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Post by Jack Raines on May 25, 2012 1:12:56 GMT -5
Well, I guess now WWE doesn't have to come up with a creative way to write Chris off for his Fozzy tour dates this summer. WWE.com updated their front page with the following: “WWE Superstar Chris Jericho has been suspended for 30 days due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24.” www.wwe.com/inside/jericho-brazilTMZ is also reporting this story: A WWE event in Brazil came to a screeching halt Thursday evening ... when local law enforcement stopped a live match and threatened to arrest Chris Jericho for desecrating the Brazilian flag. It all went down during a match between Jericho and C.M. Punk -- who was proudly waving the flag in the ring. Jericho took the flag away, crumpled it up and kicked the flag out of the ring ... and that's when police stepped in and put a stop to the event. We're told Jericho was informed that desecrating the national flag is a crime in Brazil ... punishable by incarceration. Cops gave Jericho an option -- apologize to the arena ... or go to jail. Chris chose the former ... grabbing the mic and telling the crowd he immediately regretted his actions. Cops allowed the event to continue. Sources connected to the WWE tell TMZ ... the flag stunt was NOT planned or approved by WWE officials. The WWE has just released an official statement saying, "Chris Jericho has been suspended indefinitely due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE event in Sao Paulo on May 24. The WWE has apologized to the citizens and the government of Brazil for this incident." www.tmz.com/2012/05/24/chris-jericho-wwe-suspended-desecrating-brazilian-flag/ |
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Post by Sergei Gavriliuk on May 25, 2012 3:06:53 GMT -5
Chael Sonnen can now redirect all death threats he got to Jericho.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2012 8:24:31 GMT -5
Regardless of whether this is a work or not, he's supposed to be off the road anyway due to the upcoming Fozzy tour...which means that once again, I'll be attending Raw JUST a month after he leaves. I'd actually like to see him live again before he retires. Fuck.
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Post by Alan Jones on May 25, 2012 10:55:55 GMT -5
Sonnen would be proud.
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Post by bigern on May 25, 2012 11:55:52 GMT -5
Really??? Didn't HBK stick the Canadian flag up his nose and hump it? Did Slaughter not burn the American flag?? Pul-lease ... what Jericho did was tame. While you must respect the laws of a country, Chris Irvine was playing a character so that country ought to get over themselves. Let's get going on charging Tom Hardy on the atrocities that Bane will perform on the Dark Knight Rises.
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Post by Sergei Gavriliuk on May 25, 2012 12:01:01 GMT -5
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Post by DanThompson on May 25, 2012 17:15:00 GMT -5
Apperantly it will be a 30 day suspension.
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Post by Brutus Branyan on May 25, 2012 18:46:00 GMT -5
I wonder if he were champion would he still have got suspended. Not sure if that would matter or not in this case, just curious anyway. Too bad regardless!
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Post by Andrew MacDonald on May 25, 2012 21:28:44 GMT -5
Personally I don't respect laws in a country that are bad, including that one. Obviously I would have to abide by it, unless I was trying to prove a point, but it would be tough for a Canadian to go down there and start round house kicking flags for no reason. I might join in a protest though. There are bad laws in other countries that restrict rights, free speech, free expression, the right to walk down the street without a man supervising you, etc. The flag deal isn't as bad, but again, I nor other people shouldn't have to respect laws just because another country has them. It's a bullshit law.
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Post by Vivek on May 26, 2012 3:56:49 GMT -5
Its the same here in India as well, I don't agree with it. Its just a piece of cloth with some colours in it.. WHO CARES! In India You cannot write anything on the flag, there are rules on how to hold the flag properly, when to show the flag, not allowed to put the Indian flag on your shoulders. So, yes there are third world countries who has stupid rules like that. |
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Post by El Peregrino on May 26, 2012 4:38:08 GMT -5
Personally I don't respect laws in a country that are bad, including that one. Obviously I would have to abide by it, unless I was trying to prove a point, but it would be tough for a Canadian to go down there and start round house kicking flags for no reason. I might join in a protest though. There are bad laws in other countries that restrict rights, free speech, free expression, the right to walk down the street without a man supervising you, etc. The flag deal isn't as bad, but again, I nor other people shouldn't have to respect laws just because another country has them. It's a bullshit law. Obviously it's a stupid law that restricts the freedoms of individuals. If even in a show you can't kick a flag, it's pretty ridiculous. This could've happened to anybody, it just happened to be Jericho. It's a standard heel tactic, much like insulting the sports teams of the city. I don't think anybody thinks any less of Jericho because of this or thinks he did anything wrong. But I don't understand what you mean by you don't respect laws you don't agree with. It's their laws. No matter how silly or unfair. If you don't respect their laws, then don't go to their country. Or do and go to jail. If some place has a law that says you can't wear green, then you better not wear fucking green. And how exactly do you want to protest? By not going to Brazil? By putting videos of yourself kicking Brazilian flags on youtube? It's one stupid law, but every country has stupid laws. In most of America, same sex marriage is illegal. That is far more egregious and freedom-restricting than having a law against disrespecting a flag. Unless you're from that country, there is nothing you can do about it. If you want to protest anything, protest the WWE for suspending Jericho. |
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Post by Andrew MacDonald on May 26, 2012 8:29:15 GMT -5
I'm just not a fan of subjective morality if you will, especially in regards to free speech. It is just my opinion though.
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Post by hitmanmike1 on May 26, 2012 11:16:18 GMT -5
Shame on how the police can't seperate Chris Jericho being a wrestler who is playing a heel to get heel heat & Chris Irvine the person who wouldn't do something like this. I can't help but feel this suspension is a work to get Jericho of TV as he is on tour with Fozzy
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Post by dextermorgan on May 26, 2012 19:56:05 GMT -5
Im actually thinking Jericho has a wellness failure and this was a way of getting him suspended without mentioning why.
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Post by Dave Power on May 27, 2012 6:44:33 GMT -5
I'm just not a fan of subjective morality if you will, especially in regards to free speech. It is just my opinion though. It's a thorny issue though. The flag thing seems very excessive of course, but there are other laws which do censor things that I would agree with - laws against pedophilia and content relating to that act are completely justified. Extreme racism is another thing which I think shouldn't be defended for under free speech. I remember reading an article a while back where someone made a comment which I felt I agree with - Free speech is fine as long as you are not deliberately and knowingly offending someone else. I would agree with El Peregrino though - if you visit a country you have to respect their laws. Otherwise just stay away. I'm not a fan of other people trying to impose their laws in another country but if I'm in their country I'll respect their culture. And thats the key thing - it really is all about respect. For other people. In Jerichos case I dont think he, Chris Irvine, was showing disrespect I think he was simply potraying a bad guy, Chris Jericho, who WAS showing disrespect. But he is a work of fiction. The problem wrestling sometimes has is that it's always trying to blur the line between reality and fantasy. If a bad guy in a movie did what Jericho did, I dont think there would be the same out cry |
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