Hey Borat! Not Everyone's In on the Joke(Frat Brothers Drunk Made Anti-Semitic Remarks, Sue Film)

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[common denominator]

Talk to an alcoholic or better yet someone who has gone through AA.

Oft times there is huge remorse the day after. That is way part of the healing process is to apologize to those they have wronged while under the influence.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Where does Borat's "trustworthiness" come into this? He did not force the frat boys to act like idiots. They did that on their own and are now crying mea culpa after realizing they looked like absolute idiots.

[common denominator]

The trustworthiness comes into play because the frat boys are claiming they were tricked into appearing in the movie.

They were induced to make semi crude and semi racist remarks after they had been liquored up and taken to a motor home they didn't own.

They did not have the capacity to contract as they were drunk.

Also a fraud was perpetrated on them as they were lied to on many levels.

We have two stories to choose to believe.

Who's more trustworthy? Borat who made the movie with an agenda and felt the need to dupe the people who appeared on film or the frat boys?

You chose to trust the guy who allowed a 300 pound fat guy sit naked on his face and brought a bag of real or fake excrement to the table of a nice southern lady.

I trust the frat boys instead.

[I Hired Craig Livingstone]

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/xp-16655

[fight_truth_decay]

.... a look at any standard model/actor release form.....it is very explicit. There is always a 'hold harmless' clause.

Thanks, for the info. I was unaware of that clause. Makes total sense now.

[fight_truth_decay]

no evidence that alcohol makes people say things

I do believe that a person under the influence will say and act differently than if sober.

If anyone here can say that they have never felt anger toward another where an unacceptable harsh word could be said, raise you hand. Most of us KNOW it is socially unacceptable in your desired composite of who you are and who you want to be and do so repent that we so have those hateful feelings , even only if for a brief moment.

We keep check on these feelings, but if under the effects of a substance that alters our reasonable thinking, placed in an environment to incite a certain response; as in a feeding frenzy, I can see where socially unaccepted HIT words might surface. It was the intent of the director to push to the forefront a certain response with the aid of some intoxicant. We do not know the conversations beforehand that led to these responses. We also know young suicide bombers were often kept drunk or drugged for days to achieve a desired effect of mass murder.

In this case, I just wonder why it is always the N word or another ethnic slur that takes priority over ANY other unkind word that is meant to show Hate. The injured feelings of the recipient that result from the use of any hate word is the same.

One word is just more newsworthy than the others, but all achieving the same Punch effect.

[Dog Gone]

Any level of intoxication obviates the signor's clarity of thought and judgment and invalidates the contract.

What law school did this guy flunk out of?

That assertion is patently false.

[BossLady]

No problem. I worked in the entertainment industry for many years....thats how I know about all these little tidbits. ;)

[Erasmus]

It's a good thing Mel Gibson didn't pick him up.