When Your Fifteen Minutes Immortalizes You As A Moron
There’s no doubt that many have attended house parties that have gotten out of control at some point. I suppose it’s one thing if the party produces loud noises at inappropriate hours or involves damage to the house itself, but when it involves damage to the property of others, not to mention police vehicles, it’s another matter altogether.
Recently, in the Australian city of Melbourne, a sixteen year old named Corey Delaney threw a house party that spun out of control. Over 500 youths ended up in attendance, and the party spilled out of the house onto the street and resulted in not only damage to the property of his neighbours, but to police vehicles that showed up in response to complaints.
It’s estimated that some $20,000 dollars in public damage was cause, which Delaney does not believe should be his responsibility to cover, though it’s very likely his family will be faced with a fine from the city.
Speaking of his family, his parents, who are still on vacation, are beside themselves. Corey did not accompany them on the vacation, claiming that he had work commitments that he could not get out of.
This entire affair has, of course, made Delaney famous in his hometown, and no doubt the toast of teenagers everywhere. The story was even featured on the front page of the BBC’s website.
I’d like to say that the kid seems like a decent fellow and was simply the victim of a party gone awry, as can happen. Unfortunately, as you’ll see in the following clip, Delaney seems to be anything but sincerely apologetic. In fact, he appears to be reveling in the attention that all of this has brought him, obviously not realizing that it makes him look like a fool.
Twenty years from now, Delaney will look back at this and be ashamed, that much is certain. Unless, that is, he remains perpetually sixteen.
You never know, it’s been known to happen.
If you can believe it, some are actually trying to offer him a job based on all of this.
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January 17th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Didn’t anyone tell him the big sunglasses are for chicks? I guess when you’re famous it doesn’t matter.
“What are you going to say [to your parents]?”
“uhhh, mmsorry?”
Heh…
January 17th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Oh man.
He’s gonna have a hell of a time when future employers google his name.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Wow, I’m amazed there’s so much coverage for that guy.. I think his parents should toss him out the place with that attitude, but I don’t think he should have to pay for damage other people did. I’ve been at a few house parties that got completely out of control back when I was his age, and sometimes you can’t really do much about it, especially if the uninvited guests are way bigger than you.. I am surprised that his parents are sitting down and calmly having an interview while they are on vacation. If that was me, I’d be on a plane or in my car heading home with a couple cans of whoop ass to open up.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Ouch. That’s a lot of empties worth of damage.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
[quote comment="39066"]Oh man.
He’s gonna have a hell of a time when future employers google his name.[/quote]
You mean like now when they just check facebook to see what kind of potential employee they are interviewing?
January 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Although this bozo deserves no backing, that anchorwoman was acting in a manner that was a lot more conducive to a theoretical punch in the face vs. an apology. Also, I totally enjoy being able to start reading an entry while clicking the entry’s title, and continue reading the entry in its entirety without interruption by page loading. Brilliant job, love it and the orange.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hmmmmm, for me that’s a tough one. In highschool this happened to a friend of mine. There were 6 of us girls hanging at her house when one of us (IT WASN’T ME!!!), invited everyone under the sun over to her house. Dad was a strict guy. Someone whose wishes you don’t go against. Well, long story short, family heirloom dining room chairs were broken, etc etc, cops showed up, friends dad found out….
How do we know it wasn’t a friend of his that called the whole ‘hood over to party? If that was the case, I’d be pretty smug, myself… AND PISSED!!!
But if it was his doing, then he’s an ass who isn’t seeming sorry.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
p.s. also, I’d be pissed at the way the anchor was acting. I would be responding the same way if I had to deal with that woman.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Yeah, saw that first clip on HCwDB last night.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you….
The future Paris Hilton.
It’s the only thing this kind of misbehavior seems to spawn these days, instead of the thrashing I would have received.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
hey, could we get a couple of hot chicks over here to flank this douchebag?
On a serious note…
What a hero. Kurt Cobain he’s not. He’s pretty fucking proud of himself, isn’t he? And that party promoter is absolutely irresponsible to cast him as one.
In my condo complex, we had a teen two doors over from us who had rip roaring parties pretty much every weekend….cops, fights, etc. We’d hear stuff smashing and breaking and it would go on all night (the single mom worked nights). I actually walked outside once to find a girl leaning over the trunk of my car, puking in my driveway. Nice.
Things progressively got worse every party and we pretty much knew that it was just a matter of time before something happened.
One night the son finished partying it up and left with friends. They stole a car and went speeding down a city street, hit a bump on an overpass and flew into the ditch. He was killed instantly. It was Mother’s Day.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
In Singapore you would get several lashes with a bamboo cane on top of the fine, perhaps they should introduce that in Australia.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Lashings? Yes let’s have lashings everywhere.
I hope you’re joking.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
[quote comment="39082"]Lashings? Yes let’s have lashings everywhere.
I hope you’re joking.[/quote]
Does it look like im joking?
I say give the little bastard a couple lashings, and maybe he wont grow up to be a total douche bag.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
[quote comment="39084"][quote comment="39082"]Lashings? Yes let’s have lashings everywhere.
I hope you’re joking.[/quote]
Does it look like im joking?
I say give the little bastard a couple lashings, and maybe he wont grow up to be a total douche bag.[/quote]
I suspect it’d be about 5-10 years too late, in this case. Not necessarily lashings, but at the very least, a proper respect for the consequences of this kind of idiocy.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
[quote comment="39079"]hey, could we get a couple of hot chicks over here to flank this douchebag?
On a serious note…
What a hero. Kurt Cobain he’s not. He’s pretty fucking proud of himself, isn’t he? And that party promoter is absolutely irresponsible to cast him as one.
In my condo complex, we had a teen two doors over from us who had rip roaring parties pretty much every weekend….cops, fights, etc. We’d hear stuff smashing and breaking and it would go on all night (the single mom worked nights). I actually walked outside once to find a girl leaning over the trunk of my car, puking in my driveway. Nice.
Things progressively got worse every party and we pretty much knew that it was just a matter of time before something happened.
One night the son finished partying it up and left with friends. They stole a car and went speeding down a city street, hit a bump on an overpass and flew into the ditch. He was killed instantly. It was Mother’s Day.[/quote]
OMG!
January 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I find it odd that the first interviewer felt compelled to act as a parent, or authoritarian figure, to this young “lad” for his behaviour. Her job is not to try to install guilt in him. Asking him if there’s anything he’d like to say is one thing, but pushing him to remove his glasses and telling him he should be ashamed of himself is really not her place.
I’m sure she had hoped to expose him for what he is and show his ignorance and lack of respect, but her antics were really out of place and not professional.
And I hope the police teach him a real lesson! My step brother is very much like this Corey kid, equally “misguided” and disrespectful towards… everything. The police didn’t teach him a lesson like they had the chance to, which is sad. He’s only improved slightly, my step brother that is.
I hope Corey learns his lesson. The road he is on is really not a good one, seems glorious now, but in 5 years, he’ll end up in a ditch, in a wasteland, a toxic wasteland, forgotten like the one-hit-wonders of the ’80’s.
January 17th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
[quote comment="39084"][quote comment="39082"]Lashings? Yes let’s have lashings everywhere.
I hope you’re joking.[/quote]
Does it look like im joking?
I say give the little bastard a couple lashings, and maybe he wont grow up to be a total douche bag.[/quote]
Has anyone seen how clean Singapore is? hmmmmmm, pain is a bitch.
You got my vote!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
[quote comment="39089"][quote comment="39084"][quote comment="39082"]Lashings? Yes let’s have lashings everywhere.
I hope you’re joking.[/quote]
Does it look like im joking?
I say give the little bastard a couple lashings, and maybe he wont grow up to be a total douche bag.[/quote]
Has anyone seen how clean Singapore is? hmmmmmm, pain is a bitch.
You got my vote!!![/quote]
Right, that would be if the guy is guilty……… how do we know he never did this on purpose and is catching shit for something he never did? hmmmmm, anyhow, I”m contradicting myself tonite… think it’s time for bed.
night!!!!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Well after the interiew with his parents one can see were he gets all his smarts from, holy crap I’m not sure if it was just me but they looked they had been in the wacky tobacky. If that was my dad he would have been going all hulk during the interview and like others have said get their asses on the plane, back home and probably have me digging in garbage cans to find empties to pay the fine. I do remember those famous sunglasses, yes if memory does serve me correct watch the Wham video for Wake me up before you
go go you will see SHE is wearing a vary similar pair. Oh and for his friend running naked down the street hey yes we’ve all been there done that but not while your friend is on tv trying to half ass apologize
January 17th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
the ills of sensationalism
January 18th, 2008 at 12:12 am
[quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
She was being an adult about it, which he isn’t.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:21 am
What would you say to other kids deciding to throw a party when their parents are away?
-join the other 75% of humans and go for it!
Yes, that was a pathetic interview. I think the kid seemed more intelligent than the anchor, who seems to have absolutely no understanding of the way that a party can get out of hand when you’re young. I know I was less inclined to have people over after such an experience, but I would have as annoyed as this kid if my overblown house party was the talk of the planet, taking airtime away from important issues in the world.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:20 am
[quote comment="39101"][quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
She was being an adult about it, which he isn’t.[/quote]
The thing is, this was supposed to be a news report. Although this idiot child’s behavior was appalling, it does have to be admitted that as a journalist, she really didn’t have much business scolding him on (inter)national television like a small child.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:26 am
lol
January 18th, 2008 at 1:32 am
honestly, I had to go back and rewatch it a couple of times and I still don’t really know what she did wrong. Yes, she was sarcastic and obviously was making him look like an ass…because he was making it so easy to do so. He did not seem sincere, remorseful or the least big concerned about things. So how should one react to that? I feel she did a pretty good job of putting him in his place and de-glamorize his actions. She may have treated him with a bit more respect if he didn’t have such a ridiculous attitude.
January 18th, 2008 at 3:26 am
What’s happening to the youth of today?
January 18th, 2008 at 5:01 am
What a fucking douche.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Oh man. I said he was a douche before finishing the video. It was based mostly on his appearance which I now realize was a total misunderstatement. It’s too bad at least one of those 500 partiers hadn’t kicked his ass.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:16 am
I’m with the interviewer on this one. That kid is an immature douche and someone needed to at least try and point it out to him. And here’s the thing for me, she said nearly everything to him that I wanted to. Sometimes seeing a journalist be a human too with an opinion and a feeling for the moral and social implications of other people’s behaviour and then being willing to put herself out there and press the issue is just simply refreshing.
Sure you could say “he’s just a kid.” He’s not. That’s bullshit.
Sure you could say “it was just a party that got out of hand, he’s not responsible.” it was just that but he is responsible, it’s like saying the bee hive is not the source of all the people getting stung.
This whole thing is ridiculous, at 16 years of age it seems his life is already over. Oh he may live a long time in years but his grasp on responsibility and the consequences of his actions is seriously lacking. At this point he seems like little more than a faithful robot, faithful to modern pressures that are entirely within his control.
There is a point when we are growing up, I am convinced of it. It is a crossroads when we can choose one path or another, to be a thoughtless drone and spend our life merely dwindling until we die or perhaps to embrace our true hidden self, our authentic individuality and to thrive.
I can see what that young person has chosen and it terrifies me because I believe he is but one of countless others.
On a lighter note- nipple rings are for pussies.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:18 am
[quote comment="39108"][quote comment="39101"][quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
She was being an adult about it, which he isn’t.[/quote]
The thing is, this was supposed to be a news report. Although this idiot child’s behavior was appalling, it does have to be admitted that as a journalist, she really didn’t have much business scolding him on (inter)national television like a small child.[/quote]
Well since he wants to act like a small child, why shouldn’t she scold him?
January 18th, 2008 at 6:42 am
I reallyreally try not to judge people based on appearances… but sometimes it’s just so hard not to. (PUT A SHIRT ON! SERIOUSLY, DUDE! A SHIRT! Then we can talk about the sunglasses. And hat. And can we talk about the hair, too?)
As it turns out, based on his interview, my initial judgment was correct. My eyes are sore from all the rolling.
Oh god… I think I’m turning into one of those “young people today!” complainers.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:09 am
[quote comment="39070"][quote comment="39066"]Oh man.
He’s gonna have a hell of a time when future employers google his name.[/quote]
You mean like now when they just check facebook to see what kind of potential employee they are interviewing?[/quote]
Exactly. The only difference is you can change your settings on Facebook to ‘private’. When your name comes up on the BBC news archives for something like this…not so good.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:03 am
What on earth kind of job would they be offering him???
January 18th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Oh. My. God. I love that reporter. I’ve never seen someone shamed so thoroughly (if ineffectively) on public TV. Good on her!
Also, that kid is an idiot, but is his ignorance ever hilarious.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:57 am
That kid does pretty well considering the interviewer. Considering what I would have said to her if she invited me on her program to talk down to me like that…
January 18th, 2008 at 9:00 am
[quote comment="39137"][quote comment="39108"][quote comment="39101"][quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
She was being an adult about it, which he isn’t.[/quote]
The thing is, this was supposed to be a news report. Although this idiot child’s behavior was appalling, it does have to be admitted that as a journalist, she really didn’t have much business scolding him on (inter)national television like a small child.[/quote]
Well since he wants to act like a small child, why shouldn’t she scold him?[/quote]
I think the point people who object to the first interviewer are trying to make is it is not her place!
She’s a journalist, not his parent. She could have exposed him for a moron without trying to scold him like a parent. That is just not her place.
Would you like someone at Sears/The Bay to come over the loud speaker and scold you because in their opinion, your vehicle uses too much gas and the emissions are shamefully high? No, because it is not that person’s place, especially in public.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:26 am
[quote comment="39169"][quote comment="39137"][quote comment="39108"][quote comment="39101"][quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
She was being an adult about it, which he isn’t.[/quote]
The thing is, this was supposed to be a news report. Although this idiot child’s behavior was appalling, it does have to be admitted that as a journalist, she really didn’t have much business scolding him on (inter)national television like a small child.[/quote]
Well since he wants to act like a small child, why shouldn’t she scold him?[/quote]
I think the point people who object to the first interviewer are trying to make is it is not her place!
She’s a journalist, not his parent. She could have exposed him for a moron without trying to scold him like a parent. That is just not her place.
Would you like someone at Sears/The Bay to come over the loud speaker and scold you because in their opinion, your vehicle uses too much gas and the emissions are shamefully high? No, because it is not that person’s place, especially in public.[/quote]
His party caused much damage to that of his neighbors property and belongings, he shows nothing but disrespect in the interview to both the reporter and his family and neighbors by shaking the whole off as a joke. I don’t care if it was her place or not, someone should humiliate this boy on T.V. Instead, this boy is getting fame! disgusting.
Also, your choice of example for the argument was irrelevant. A vehicle using too much gas vs. a boys party which damages others property and belongings, just not the same thing
January 18th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Sorry for the quote on quote orgy that is above. I couldn’t remember how to just get the last one. :) will do better next time.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:40 am
[quote comment="39182"][quote comment="39169"][quote comment="39137"][quote comment="39108"][quote comment="39101"][quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
She was being an adult about it, which he isn’t.[/quote]
The thing is, this was supposed to be a news report. Although this idiot child’s behavior was appalling, it does have to be admitted that as a journalist, she really didn’t have much business scolding him on (inter)national television like a small child.[/quote]
Well since he wants to act like a small child, why shouldn’t she scold him?[/quote]
I think the point people who object to the first interviewer are trying to make is it is not her place!
She’s a journalist, not his parent. She could have exposed him for a moron without trying to scold him like a parent. That is just not her place.
Would you like someone at Sears/The Bay to come over the loud speaker and scold you because in their opinion, your vehicle uses too much gas and the emissions are shamefully high? No, because it is not that person’s place, especially in public.[/quote]
His party caused much damage to that of his neighbors property and belongings, he shows nothing but disrespect in the interview to both the reporter and his family and neighbors by shaking the whole off as a joke. I don’t care if it was her place or not, someone should humiliate this boy on T.V. Instead, this boy is getting fame! disgusting.
Also, your choice of example for the argument was irrelevant. A vehicle using too much gas vs. a boys party which damages others property and belongings, just not the same thing[/quote]
Yes, I agree someone should humiliate him, but it should not be the anchor. She could have had two people there, a neighbour and the kid.
And you didn’t look beyond the argument, you remind of someone I used to argue with. They focus so much on the technical aspects of arguing, they really just waste time.
The point was, it is NOT the PLACE of some anchor to dictate to a kid, whom obviously did not care and was barely phased by her attempts to scold him.
How about this example, your son breaks a dish in your own house, does not impact your neighbour, but your neighbour scolds him. Is that his/her place to do so?
The anchor was not a neighbour (that we are aware of) and therefore was out of place scolding this kid.
The appropriate behaviour of said anchor should have been having a neighbour there, so the neighbour, whom suffered at the hands of this kid’s friends, could scold him. Clearly, the neighbour has the right, the anchor does not.
It is all about who’s place is it to scold, not whether or not “someone” should do it.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Uh oh I think we’re getting into the realm of “don’t discipline my child for me!”. You don’t know how much my parents hate that when they see it in public. In Europe, and hell mostly everywhere except Canada and the States, people have the freedom to discipline your child because of the crazy idea of elders knowing best. It’s also built on the crazy principles of teaching respect for others and decent behaviour in public.
If your kid is throwing a fit in public and it’s disturbing everyone around, including the people who may be serving you, there’s only so much they can take before asking your kid to pipe down. If your kid is trespassing on someone’s property and you force them off, don’t come back complaining that your kid was yelled at - instead, agree with the person that your kid was doing something wrong and take it from there…. and so on.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:57 am
[quote comment="39193"]Uh oh I think we’re getting into the realm of “don’t discipline my child for me!”. You don’t know how much my parents hate that when they see it in public. In Europe, and hell mostly everywhere except Canada and the States, people have the freedom to discipline your child because of the crazy idea of elders knowing best. It’s also built on the crazy principles of teaching respect for others and decent behaviour in public.
If your kid is throwing a fit in public and it’s disturbing everyone around, including the people who may be serving you, there’s only so much they can take before asking your kid to pipe down. If your kid is trespassing on someone’s property and you force them off, don’t come back complaining that your kid was yelled at - instead, agree with the person that your kid was doing something wrong and take it from there…. and so on.[/quote]
It is only “don’t discipline my kid” when it is not their place because they were not involved. The key thing you mentioned is those involved, those affected.
The anchor was not one of those affected by the kid. That’s all I am trying to get across, but no one seems to want to acknowledge that point.
It is not about the parents being the only ones to discipline. I didn’t say that! I said the anchor was out of place.
I also said the cops should do something, they would probably have a greater influence than the parents. The cops are not the parents either. The neighbours might have a good plan for the kid. Both the cops and neighbours suffered because of this kids party and both are therefore in place to say something, scold or punish him.
How about Pres Bush, maybe he should say something about it, not even his fucking country but you know, he saw the news reports and was annoyed by it so I guess that makes him in “the right” to scold this kid??
Pardon the frustration, but no one is getting my point about WHY the anchor was not in the correct place.
They just jump on tangents…
January 18th, 2008 at 11:07 am
merde…I can’t see the video from work. I will watch FOX news and look for it !!!
January 18th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
This kid is amazing.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Amazing as in annoying?
The best thing anyone could do for this stupid kid is to stop reporting on him and having him on the radio, etc. Look what we’ve got from the media being fueled by the likes of Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears. A big fucking mess.
Man. I watched the first clip again.. I don’t know why because all it did was piss me off again. EVERYTHING about that kid pisses me off. And who’s the co-moron running down the street naked? What is the point of that?
If he was my kid I’d let him throw all the parties he wanted. From his refrigerator box in an alley.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
The Australian Spicoli.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I have a 16 year son. I would never even consider leaving him home by himself while I went on vacation. I don’t even tell him when I am sneaking off to a Matt Good concert for fear of the wild party that would be happening at my house. (and thanks Matt for adding on another Buffalo stop to the tour) I just keep tellin him I will be home in an hour, til I actually get there. This kid would probably be my kid’s idol, I hope he doesn’t here about this joker
from down under.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
[quote comment="39196"][quote comment="39193"]Uh oh I think we’re getting into the realm of “don’t discipline my child for me!”. You don’t know how much my parents hate that when they see it in public. In Europe, and hell mostly everywhere except Canada and the States, people have the freedom to discipline your child because of the crazy idea of elders knowing best. It’s also built on the crazy principles of teaching respect for others and decent behaviour in public.
If your kid is throwing a fit in public and it’s disturbing everyone around, including the people who may be serving you, there’s only so much they can take before asking your kid to pipe down. If your kid is trespassing on someone’s property and you force them off, don’t come back complaining that your kid was yelled at - instead, agree with the person that your kid was doing something wrong and take it from there…. and so on.[/quote]
It is only “don’t discipline my kid” when it is not their place because they were not involved. The key thing you mentioned is those involved, those affected.
The anchor was not one of those affected by the kid. That’s all I am trying to get across, but no one seems to want to acknowledge that point.
It is not about the parents being the only ones to discipline. I didn’t say that! I said the anchor was out of place.
I also said the cops should do something, they would probably have a greater influence than the parents. The cops are not the parents either. The neighbours might have a good plan for the kid. Both the cops and neighbours suffered because of this kids party and both are therefore in place to say something, scold or punish him.
How about Pres Bush, maybe he should say something about it, not even his fucking country but you know, he saw the news reports and was annoyed by it so I guess that makes him in “the right” to scold this kid??
Pardon the frustration, but no one is getting my point about WHY the anchor was not in the correct place.
They just jump on tangents…[/quote]
Ok, ok, I do understand what you are saying, the anchor was not in the right place. Here’s what the majority of us is saying. WE DON’T CARE! Now, i’m not directing that at your argument, I am directing at how most of us do not care if the anchor scolded him or not. He did something stupid, he shows nothing disrespect, and needs to grow up. Actually, I laughed when she was doing it. And why, because public humiliation on morons is fun.
Now that I have understood your argument, can you please understand mine. thank you.
P.S. (this is reguarding your last post to me. I would have quoted that one, but I didnt want the whole quote orgy again, so I ‘ll just write it here.) technicals are important to a argument/debate.. No one can just spew out complete opposite examples and use them together to find reason. It doesn’t make any sense and doesn’t help your agrument, thats mostly what I was concerned with your last post. But then you wrote some pretty justifiable examples for your agrument, and I can understand where your going with it. Except for one thing, if the kid broke a dish in his own house, how did the neighbour know? was it by accident? on purpose? following a greek tradition? (i’m just kidding around with ya, seems like you need to cool down on your frustration:).)
January 18th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
What some of you seem to be missing is this:
The kid did something that was featured on the news and he didn’t have to talk to the reporter, but he agreed to. Did he look in the mirror first or check his attitude at the door? No….so he pretty much deserved what he got. If he was 8, I’d be agreeing with you. He’s a young man, time to learn about the real world, not the one he’s learned about on Animal House.
I actually think it was the DUTY of that reporter to do exactly what she did…to de-glamorize the event and make him look like an ass. Good for her…responsible journalism in my view.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Party goers were throwing bottles at the police and we’re getting into a discussion about whether or not the news lady was too critical? He might not have thrown anything, but without him providing the location and the atmosphere, nothing is thrown.
That said; if you are then remorseful about it, obviously realizing that it got out of hand and there was nothing you could do, then you would step up and be decent about that aspect and explain yourself. You would have the decency not to degrade the affair into acting like a jackass and only reaffirming that you could care less that bottles were thrown at police cars.
Things have changed a great deal. There is no questioning the fact that the inherit hierarchy of respect in society has been significantly diminished over the years.
January 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I hope the police don’t let him get away, like they did my step brother. They really need to knip this problem in the bud now.
His parents, I wonder, why they would remain on vacation?
I’m not an old fogy, but my parents would have come home right away, expensive vacation or not, and totally kicked my ass. They seldom hit me, but this would have been an exception.
I was always remorseful, as I did a lot of stupid things too.
I agree with all of you that public humiliation is good for him, but he seemed pretty callused to it. The anchor tried, probably because she felt no one else did a good job scolding him.
Unfortunately, he’s a Ferris Beweler (SP?). The police should really take this kid to town.
Similar to my details on the housing in Whistler…
Community directly affected has a few meetings, with members of police, his parents, city councel, etc.. and they discuss how to deal with the damage and how to teach the young lad a lesson.
He does 500 hours of community service, cleaning up parks and whatnot, the public is made aware of this (front page of BBC would be good), then he has to pay himself a few thousand for the trouble he’s caused.
Any further incidents, he goes to a juvenile detention centre.
They don’t have direct proof of him destroying things, or he could be charged and sent to juvi right away, so this is a positive and I think it has potential.
It won’t be criminal, but it can be based on civil laws. If the RIAA can sue people in civil court, the community can do the same with this delinquent.
As for the idolizing on TV, they’ll have to be VERY clever, much more clever than the TV anchor. Remember the movie “A Christmas Story”? Remember the quote? “Now I know some of you put Flick up to this. But, he has refused to say who. But those who did it know their blame, and I’m sure the guilt you feel is far worse then any punishment you might receive.” and what did the kids think? “Adults love to say things like that, but we know it is always better to not get caught”.
The way I was raised though, and again I was not hit very often (like less than 10 times that I can remember), I would have thought at 16 “What a fucktard! Talk about a bad idea to throw a party only to have such a mess. Man, my parents would totally kick my ass” and others I hung around with would agree. That said, many kids are our school had party’s where the cops came in for underage drinking, but nothing like this guy had.
January 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Wow, somehow my above comment got turned into me defending the kid…Not the point at all. I thank the people after who pointed out I was trying to say it isn’t the place of the anchorwoman to scold the kid about what he did. The start of the interview was fine but the last half was him being defensive because she was making him be defensive, almost as if they figured the interview was going too well so let’s piss the kid off so he says more stupid things. That was the point I was trying to make.
He never should have had the chance for an interview in the first place.
January 19th, 2008 at 9:43 am
now I totally agree with that….why give him his fifteen minutes at all? Should’ve just slapped him with the fines and dealt with him through the law…done deal. Because I’m quite sure that now he thinks he’s really a superstar (and his friends too). And other clowns will try and outdo him so they can take the asshat of the year.
January 19th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Well I agree he should be on the hook for the $20,000 but let’s have a little perspective here - that’s not that much damage. The kid is a pretty common sort of self-centred teenage idiot who threw a party that got out of control - it’s hard to say whether this is some kind of “gateway” crime which is going to lead to bigger things (other than a weekly spot on the Aussie version of Jackass). As for his ‘tude, it got markedly worse after the Anchor decided that his apology wasn’t sincere enough and badgered him to take his glasses off. In his shoes I might have become defiant as well but then I have a hard time siding with the press(inc.) and think there should be a “slap a journalist day”. Matt, you sound like an old curmudgeon talking about disrespectful young whipper-snappers. What is this hierarchy of respect you speak of? Do you mean respecting your elders and/or betters? ‘Cause that’s what it sounds like. At the end of the day I’m not sure whether this symptomatic of the decline of western civilization. To conclude, I hope he doesn’t grow up to be a bigger jackass than he is now and can learn from his mistakes. Party on (in a controlled and respectful fashion) dudes!
January 19th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
What a story.
Teenage quest to be cool gone very wrong. (or very right depending on your age)
Where were the other 499 culprits in the story? Hopefully they’ll pay their share too!
Asking 499 drunken teens to leave a party would be a little like herding cats, no?
January 19th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
[quote comment="39074"]I’m a little pissed at the idiot blonde that did that interview in the first clip. Reason being that she basically fueled and fed him to make the stupid remarks that he made. “What would you say to kids thinking of throwing a party when their parents are out of town?” “uhh, get me to do it for you”. She had to have known this little smug ass kid would say something like that. The arguing with him to take off his glasses was also quite juvenile for a journalist. He’s not sorry and probably won’t be for a while. He doesn’t need the damn coverage he’s getting. Just gives him a chance to be “famous”. I have to laugh at that promoter that wants to give him a job. It’s not like he threw a damn circus. He had a party that friends invited friends who invited friends who invited more friends and so on, not like he organized it all. He even said it wasn’t the plan to have that many people.[/quote]
Idiot blonde? You don’t know what you are talking about!! She exposed him for exactly what he is: a unintelligent little snot. I thought she was awesome. She humiliated him!
January 19th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Also… I had almost that exact pair of yellow sunglasses when I was 6 or 7… except they came with clip-on earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Thank you torie. you get what I’ve been saying.
Do you still have those glasses? LOL
January 20th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Wow. Holy jesus, that kid is a little prick. If I was his parents I would probably kill him. To be that irresponsible… and to have people wanting to employ him is ridiculous..
January 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am
I actually think this kid is hilarious. Aside from the fact that he totally talked down the condecending anchor woman, he was entertaining. Sure he’s an idiot little punk that threw a party that got out of hand, but I will never forgot “I’ll say I’m sorry, but I’m not taking off my sunglasses”.
The key here is that if he simply apologized, this would not have made international headlines. The reason it got so much coverage was because he was funny and that made the video go viral.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
The party and subsequent vandalism are both scandalous.
As for the interview and report - I’ve got some friends in Australia. I’ve heard that their news shorts can get fairly sensationalist - borderline Jenny Jones. Not saying this is the case here - or that respect authority has gone the way of the playtypus…
Just worth considering.
I used to be pretty bad as a kid - and not by accident. I was purposefully a punk, and regret it entirely….but you grow, you live, you learn.
For the record I think beating the kid, as good as it would feel to the punisher, would achieve nothing.