults should know that words are only words and if she wanted to be protected from words, she needs to hang out with different people. People in my office gossip all the time, it really irks me that adults still engage in that kind of behavior. What do I do? I don't participate in it. Simple as that.

[Control-Z]

118. I guess you're stronger and more special than I,

or just lucky. I was physically abused from the day I was born until I went into foster care. But it is some of the psychological and emotional abuse that hurt me the worst, and bothers me to this day.

Like physical abuse, psychological abuse varies in severity. The emotional stuff can be worse than the physical for some people. But little is done to even acknowledge the trauma of it. Both are harmful and ugly and should be treated as such.

[EOTE]

125. I understand how words can hurt adolescents.

And it sucked being verbally abused as a child. However, as I matured, words slowly lost their ability to hurt me. As an adult, there is NOTHING a person could say to me that would provoke me to violence. And the words that still do hurt me come from friends or family, I couldn't give a rat's ass what some drunken idiot at a party has to say to me. If another adult tried to insult me, I'd laugh that he/she matured so little over the course of their life that they think that insulting someone would make them feel better. However, if someone tried to physically harm me, all bets are off. Both parties involved should be rather embarrassed.

[Control-Z]

135. News Flash!!

Words can hurt adults too. It still doesn't justify physical violence, but I can imagine scenarios where someone might reach their breaking point over "words".

[EOTE]

137. I'm quite aware that words can hurt adults too. That's quite obvious.

But I stand by what I say in that there is NOTHING that another person can merely say to me that would move me to violence. Words can only hurt you if you let them. Fists and teeth hurt you whether you let them or not.

[Control-Z]

151. Well. You're quite the man.

A pillar, even. Unfortunately there are people who have had less pleasant life experiences than you, and/or who lack your apparent super power strength and confidence.

"Words can only hurt you if you let them."

Nice psycho babble - complete bullshit. You are sounding more and more like a "blame the victim" type. How can you possibly know what hurts another person and why? What may be the case for you is hardly the case for everyone. I have been treated pretty badly without becoming violent, but I can't say it will never happen. I hope it never does. I don't think it ever will. But the possibility probably exists in all of us under the right (or wrong) circumstances.

[EOTE]

197. See, just like that. All those nasty words, they really don't mean anything to me.

You may call it psycho babble, but I call it common sense. Funny that we'd tell our children these things and seem to forget it as soon as we're grown up. If you're willing to let some idiot's words drive you to violence, you really haven't matured very much since being a child. I'd very much liken that to Limbaugh's ignorant followers who are driven to violence any time he says something to really upset them. It's really quite easy to ignore someone's words. Ignoring someone's violence directed towards you is not so easy at all.

[alphafemale]

178. What I taught my kids was - "No one can hurt your feelings without your consent."

Physical assault is another matter entirely. That's a legal matter.

[rug]

40. My first impulse was to find her picture.

I never take sides until the facts are in.

[snooper2]

54. My first impulse was to wonder...

If she was that fat how did manage to chase him down :P

[uppityperson]

206. Mine was not but then I had a friend get ear bitten off in a fight.

Also I don't find the sexist "women being violent is funny" thing very funny. Sorry Magistrate, but you blew this one.

[Marr]

90. I'd like to go on record as finding it funny, too.

If you insult someone, you should expect-- or at least be prepared for-- a response. The fact that this man insulted someone he apparently assumed could not respond physically, and got part of his ear bitten off as a result, is pretty funny. Not Patton Oswalt funny, but it's got some humor to it.

[inna]

158. what a creepy fucking thread.

[Chulanowa]

17. And if the situation were reversed...?

Still funny?

[The Magistrate]

19. Reversal, Sir, Would Lack The 'Man Bites Dog' Element

Men are supposed to stand up under a certain measure of abuse, and to refrain from proffering insult to women; at least that is how we were raised in my day.

[BuelahWitch]

48. Women are more emotionally cruel to one another than they are to men

He felt the need to yell insults at her when she was half a block away. I'm not saying what she did was right, but this whole thing smacks of grade school mentality. Unfortunately some people never leave grade school...

[treestar]

123. Men don't get as upset over being called fat

And they are dominant. Here the attacker comes from the oppressed group, traditionally.

Like the way black comedians can get away with making fun of white people but the opposite would not be tolerated.

And no one is really finding it funny, just a knee-jerk thing - the story has a barroom brawl quality and nobody died, so if you don't know them personally, it's going to seem a little funny, but you can see that humor without condoning the actual act.

[L0oniX]

79. Assault = jail time. She will be the one who will be learning that!

[spooky3]

145. hahahaha +1!!!

[Generic Other]

189. I have never ever heard such pearls of wisdom words uttered by you !

And in the common vernacular no less!

ROFLMAO...

Good one, dude!

[ClarkUSA]

2. Hell hath no fury... n/t

[Cid_B]

37. ... like a fat person who imagines a bit of dessert on your head?

I tried to think of something wittier but my brain is wrung dry. Maybe later...

[michreject]

38. Maybe she was hungry

and wanted some fresh red meat.

[icnorth]

39. You may be onto something here. :) n/t

[Kahuna]

47. You did okay..

:rofl:

[Incitatus]

3. Was he a doctor?

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[LiberalFighter]

4. I would venture to say the guy that had his ear bit had a higher bmi or

just plain stupid to not avoid her attack.

[sakabatou]

5. Man-flesh! 99% fat free!

[Prometheus Bound]

6. It's muscle, not fat, dammit!

Now maybe you'll believe me!

[Kokonoe]

8. Godfrey allegedly ran half a block.

But she sure did bite off his ear.

That reporter should be more careful.

[Petrushka]

9. Yummy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjGpcEA-FyE

[d_b]

10. nom nom nom

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. She should consider hooking up with Mike Tyson

Something tells me they'd have things in common.

[The Damned]

12. She ran half a block?

Well, then, she is obviously in better shape than the cad who insulted her!

[whoneedstickets]

15. Was she trying to eat him?

that could be a reason

[Seneca]

22. That's very Walter-esque

[Canuckistanian]

41. You want an ear? I can GET you an ear......

I can have an ear for you by..... 3:00 this afternoon....

[Seneca]

102. Fuckin' anti-Semite!

:D

[FreakinDJ]

25. What - she got Fat Eating Ears

[JI7]

27. Does she look familiar to anyone ?

maybe she just has that common look .

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. She resembles the Backward B girl a little bit

Don't ya think?

[K8-EEE]

31. OMG yes, a LOT

Wow you're right....I forgot about the backward b girl!

[Greyskye]

115. Is her left ear smaller than her right?

Maybe she just has a thing against ears...


Have to admit, my first thought upon reading the headline was "she must have been hungry."



:hide:

[HooptieWagon]

36. She tried to eat him? n/t

[Stevenmarc]

42. And he went well with some fava beans and a nice chianti

[BreweryYardRat]

44. "Where's my ear?!"

"Sorry. Swallowed it."

(I doubt anyone on here will know this quote...)

It's funny in a morbid sort of way, but it's also a massive overreaction and unjustified attack on her part.

[Silent3]

45. If this were a story about a man biting off part of a woman's ear...

...the screeching about what monsters men are would be turned up to 11.

Woman bites part of man's ear off: Hah, hah! Isn't that hilarious!

To tell you the truth, I do find this story a little amusing. I doubt it would go over very well, however, if I expressed anything but severe condemnation of a gender-revered version of this story.

[Shell Beau]

69. Exactly right. Had the roles been reversed, people would be

pissed off.

[Kokonoe]

86. This story is at least 10 and 1/2. I'm lol sorry.

[Silent3]

89. I'm actually less offended by people finding humor in this...

...than I am by the double standard the response indicates, because you know people would catch hell for laughing it up over the gender reversed situation.

A woman does this, and it's symbolic of that one woman standing up for herself.

A man does something like this, and it's taken as a symbol of all men abusing and repressing all women.

[JackRiddler]

138. Correct. Now meditate for a while to see if you can divine reasons for that. I know you can.

[Silent3]

153. Oh, I can divine the reasons, they just aren't good reasons.

Understandable in a way, but not good.

[Kahuna]

46. Maybe she was just hungry?

:shrug:

[Berry Cool]

51. Not to justify what this woman did at all, but

some of you are having a lot of fun making fat jokes about the woman yourself. "Maybe she was hungry." "Maybe she imagined a bit of dessert on his head." Oh, hilarious. You guys are no better than Mr. Ding-in-the-Ear. You still think making fun of fat people is amusing.

Yeah, you get all high and mighty about how someone calling someone a name doesn't justify biting the guy's ear, but what you really seem to be saying is that, well, why'd she go all Mike Tyson on him--doesn't she know that if you're fat, people are going to ridicule you in public, and your only option is to walk silently away?

[Missy Vixen]

59. She's fat

She deserves whatever she gets, doesn't she?

:sarcasm:

There is no filter anymore. None.

[slackmaster]

75. Nothing in the article indicates that the man called her a name

He said she was fat, and judging by the photo of her at the first link, his statement was accurate.

[Love Bug]

81. Where does he get the right to judge her by her looks and comment on them?

Women don't exist just to be subjects for the "male gaze." She's a person with feelings who should be able to move through life without enduring verbal comments on her appearance. Would you approve of that same man calling someone in a wheelchair a "cripple"? After all, it's true, isn't it?

Her reaction was unaccptable, but speaking as someone who's had strangers comment negatively on my appearance (I was actually barked at once by some asshole on a motocycle) I do get where she's coming from.

[BuelahWitch]

87. Lots of DUers hate fat people

Fat people are disgusting so it's ok to insult them and call them fat. :sarcasm: But yeah, you can bet the attitude of this thread would be different if she'd been called a cripple or a "retard."

[Scout]

202. or a dyke, or a fag ... n/t

[slackmaster]

101. He got that right at birth. It's guaranteed by the First Amendment.

People have a fundamental right to say what's on their minds, even if doing so is socially inappropriate or rude or tasteless.

Nothing in the article says he judged her.

Would you approve of that same man calling someone in a wheelchair a "cripple"? After all, it's true, isn't it?

It's not my place or yours to approve of what other people say. We can have opinions, and we have the right to state them.

I think he was an ass to call her fat, and he'd be an ass in your hypothetical, but I would support his right to say those things.

[CBGLuthier]

131. you are correct, people can say what they want, BUT

they should expect to get their ass kicked from time to time for doing so. Seriously because violence may never solve anything but some assholes need a punch to the face before they will learn.

Cripple? You are very unpleasant you know. One of those, just speaking my mind asshats.

[slackmaster]

144. I think you have a serious reading comprehension problem

Cripple? You are very unpleasant you know. One of those, just speaking my mind asshats.

I have never posted that word on DU or anywhere else. The only reason my reply contained it was that I was quoting Love Bug's hypothetical question that was directed specifically to me. It appears in this reply because YOU posted it.

I have never and would never use that word in a negative way to describe a person.

...some assholes need a punch to the face before they will learn.

The only lesson that ever gets taught by a punch in the face is the violent nature of the person who delivers it.

I think your personal attack is inappropriate, but I respect your right to do it. I'll let it stand just to show the foolishness of your post.

[Scout]

204. he'd probably think it was ok if she shot him, instead of biting .... or better yet

if HE had shot HER in "self defense."

[sabrina 1]

172. People have a right to walk under moving trains also, but it's

not advisable.

[shedevil69taz]

142. I usually don't offer up my opinion of people's appearance

unless its a case of someone with foul body odor or breath that feels the need to stand two inches away from my face to talk to me. (the exception being if you're a soldier then you'll hear about it frequently if you don't meet the guidlines put out in army regulations about how you look to include weight standards)

[slackmaster]

147. Neither do I, nor does any sensible, rational person

:hi:

[JackRiddler]

139. Nothing in the article indicates much of anything at all...

but that won't stop us from writing treatises based on the barest details from initial police reports that may be hopelessly wrong about whatever it is that happened.

!!!

Nevertheless, at a distance, and probably only at a distance, it's hard not to grin at the thought that this woman sent a message to all the real pigs, the ones who treat fat people and especially fat girls (or often enough thin girls judged fat) as fair game for abuse.

Seriously, it's not like this is going to start a wave of ear-bitings. At most, improve some manners!

[slackmaster]

146. If I cared more about the story, I'd be interested to know what provoked the victim...

...into calling the perpetrator "fat".

People don't usually insult one another without some kind of provocation. Someone "started" it.

[verdalaven]

174. Not always so.

I've been called fat (and it was not meant as an observation of truth, but as an insult) fatso, "queen-size" - by complete strangers simply because I existed in the same time-space with them. It really isn't frowned upon to be a creep to fat people in our society. And then some people are just creeps, period.

No, I didn't bite any ears off. :)

[slackmaster]

185. The worst thing I ever got called in relation to my body size was "water buffalo"

It was a taunt in a softball game during P.E. class. I laughed it off and made a double play.

It was eighth grade and I was going through a difficult growth phase. I got a little overweight temporarily.

[lumberjack_jeff]

85. Personally, I think it's amusing to make fun of violent people. n/t

[Kokonoe]

96. The din from ear lopping is certainly viable, when considering the facts.

LOL

That seems republican. but I will always love you.

[EOTE]

100. You bite someone's ear off, that opens you to ridicule.

I refuse to feel sympathy for someone at that point. And this is coming from a fat man.

[alphafemale]

179. wup...you said she was fat. Prepare to be maimed and have that justified.

I scorn violent people exhibiting behaviour of a 3 year old in need of intense therapy.

[ecstatic]

53. It's not safe to insult or criticize strangers these days

It's nice to hear about everyone on DU who successfully shout down random teabaggers, but it's not that safe to do it these days.

[TwilightGardener]

55. LOL. Them Lincoln girls is tough.

[Bunny]

56. In NO way do I excuse what this woman did. It is ABSOLUTELY

wrong to physically maim someone who has merely insulted you. I want that to be clear to everyone who reads the rest of this post, so don't waste your time asking me if I approve of her ear removal actions. I do not.

Having said that, I am glad she kicked his ass. Mr. Macho Man assumed he had little to fear from insulting 'the fat chick' but I guess he learned differently. Maybe we should just stop with the insults, stop picking on people we perceive to be weaker than we are, and stop assuming that those who are continuously belittled will not someday lash back.

[Gwendolyn]

58. You're really projecting and inventing your own story here.

You have absolutely no idea what the argument was about or whether the dude even addressed her before the alleged "insult." You have no idea if she belligerently started the whole thing in the first place, or even if she went around yelling that the three who left all had needle dicks or were shit lays. Why you're assuming that a woman who would chase a guy half a block to bite his ear off is in any way "weak" or fawn-like in her sensibilities is beyond me. That's what's so funny about these threads. No one has a clue what went on, but interject their own sensitivities into the story so it makes sense to them.

[Bunny]

60. Ha! And you accuse me of projection.

Whatever, Gwendolyn. :eyes:

[Gwendolyn]

63. I don't purport to know what happened that night...

other than someone committed bodily harm to another. Which is a fact.

So yeah, you project. I don't.

[Bunny]

67. Your entire post was complete projection.

But it's not worth the effort to argue about it. I've already wasted too much time on you.

[Gwendolyn]

68. Nope, just throwing out possibilities. My imagination is full of them and I could go on and on.

I was just trying to show you how many different possibilities there are to any story when facts are slim to nil.

But don't worry. You're in good company on this thread since many like you have already decided exactly how it all went down without a single fact in hand.

[WI_DEM]

57. Sorry to say but I don't feel the least bit sorry for the jerk who lost part of his ear

She will end up in jail and with a huge fine, so she will get punished, but maybe this will teach him a lesson, too.

[Blue-Jay]

64. If you say something that I find rude, I will bite a piece of you off.

No, you may not choose which piece.

[WI_DEM]

65. Of course it's wrong but I'm still not shedding any tears for him.

[Silent3]

74. Suppose it had been a woman making fun of a man's small penis?

Your reaction to that?

[joeybee12]

66. I don't know, maybe she should have punched him...that's acceptable...the level of violence

she displayed is not.

[Shell Beau]

71. No it isn't acceptable. It proves nothing.

Both actions are wrong. I can imagine she was hurt by his words, but look at where she is now. This proved nothing. Now she looks like the idiot.

[joeybee12]

94. Yeah, but if someone insults you, and you hit back as an emotional reaction...

...that's understandable...she chased him...that's violent.

[Blue-Jay]

92. Or slapped him. Or stabbed him. Or shot him.

[joeybee12]

95. Right, slapping isn't understandable because we all have control over

our emotions at all times....yeesh.

Stabbing and shooting involve thought and preparation...can't see how you can possibly put all three on the same level.

[Blue-Jay]

99. I usually carry a Swiss army knife. It's a handy tool.

Just don't make me feel stabby.

Point is... I'm a pacifist and generally don't condone violence of any sort. I'd like to believe that I'm above punching a motherfucker in the face, but nobody is perfect. Biting an ear off? Perhaps professional help is required.

[Statistical]

61. So a fat lady tried to eat him? Well that is just helping to prove stereotypes. n/t

[Shell Beau]

72. Riiiiiight.

Good God.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

195. wrong reply. self delete. (n/t)

[BlooInBloo]

62. Is it wrong? Yes. Is there plenty of double-standard in this thread? Yes.

Is the story still funny? Fuck yah.

:rofl:

[Bonobo]

177. Yup, that is well-stated.

Funny? Yes. Hypocritical, man-hating women showing off their stunning hypocrisy? Yes.

[Shell Beau]

70. I am shocked by the number of people who find this funny.

These are the same people that abhor violence. People get called fat everyday. Is it right? No. Does that mean you have the right to beat them up or bite them? No. Two wrongs don't make a right. People need to grow up. The double standards here are disgusting.

[MellonCollie]

82. I find reactions to stories like this interesting

I have a feeling that this thread would have a different tone if it had been titled "Man bites woman, after being called fat"


Edit: Looks like Silent3 already made this point in post #45. Whoops!

[Shell Beau]

84. There would be outrage. People here are not consistent.

[Kokonoe]

108. Either way its sensationalized, and a feeling for the victim.

[harry_pothead]

73. Being called fat isn't a reason to bite someone.

We've all been insulted.

[mainer]

76. I am trying to analyze why this is funny. It shouldn't be, but it is.

I fully understand why guys might be offended that we think a woman biting a man is funny, but a man biting a woman is just plain mean.

Maybe there are some humor analysts here who can explain it to us. Does it have to do with the fact it turns the usual on its head (e.g., man bites dog)? Is it because fat women are funny, but fat men aren't? Is it because women aren't supposed to react this way, and when they do, we're startled -- which makes it funny? Why is this story probably going to be the subject of late-night jokes? (And I don't doubt that Jon Stewart or Dave Letterman will be using this)

Why was the Lorena Bobbitt story funny, but a guy mutilating a woman an outrage? It's an interesting conundrum. (and lest you think I'm the only one who thought the Bobbitt story was funny, there were a lot of comedians who agreed with me.)

[kctim]

97. It's funny because

it is dude vs. chick and dude lost. Men are "stronger, tougher" than women, which makes chicks the underdog, and most people side with the underdog. They don't usually win.
That is why a man who beats a woman should have his ass kicked and why a man who gets beaten by a woman is laughed at.

This chick IS fat and needs to accept it or stop being lazy and lose it.
The dude needs to learn to shutup or back it up.

[Shell Beau]

121. " This chick IS fat and needs to accept it or stop being lazy and lose it."

Wow.

[kctim]

126. Wow?

If she accepts it, dumbasses calling her fat means nothing.
If she loses it, dumbasses won't call her fat.

Accept it or lose it and there is no need to roll down the block to chew on people.

[Shell Beau]

148. fat chick? You see nothing wrong with that?

And the rest is also bullshit. She can be fine with how she looks, but that doesn't mean what other people say isn't hurtful. I agree there is no reason to get violent with the man. But your comment is over the line.

[kctim]

199. Nope

her pic shows her to be fat so it does not appear that I am wrong. IF she is not fat, then I would be wrong and would admit so.

She shouldn't give a damn about what other people say, and if what another person says makes you want to eat a human ear, she is NOT fine with how she looks.

[Scout]

207. soooooo, she's fat so it is ok to say so....

if you're black can i refer to you as that nigger boy?

[EOTE]

106. I think it's perceived as funny because it's so unexpected.

People are insulted all the time and generally nothing happens about it. I'm sure the guy who was bitten assumed nothing would happen to him either. However, to have a woman run a fair distance, then bite part of his ear off is about as unexpected as it gets. It's just an incredibly non-proportional response, kind of like getting kicked in the nuts after beating someone at Stratego. As for Lorena Bobbitt, I never once thought that whole ordeal was funny. I was pretty mortified that she got off (so to speak) as she did.

[mainer]

107. One key to whether something's funny: are the comedians making hay of it?

And this incident is going to show up on late-night TV.

[slackmaster]

113. I find it funny because the woman reacted by engaging in the very behavior that made her fat

Eating (or putting into her mouth) things she shouldn't eat, or eating too much, or something like that.

[Prometheus Bound]

128. I laughed at the image of this allegedly "fat" woman chasing the mouthy drunk down the street and...

...tackling him.

The ear-biting was unfortunate.

[JackRiddler]

141. Why it's funny...

- We don't know the details. Just what's in that article. Vagueness encourages projection and fictionalization. We totally get to "see what we want to see."

- What we think about it does not matter.

- An ass who lacks manners and acts cruelly gets a permanent comeuppance that nonetheless is not a serious maiming - depending on how much of the ear was lost, of course.

- The default image that will occur to most people is of a fat person, a girl no less, beating up on a big male bully. (That the actual physical power ratio between the biter and the bitee may be very different is, again, not relevant long as we don't know the details. We get to project.)

- Biting is always funnier than hitting. Don't ask me why. Probably the inefficiency factor.

- Men hit women all the time, without reason and often with far worse consequences than this. Right now, go search the web for stories of domestic abuse and feminicide. There will be no shortage. It's the hideous truth.

- People abuse fat women all the time. In fact, they also abuse thin women for being "fat." The whole culture abuses fat people with cruelty (independently of obesity as a real health problem) and encourages them to hate themselves.

- Thus the story sends a message on behalf of a class that is normally abused. That's true even if it turns out that the real story was something other than what most of us automatically imagine and project. It's irrelevant, because we are only the media recipients. (If we were the judge or jury, one would hope we attended to the real details!)

- It may make the piggish show better manners.

- And yet! There is precious little danger that this story is going to inspire copycat biters. This, too, is in contrast to stories of men beating women, which add to the atmosphere in which it seems acceptable to the beater.

So I'm laughing. If there is now a wave of ear-biting by big beautiful women, I'll take it all back.

[mainer]

150. Great analysis. I knew someone would take a logical approach

I'm not a naturally funny person, so I'm always trying to understand what makes something funny. Because it's not a science I can really understand.

[Stevenmarc]

167. It's really simple, irony is funny.

One idiot comments about someones eating habits and the other idiot makes a meal out of them, that's irony.

[Generic Other]

190. Your Lorena Bobbitt comparison is a good one

Analyzing what makes something funny really is funny!

Great post!

[L0oniX]

78. Assault = jail time. No one has a right to physically harm anyone.

Name calling or insults are not a justification for an assault. There is no justification for assault. Some people watch too much tv and think they can hit others ...try it and if there is a witness or physical marks you will be sent to jail ...I guarantee it.

[Lucian]

122. +1

[Mother Smuckers]

80. Is the guy Jack Sprat?

:D

[lumberjack_jeff]

83. I love domestic violence. It's supa-funny.

The fat chick bit off his ear? Har har har.

[EOTE]

111. What makes you think this was domestic violence?

I saw nothing to indicate that the two people involved were intimate in any way. I agree with your (I assume intended) sarcasm, regarding how issues of violence towards men are treated, but now that it's pretty clear that this chick is going to see jail time, I have no problem laughing at her. Some people are just straight up rage-aholics.

[ljm2002]

88. I must admit to being amused also...

...given that the "fat" young woman was able to chase them down and tackle one of them, it seems to me she also proved who was more out of shape.

However I do not condone biting off chunks of ears, or other body parts. Not at all.

[Gwendolyn]

93. More assumptions. It sounds more like the guys were already retreating...

halfway down the block when she ran after them and blindsided tackled the guy. Not that they were having a race and she won.

[ljm2002]

114. Oh, whatever!

Of course it is an assumption. I was not there and there is not video, nor does the story go into details.

Please forgive my little foray into mirthfulness this morning, next time I'll ask for permission.

Not.

[Spike89]

91. I find the story quite earily funny...

Actually, sounds like a couple drunk jerks. Of course they are both wrong, she just happened to be criminally wrong. The humor aspect comes from the irony in a person accused of being fat then attempting to consume the accuser. Not funny if she clubs him with a bat, kicks him, etc.

[mainer]

105. Dog bites turtle: not funny. Turtle bites dog: funny.

That's the best way I can explain why I laughed.

[EOTE]

112. I dunno, I think a dog biting a turtle can be funny.

Especially if it's a tiny, yappy dog like a chihuahua and the turtle is really big and slow. I have an image of a large tortoise slowly moving toward his food bowl while an annoying little chihuahua is running circles around him and occasionally biting at his tail. Then maybe the turtle could turn to the camera and say "At least the food here is good." I'd at least giggle.

[mainer]

117. oh yeah, I'd laugh at that. But it's got to be a teeny dog.

Size does matter when it comes to humor!

[AtomicKitten]

110. Tastes like chicken.

[TexasObserver]

116. I hope they quarantined her to check for rabies.

If she's crazy enough to bite someone's ear, she's crazy enough to have rabies.

[Lucian]

120. Isn't that how she got that way to begin with...

eating things she shouldn't be eating?

[Missy Vixen]

133. Such a wit

I know I'm dazzled.

:eyes:

[earth mom]

127. Karma. nt

[DatManFromNawlins]

129. Retaliation for being called fat really should not include...

... trying to eat your accuser.

[verdalaven]

175. Now THAT is funny! LOL!

nt

[Initech]

130. When you dine with a cannibal sooner or later you're gonna get eaten

[Beacool]

134. Hmmm, ears, yummy............

That's one crazy chick. On the other hand that guy is never going to call another woman fat.

:D

[CBR]

136. I cannot believe some are justifying this. Call him a name back --

somehow I think she could have refrained from biting him like an animal. Now she just represents (in the public's mind) a fat rabid animal.

[slackmaster]

149. When I hear about an ear-biting story, one person comes to mind...

[CBR]

160. Yeah but this woman is just a poor, poor innocent victim

because we know on DU if you are fat, then you are afforded all rights in retaliation because being told that you are fat is a criminal offense. I hope someone eats her fat off.

[JackRiddler]

164. Missing the point.

Remember, the participants in this thread have very few details about what happened. We have no stakes in the story. Most of us reflexively project images on it before we realize we're doing so. We don't think of it as a real event with real blood and maiming. We treat it like a parable.

I don't think any of us would endorse biting the man as an appropriate real-world action, but many of us obviously like the parable.

Why?

Because in the parable the fat girl is NOT a victim - as would usually be the case. The presumptive prey becomes the predator. It turns into a lesson about why people should be polite and not abuse others because of their physical attributes.

Even if the actual case bears no relation to these tropes, they are still activated by the story. Most of us therefore laugh.

Remember we are not the cops, jury, social workers, reporters or judges involved in this case. Also, it carries no exemplary effect - meaning, no one's going to bite other people because of it. She is no one's role model. There may not even be a follow-up story, in which case none of us will ever hear of it again.

So it will remain as an anecdote, a legend with what most of us consider an excellent message: Be nice to fat girls!

[CBR]

165. Well I think it is lame to put so much emotional investment

in one loony person -- fat or not.

On edit: I actually think the lesson is to not go fucking nuts because someone made fun of you. We all have had nasty stuff said to us and yet many of us were clever enough to come up with better ways to respond besides biting off an ear. The lesson I get is she was too stupid to have a witty reply.

[JackRiddler]

168. Your own thoughts make it clear you have an emotional investment in this story...

even though you, too, are working with next to no facts. You, too, are also applying tropes to fill in the blanks, in this case different ones than most of the people responding here. If you think about it, emotional investment in distant and ultimately inconsequential stories about people a million miles away, part or wholly fictionalized, is both the wonder of theater since time immemorial and, in our age, the increasing bane of a reality where nothing is real and everything is either present or non-existent.

[CBR]

182. My self-esteem is not tied up in the story as it seems to be with

some. I do not think it is about bane reality or theater, I think people have been picked on so they wrap themselves up in her actions, wishing they had responding in a similar way. It is all about making themselves feel better.

[JackRiddler]

191. What's wrong if a few people feel better because of this?

Again, the chance of a copycat effect is nil. No one's calling for her exoneration (at least not on the basis of the facts as so far given).

[Scout]

205. "It is all about making themselves feel better."

kind of like how you feel when you pick on fat people, right?

(not YOU specifically, you in general)

[tabasco]

157. Stupid ass will lose weight eating jail food for a couple years.

I hope the judge doesn't find maiming another person funny.

[The Straight Story]

159. If some woman called me fat I would punch her sorry ass then post about it here

So others could tell me how funny it was.

[slackmaster]

166. I'd just laugh and make fun of her shoes or something

Stick and stones...

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

198. "Sticks and stones will break your bones..."

... but watch out for your extremedies around hungry fat chicks.

[LWolf]

162. Apparently she wasn't too "fat" to chase him down. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

170. that was my first thought too.

[petronius]

163. If you hang around outside a party at 3 am picking fights and insulting people,

then bad stuff is going to happen to you. This guy paid a slightly higher than average price for this simple lesson, but at least he won't forget it. I'm not shedding any tears for this one-eared tool...

[JanMichael]

171. I hate to say but I agree with you.

At 3am in front of a house party winding down/up if one starts shit, or even responds to shit, there's a good likelihood of a dust-up.

I've seen girls and boys lose it on a look no less at that time of night. This just happened to get physical and ironic and made the news.

[marshall]

186. And now the biter will also pay a price for her tasty treat

Consequences for all actions.

[petronius]

187. Very true - no tears for her either. I do find the story funny, but her reaction was not acceptable

and she's going to get a lesson in that respect...

[marshall]

188. I wonder if she knocked him down and sat on him before she bit his ear off?

That would make the story better.

[Taitertots]

180. New meaning to "the truth hurts" n/t

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[Meldread]

183. Paging Doctor Lecter. Paging Doctor Hannibal Lecter.

Ms. Godfrey clearly has some anger management issues that I hope she gets worked out in prison.

I can understand how some people might find it funny: One person calls another fat, the taunted individual gets angry, chases down the insulter, and then proceeds to eat one of the insulter's ears. There is irony in that, and irony can be funny. Stabbing, shooting, or beating the crap out of him would lack humor (one would hope) because it would also lack irony.

That being said, I do find it somewhat sad how some people here in this thread want to justify what she did by saying the guy deserved it. Is calling someone fat wrong? Yes. He's clearly an asshole if he did it. But physically maiming someone over an insult is disproportionate - really, the only time physical violence is called for is in self-defense.

My concern is the underlaying unspoken words of "he deserved it" - that because he was a man, that violence done to him is somehow more socially acceptable. We see this feedback in our media all the time: Man gets in an argument with a woman (especially a girlfriend / spouse), woman becomes physically abusive and the underlying message is, "Because he's a man, he's bigger than her, and therefore this is justified response."

Sexism is always a two-sided coin. Gender stereotyping is wrong, and when you use it to either favor or disadvantage one sex over the other, you inadvertently are saying the opposite thing about the other.

I think if we take anything from this story its that words are important and often have unintended consequences.

[UndecidedGuy]

193. Wait for it.........

........talk about FAST FOOD!!

*applause*

[Name removed]

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[OneTenthofOnePercent]

196. Wait... so he calls her fat and, in protest, she attempts to eat him? I sense a side dish of irony.

Sounds like his initial assesment was spot-on.

[NM_hemilover]

201. NOM NOM NOM !

[KansDem]

200. I think I would have simply popped the SOB and left him on the ground...

Give him some kind of uncomfortable sensation that wasn't (physically) permanment...

[closeupready]

203. Lock her up, throw away the key.

:mad:

[RedCloud]

208. Is there nothing she won't eat?