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Bullsh*t.Okiewan said:I cant say that I've been busted for something like that, but I've done my share of "wrong stuff" over my years, yes, mostly when I was young, but never the less... I just never got caught.
While I agree that those who thrust themselves into the light, rather intentionally or not, are held to a higher standard, there is a lot of holier than thou when they make similar mistakes the rest of us have at one time or another. Difference is, we don't have all the money or cameras on us and somehow because they are "rich, it's worse than the ahole down the street? Are they not both humans? Doesn't the dude down the street play a bigger part of your life than a TV/sports personality?
If your problem is that your kids look up to a motorcycle rider (sports figure, rock star, movie star, etc.), maybe you should re-evaluate what you promote or allow your kids to look up to. Stewart is a good motocycle rider and gets paid to ride a motorcycle. That's it. He's not paid to teach your kid life leasons and if you expect him (or others) to, you are askng for failure. YOU teach your kids. Not the "stars".
YOUR expectations of his human existance is your own, don't be freaked when he doesn't live up to it. His millions somehow make his stupid stuff worse than your stupid stuff? Right.
Chili said:Well at least we have finally figured out how he get's through the pack so fast some weeks.
Stolen from another poster at Vital MX.
And thank you Sir.oldguy said:Yep that is how I apparently spent 28 years of my life
Hmmm is right. His full name is James Mark Stewart, not James MACK StewarD, I smell an April fools joke. Mispelling of middle and last name?? On a booking sheet? If it is not a joke, that will get tossed out of court for clerical error.holeshot said:hmm...only a $1000 bond..
Well someone got pretty elaborate with this if it is a joke. Videos of the FSP explaining the circumstances and the Orlando newspaper covering it.Thump said:Hmmm is right. His full name is James Mark Stewart, not James MACK StewarD, I smell an April fools joke. Mispelling of middle and last name?? On a booking sheet? If it is not a joke, that will get tossed out of court for clerical error.
Good to know. I just think it is a little fishy that the misspelled his middle and last name. I sure hope he was not retarded enough to really impersonate an officer.oldguy said:Misspellings on booking sheets WILL NOT cause it to be tossed out they would be amended and the photo and finger prints take precedence in identifying the offender. The criminal complaint needs to be more accurate but that also can be amended to cover inconsistencies like misspelling a name or wrong date of birth as well as facts of the crime.
Someone said:He who without sin cast the first stone...
Chili said:Instant scumbag status in my opinion, I hope every sponsor leaves him by the end of the week. There is two things in my opinion that earn you this status - Lying about military service and impersonating an officer of the law.
Chili said:Instant scumbag status in my opinion, I hope every sponsor leaves him by the end of the week. There is two things in my opinion that earn you this status - Lying about military service and impersonating an officer of the law.
Thump said:Hmmm is right. His full name is James Mark Stewart, not James MACK StewarD, I smell an April fools joke. Mispelling of middle and last name?? On a booking sheet? If it is not a joke, that will get tossed out of court for clerical error.
YamaB said:Seriously??
I'm not saying it was smart, but there are a LOT worse things than flashing fake police lights to help you get through traffic faster. It's not like he was "impersonating an officer" to aide in accomplishing something sinister. IMHO, anyone who gets busted for drunk driving is 100x as big of a "scumbag" compared to what James did. At least he wasn't putting anyone's life/well being in danger.... I won't even talk about the child molesters, rapists, armed robbers, murderers, etc.
I've personally done worse "pranks"... but not at 25 yrs old. Granted, these mx racers don't go to highschool and live in a different world than most of us, so I imagine their maturity is lagging behind the rest of us by quite a bit.
robwbright said:Are you implying that home schooling creates a less mature individual?
I know probably 30 people (including myself and my wife) who are proof of exactly the opposite.
Home schoolers get significantly better grades than average, tend to be far more mature than their equivalents in public school. In fact, several of the "kids" I know who were home schooled joined the military. Guess who were the leaders of their platoons. . .?
Hint. . . it wasn't the public schoolers.
If the parents are nut cases, then the person is going to be less so - regardless of where they went to school. For example, the Alessi parents are far more to blame for Mike's behavior than the method of schooling.
wake_rider said:[Mod Edit] You KNOW the rules, take the religious rants some place else.
Now on to the James subject: it was stupid, no doubt, but was harmless. Actually, when I was 16 a friend of mine was one of the first people I ever met that had a strobe system with red and blue lights on his show-truck. Normally, he had them wired into his "system" and they would quickly pulse with the rhythm of the music. After a day of boredom and no luck fishing, we decided to pull this exact prank on multiple people in my home town, and once they pulled over, we would pull up beside them, tell them to slow it down a bit, then take off. Regular old kid stuff with no harm to anyone. However, a Sheriff saw us doing it and pulled us over. He ended up lecturing us for about 15 minutes on how it was a felony, and "although it seem harmless" (his exact words), it led to people doubting the validity of being pulled over in the future. It all made sense whenever he said that, so we apologized, he laughed it off, and we parted ways.
Had I been 25 when I did this, I'm guessing that it would have led to a different result, and that would probably be especially true if I were black (I lived in a small town with some REAL race issues), but none-the-less was ignorant. That being said, it's nothing to crucify James over. It was a foolish choice of actions, but we've all been there, and I would PROMISE that each one of you who are quick to pass judgment and attempt to hold him to a higher standard have done an awful lot worse that you've both been caught for, and not.
For the others that want him to be held to such higher standards as he is the supposed to be a "role model," well, take your own responsibility for raising your children right and quit using celebrities as your way of teaching YOUR children their moral code. Basically, buck-up and quit being lazy parents. Understand that YOU'RE the problem. This guy is just a motocross rider, just as every other entertainer is just that. If you want your kids to be raised with good moral standards and introspect of character, take responsibility for their upbringing and quit holding other people responsible.
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