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Teens Think Rihanna To Blame For Beating?
Here's something that might blow your mind: Nearly half of 200 Boston teenagers interviewed actually said that Rihanna was to blame for the alleged beating she took from boyfriend Chris Brown.And if you think the amount of failed marriages has risen, wait until these kids get married. Of those participating, 71 percent said that arguing is a normal part of a relationship and 41 percent said fighting is routine.
The results were part of a survey conducted by the Boston Health Commission and were found to be equally among boys and girls. The startling results clearly demonstrate a generation of youths who have grown insensitive, to domestic violence.
"I think you'd have to be pretty jaded if you weren't startled by it," said Casey Corcoran, director of the health commission's new Start Strong program.
Oprah Winfrey added her take on the couple's situation as well this week, warning women that "if a man hits you once he will hit you again."
Tyra Banks joined Oprah in the discussion and has interviewed both Rihanna and Brown separately on her own show. Both dealt with domestic violence in their homes when they were young, Banks said.
The latest rumors running around are that the two are not only back together again, but plan to cut a song together on love as well as co-author a book about domestic violence.
The couple was also seen recently spending time together at one of Sean "Diddy" Combs's homes, on Miami Beach's Star Island.
Brown faces two felony charges for his alleged beating of Rihanna and appeared, Thursday, in a Los Angeles court where his arraignment on charges of assault likely to cause great bodily injury and making criminal threats was postponed at his request.
Brown withdrew himself from the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award after the charges were filed.
The incident that produced the charges occurred early Feb 8. A police affidavit says the couple go into a fight after Rihanna found a text message from another female on Brown's phone.
Brown pulled his car over and tried to push his girlfriend out to no avail thanks to the seatbelt she was wearing, police said. Brown pushed Rihanna's head against the window, punched her with his right hand and then continued driving while hitting her repeatedly. The affidavit also states Brown bit Rihanna on the ear.
Brown remains free on $50,000 bail. If convicted he could get anywhere from probation to four years and eight months in state prison.
Rihanna's lawyer Donald Eltra told MTV that Rihanna will cooperate with the investigation.
"At this point, she is willing to do anything that the law requires her to do. ... If subpoenaed, she will testify," Etra said.
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JUDY
1:11AM 1:11AM Mar 15th 2009
What area was that survey done? Probably in a high crime area where people are living with violence everyday of their lives. This equals poverty. Please do not think that you are speaking for all teens because you are not. Not many people live like that so stop slanting or creating news to fill up space.
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Slim
12:07PM 12:07PM Mar 16th 2009
Judy,
Please understand that not all people from, as you put it, "a high crime area where people are living with violence everyday of their lives" think like that. For you to stereotype people of a particular demographic shows that you still have a lot of learning to do. I live in an impoverished area, and I can assure you I don't tolerate violence in any shape or form. Don't think that your financial or socioeconomic status makes you invincible to abuse. As for your other statement, "This equals poverty." What exactly equals poverty? So only people living in poverty are victims of domestic violence? Believe me, there are people who are rich who have been the victim (or perpetuator)of domestic abuse. Unlike you, domestic violence isn't prejudice, and supercedes all barriers. Please research your information and know what you are talking about before you decide to convey your thoughts. Have a wonderful day.
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Hector Lopez
1:45AM 1:45AM Mar 15th 2009
Just goes to show how dumb and stupid most teens are these days. Really, they are the most screwed up generation to come along. What a shame. Rihanna to blame for getting beaten up by a low life thug like Chris Brown. Tenagers, please grow up fast and learn about real relationship.
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Jupiter
2:40PM 2:40PM Mar 16th 2009
Hector, it's not good enough to blame the teens. The ones questioned grew up with this taught to them. Total lack of self-respect is taught just as surely as self-respect is. Blame their parents for not only not teaching them the words, but also for not leading by example. If you grow up seeing your parents hit each other, call each other names, and otherwise engage in abusive behavior towards each other, and you see them still together and never change, and all your friends live like that as well, then how can you possibly know the difference? How can you just "know" it's wrong?! Were you never a teen, on your way to your disapproving adult years? Did you forget what it feels like to have some ignorant adult blame you for something you had no way of learning from the life around you? You want them to learn? Why don't you go around to schools and teach them? Step in where others have failed them.
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wolfster9
9:32AM 9:32AM Mar 15th 2009
Not to worry ''Obama''will Bail him out and have his ''Bentley'' fixed. AT least for the next four Years ''Negroes'' will get a free Ride.
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Laura
11:22AM 11:22AM Mar 15th 2009
I still find it shocking that people like you are out there advertising your narrow minded views and racists remarks.
The people getting the bailouts are white Republican Greed Mongers who have pillaged and plunder the American people for far too long.
The Republican Party is suffering from Mental Illness
and a bad case of Amnesia.
They are ones getting a "free Ride". It's corporate welfare.
By the way, the reason teens blame Rihanna, is due
to this generations disconnect from society.
I feel sorry for Rihanna, she has no self respect
and doesn't realize that a woman doesn't need a man
to complete her.
She is a big talent all on her own.
Let me add, I'm a 50 year old white woman who has been rejuvenated with the election of Barack Obama.
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Marsha
3:02PM 3:02PM Mar 15th 2009
Laura, you're a 50 year old idiot if you really believe what you posted. Stop calling people racists just because you disagree with them! People like you are part of the problem this country is facing. You said, "By the way, the reason teens blame Rihanna, is due
to this generations disconnect from society." This 'society' is being torn apart by the crap that is being shoved down our throats by liberals!
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Angelia
4:55PM 4:55PM Mar 15th 2009
AND I Am also a 50 year old white woman who thinks you are nuts with your remarks. If Obama being "elected", I say bought and paid for,"rejuvinated" you, then I feel sorry for you!! AND NO I am not a Republican or a Democrat, and I DID NOT AND WILL NEVER VOTE FOR HIM. I LIKE LIVING IN A FREE COUNTRY. 63,846,649 of you do not.
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CapnOak
5:15PM 5:15PM Mar 15th 2009
Laura, the sociopathology these teenagers are demonstrating is a direct result of the immorality and ethical untenability of left-wing ideology. It is the same trend we see in people not being able to identify the evil of Islamic violence and jihad. The left teaches that people should not be judged by what they do or say, but by the color of their skin and/or their ethnicity. This racism is leading this country and the world to annihilation, and people like you are the agents of the apocalypse. Teenagers are brought up in a system in which the strong masses are allowed to eat the weak individuals, and conformity is the rule. These are the unholy tenets of the left-wing.
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winsjoe
12:30AM 12:30AM Mar 16th 2009
Laura,
It doesn't do any good to try to convince people of the obvious. Marsha can't see anything racist in the purposefully inflamitory comments by the shallow-minded "wolfster9," and Angelia thinks Obama is going to take her freedom away (as if Bush didn't make great strides in that direction). So leave please leave these posts to the uneducated lemmings who believe Rush and Hannity are the new Messiahs. They are fringe thinkers who aren't interested more in being right than in this world getting better.
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Mystify
12:36PM 12:36PM Mar 16th 2009
Could someone please tell me why this is a racial issue in the first place? I don't understand why everyone insists on turning everything into a black vs white issue? How bout it's just a horrible sign of the times? How does that line go, something about it taking an entire town to raise a child, well, apparently, no one raises the children anymore. They raise each other....
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moneygrip
4:03PM 4:03PM Mar 16th 2009
wolfster, you can get a free ride on these nutz...
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moneygrip
4:07PM 4:07PM Mar 16th 2009
wolfster, you can get a free ride on these nutz...
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iaah2005
10:33AM 10:33AM Mar 15th 2009
must be from a bad area, and kids getting D or F in school. what do they know about life?
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iaah2005
10:38AM 10:38AM Mar 15th 2009
must be from a bad area, and kids getting D or F in school! what does those kids know anything about life?
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Matt
5:03PM 5:03PM Mar 15th 2009
REPUBLICANS AND RACISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. A YOUNG WOMAN WAS SEVERELY BEATEN. A YOUNG MAN WAS PROBABLY SLAPPED IN HIS CAR AND NEARLY WRECKED. HE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE CAR, GOTTEN OUT AND WALKED AWAY.
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Big Nick
8:07PM 8:07PM Mar 15th 2009
WHF are you kidding me, Any time a { Man } hit's a Woman he's nothing more than a PUNK, I see this 3 or 4 times a week , and rarely is the < Man > nothing more than a Wannbe Tough Guy. When confronted by a real man 90% back down and sum even start crying ,,, Please don't hit me. Granted sum are from abused homes and not right in the head.... Now Ladies any guy who hit's you isn't worth your time , and for those with very little selfastime Please find help.
I have more respect for those who steal , than those who Beat Women and children. And to the Teens you better start re-thinking about life. It's not a viedo game thier are no Restarts In the Real World.
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julissa
8:43PM 8:43PM Mar 15th 2009
OMG parents should question there children at home asking them that same question. If their children respond yes its the her fault then those parents should take there kids down to a battered womens shelter and then to a jail to see where these scumbags wind up. Give them an ultra dose of reality. My mother did just that to my brother when he was young. Some kids need a reality check and parents should open there eyes you know what you have raised, some kids just come out that way regardless of the morals and good education provided. So those children need extra guidance and maybe even a shocking dose of reality.
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winsjoe
12:35AM 12:35AM Mar 16th 2009
Laura,
It doesn't do any good to try to convince people of the obvious. Marsha can't see anything racist in the purposefully inflamitory and obviously racist comments by the shallow-minded "wolfster9," and Angelia thinks Obama is going to take her freedom away (as if Bush didn't make great strides in that direction) because that's what she saw on Fox News. So leave please leave these posts to the uneducated lemmings who believe Rush and Hannity are the new Messiahs. They are fringe thinkers who are interested more in being right than in this world getting better.
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Teacher
7:44AM 7:44AM Mar 16th 2009
The text of the original article :"The results of the survey, conducted by the Boston Public Health Commission across the city and equally among boys and girls,"..........................Now, this 'writer's' rephrasing:"The results were part of a survey conducted by the Boston Health Commission and were found to be equally among boys and girls."
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"found to be equally"? If you're going to plagiarize, at least copy with literacy.
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