Richards Buries the Hatchet with Hecklers

76. I was personally disgusted by his whole tirade and feels he should apologize in person to the individuals. But in regards to giving them money...nope, that would be low for them to accept any money. It would be much better for any money to be donated to a charity in their name..NAACP or the United Negro College Fund.

Posted at 8:50PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Sander

77. THESE GUYS ARE SETTING AN GOOD EXAMPLE BY LETTING RACIST PEOPLE KNOW THAT BLACK PEOPLE KNOW THERE ARE WHITE RACIST PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, BUT THAT THEY BETTER KEEP THEIR RACIST COMMENTS TO THEMSELVES OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO "PAY" EVERYTIME.

Posted at 8:58PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Tommie

78. Lets talk about GIVE and TAKE for a Moment IN RELATION TO THIS ONGOING RACE ISSUE..
SHORT SUMMARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY...European Explorers trying to reach India Sail West and runs into Norh, South America... Native Americans welcome Europeans.. early equal GIVE and TAKE, leads to Europeans TAKING all Resources (land #1) and little to no GIVING, Native Americans GIVE welcome and equal treatment/ TAKES Death to low Numbers, Buffalo Bills Wild Side show, Reservation Baron Land and liquor (poison) from Conquering Europeans... Europeans Sail to Africa to exchange resources.. GIVE guns and amo, TAKE African labor from Africans (agreed exchange Africans selling/trading Africans).. Sail to North & South America, GIVE African labor to European land owner (taken land)/ TAKE currency (sold like livestock).. African American GIVE - up all religion, language, culture, family members, sweat, mind, soul to work plantation/ TAKES Mental and Physical Abuse of whips, burnings, lynching, Police and Firemen Beatings, Slave title, torture, JimCrow laws, 3/5ths human label, N***r label, lazy label, forced religion.. (forced, no choice..)..NOW, Today Children of European American Ancestors GIVE ideas, inventions, innovation, research, contributions to society (ALL DUE TO-->)/ TAKE Land, Old money, family knowledge, institutional Education knowledge, possitions of power and control in Professional positions Inheritance... Today Children of Native American ancestors GIVE Culture and knowledge/ TAKE Reservation poverty Inheritance.. Today Children of African American Ancestors GIVE ideas, Respect, culture, knowledge/ TAKE low level education, Gangs, Disrespect, Unbanished Slave title, Unbanished N***r title, Ghetto, Broken slave mind, hate for Skin color and all things Given Inherittance...
NOW that being said.. Racist are those who have power to overpower.. The Term N***r was used by those in power, European American, to overpower African Americans Mentally... As you can see the effects are still evident today by the mere mention of the word.. What Michael Richards did was unexcusable Consciously, Unfortunately his Unconscious was just being it programmed self and will always be unless its reprogrammed!!!!!!!!! Michael Apologizing is a step.. Introducing Money as a payoff hurts the Morality of it all, and frankly helps to sweep the Main issue under the Rug...
I would only wish that America would continue to take steps in repairing its negative history.. REFORMATION was a step.. In addition Taking Responsibility of our History, not just the Good but also the Bad.. So we all can start moving in a healed positive direction.
.. ALWAYS QUESTION YOUR SELF, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR PEERS, AND OTHERS AS TO HOW MUCH GIVING AND/OR TAKING IS BEING EXERCISED. Thank you for reading, Your Fellow Human Being.

Posted at 9:10PM on Dec 1st 2006 by leozine

79. Alright #57......i wasn't gonna write back, because i hate this whole "computer balls" bullshyt...but uummm learn how to spell if you're going to reply first of all......
& y am i a sell out? cuz i don't agree with greedy a$$ people trying to still act like they're victims....i love being from Spain & i love Spanish & Hispanics. i'm also sick of black people being ALLOWED to crack on every other culture & people feel like i'ts Ok. Don't worry, I feel the same as you, i'm ashamed of spanish people like You that r too f**king ignorant to realize the unfairness of this. So yes thank you...i will go home with my whiteboy...& u're the one that's brainwashed by all that African history u got in your ghetto ass highschool...u stupid bitch

Posted at 10:33PM on Dec 1st 2006 by oh my

80. Tommie, will you go the hell out and get a real job, you paranoid idiot? You are one of the most violent prone racists I have ever seen? Man, some white guy somewhere must have done something real bad to you in your life, cuz all you spew is violence! Get some therapy SOON!

Posted at 10:57PM on Dec 1st 2006 by kramers friend

81.
This whole thing is an absolute joke, even if Richards went ballistic. !!! It's really no different than what I've seen in various degrees on Def Comedy Jam, Comic Relief 2006, BET shows, etc. If those so-called hecklers set him off -leave, go ask for your money back and go elsewhere. The minute they attained Gloria Alfred to handle this - well, everyone with a BRAIN knows what this is really what it's about -- these NUTBALLS want CASH - PERIOD !!! If the judge allows this crap then, the neck thing those clowns like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton will want to have this statement censored in our culture of banning what they want to call " HATE SPEECH". Not what tis country was created for, whether these bozo's want their cash settlement or ot . Ironic , if the word "N*gger" is banned, then all of the same words plus N*gga and Cracker, Rednecks, etc wil have to be banned and before it the major minority in the USA, Lationo's will demand no wet back, etc along what their comedy folks say will be banned. A very bad idea that would begin the banning of free speech in USA and befoire you know it, everyone will be offended by something. Let these folks and the Jesse Jacksons, Al Sharptons, etc of the world in USA will be the folks that are working to destroy our constitution !!!

Posted at 1:22AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by Doc Rosceaux

82. liberty of speech has'nt gone any where, people can say what they want. blacks have joked about themselvies as well as whites tastefully. But when it is done tacky and distasteful and mean then, it's just not funny anymore. When the comments where made at the club that night, i did'nt here or see anyone laughing. As for the two guys, I don't know maybe they just want an apology. Why do people think money is always the angle. For example "the M.J." child molestation case, If it had been my child ,there would'nt any amount a money you could offer me and i'd accept, jail time only buddy!

Posted at 11:41AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by lisa haskins

83. Things are settled with money EVERY SINGLE DAY, FOLKS! What do you think lawyers do? Corporate lawyers do it EVERY SINGLE DAY, so don't act as if this application of the law is any different than anything else that happens on a daily basis.

If you have a problem with monetary damages, then you will have to petition to REWRITE WESTERN LAW, ALL OF IT, idiots!

People keep stating that if a BLACK man had been on stage and yelled at a white man, this would never have happened.

So, with all of these black comedians, chris rock, chapelle, etc... SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE!

NOT ONE BLACK COMEDIAN HAS EVER BEEN SHOWN TO PERSONALLY YELL AT A PAYING PATRON. NOT ONE; THIS ARGUMENT IS NULL AND VOID.
NOT ONE BLACK COMEDIAN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE SCREAMING REPEATEDLY AT A WHITE OR ANY PAYING PATRON FOR THAT MATTER!
SO, DROP THAT FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT. NULL AND VOID.

Yes, perhaps these folks were misbehaving. That hasn't been proven. Richards should have handled this far more cleverly.

Yelling and screaming in a tirade, at the top of one's lungs is CRAZY. If you guys agree with him, I suppose you agree with holding a gun to one's own head, and all the other crazy things that Richards has done in the past.

Whoever stated that comment about breaking a black man's neck, do me the favor and take the same gun that richard's used to your own head. You seem to agree with everything that he does. You can display your true support for him in this matter!

Comedians make fun of social ills. Joan Rivers, George Lopez amongst others. But comedians do NOT YELL INCESSANTLY AT PAYING PATRONS, whatever the word used.

end of story.

Posted at 11:22AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by DRAGNET

84. It certainly is Black Male...I mean blackmail. F*** them. Yes he shouldnt have said it but the two black men shouldnt get any money either. I am sick of the hypocrisy in this country.

Posted at 11:08AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by john

85. litigation occurs every day, people...it's our legal system. people sue on a daily basis.

this is all so ridiculous! everyone knows that Richards has been acting
crazy and this time he may have crossed the line. the screaming from the stage, whatever word was used, warrants a rightful lawsuit, in my opinion, because this is consistent with his other BIZARRE behavior.

It has all has been well documented, ie the whole gun incident, where he was going to blow his brains out. that, and the "uncontrollable weeping" in the corner of a set, clearly reveals his mental instablility.

anyway, folks, that's how I see it. Richards and his
tantrum was really STRANGE. please let's not pretend that we think
that this was normal, because then that reflects on who you are.and
this has nothing to do with what race I am because my grandparents
were irish.

this is the time that this walking time-bomb exploded, and he is going to have to suffer for his egregious display. maybe he will use some of the money that he made off of Seinfeld to see a shrink. Maybe he needs to go to drug rehab...this all looks like drug induced behavior, i.e. coke induced rage, classic.

Posted at 11:48AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by cricket

86. Love this poll! Yeah, Judge Judy should hear this case because she would verbally rip these jerks apart for wasting her time and the court's time on a ridiculous lawsuit. I can hear her saying, "outrageous!" Judge Judy kicks butt big time.

Posted at 11:59AM on Dec 2nd 2006 by Julie

87. Learned from my law class:

This is from the American Bar Association Site:

" C. Exceptions to Freedom of Expression:

Many exceptions to the First Amendment protections have been recognized by the courts ... Courts sometimes justify these exceptions as speech which causes substantial harm to the public, or speech which the Founding Fathers could not have intended to protect, or traditions that have long been part of the common law tradition from England that was the basis of our American legal system.

Rather than merely reciting the list of established exceptions, it is important to understand the rationale for making exceptions to free speech protection under the Constitution. The value of free speech sometimes clashes with other important values in our culture.


Exceptions established by the courts to the First Amendment protections include the following:

Defamation | Causing panic | Fighting words | Incitement to crime | Sedition | Obscenity."

so, when freedom of speech does not protect all speech.

monetary damages occur all the time for any of the above...i.e. defamation of character. This is our legal system, and it is based on an English Construct.

Posted at 12:07PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by dandelion

88. Thank you Dandelion for looking that up.

Sure, people sue others constantly because of things "said." I don't deny that.
I just wonder what sort of precedent has been set in these types of cases. Interpretation of law isn't always black and white (no pun intended).

Posted at 1:36PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by money isn't the answer

89. Money isn't the answer,

i appreciate your commentary; it is very reasonable. you are not on here just to incite, as many have been.

i concur; money does not necessarily solve anything. it just seems to be how this country runs. this is just following the american way, the american system.

the resolution of perceived insults is the critical issue here. we did not see the hecklers on tape, so we do not know what they did. If they were rude, then they should also apologize. If they were noisy, they, too should apologize.

as richards should apologize.

it is quite possible that they were incredibly rude and noisy, and if that is the case, they should INDEED correct their behaviour, because, as we know, it is disturbing and unacceptable.

additionally, richards should seek help for his rage issues.

all my best!

Posted at 6:11PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by dragnet

90. oh my,

your writing style is actually very low class; are you sure that you are from spain? hard to believe; that language was from the gutter.

what african history bs are you referring to? if you are from spain, you would not even sorry about it; most europeans are western socialised, and this rhetoric sounds a bit american, wouldn't you say? african-american history would not impact you if you were from spain, as you claim.

likely, you are from another culture. if you were from spain, you wouldn't be called a spic, b/c your phenotype would be caucasian. usually racial slurs are directed towards hispanics who are usually mixed in ancestry, as we all know. ( whether you are cuban, or dominican)

so, any slur, whether it is the LONG WINDED INCESSANT YELLING directed towards a human being, is offensive. if someone were to scream at you publicly for being FAT, it would be equally offensive, and humiliating. I do not know what your beef is with african americans. if you are from spain, no policy from spain has recently impacted them, so why are you so sensitive.

Posted at 2:36AM on Dec 3rd 2006 by gisele