Re: Sean Penn appears to have lost his mind
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:54 pm
SimonM_89 wrote:Just posting here to say this: Sean Bean>>Sean Penn.
Sean Bean is insulted that you felt that needed posting.
SimonM_89 wrote:Just posting here to say this: Sean Bean>>Sean Penn.
Lagamorph wrote:And all footballers are stereotypically thick. Otherwise they'd have real jobs that actually contributed something to society.
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:And all footballers are stereotypically thick. Otherwise they'd have real jobs that actually contributed something to society.
Entertainment is just as valid a contribution to society as anything else.
Lagamorph wrote:jamcc wrote:Oh dear Laga.
I don't know what's more distressing; the fact that you've misspelt the word or the fact that you think footballers are overpaid.
Or the fact that you think Messi is a stereotypically thick footballer.
Meh, a typo. Fixed it now.
And all footballers are stereotypically thick. Otherwise they'd have real jobs that actually contributed something to society.
Lagamorph wrote:Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:And all footballers are stereotypically thick. Otherwise they'd have real jobs that actually contributed something to society.
Entertainment is just as valid a contribution to society as anything else.
On that kind of pay they're probably draining more than they're contributing with the way ticket prices have to go up to compensate, leaving supporters with less money to spend elsewhere and bolster the economy.
Cuttooth wrote:You feel the same way about actors and musicians I hope.
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Cuttooth wrote:You feel the same way about actors and musicians I hope.
No, just things he doesn't personally enjoy.
Lagamorph wrote:Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Cuttooth wrote:You feel the same way about actors and musicians I hope.
No, just things he doesn't personally enjoy.
I do feel the same way about actors and musicians actually.
Lagamorph wrote:Back on topic, came across this great quote whilst browsing around,Over at the Telegraph, Tim Stanley, a professor of United States history at Oxford (he is working on a biography of Pat Buchanan), had come up with a novel riposte: Sean Penn, he said, should give up the keys to his Malibu estate, which, he argued, actually belongs to Mexico. “America’s claim over Malibu is tenuous and rooted in patriarchy,” he wrote, mimicking Penn’s tone. “Sean Penn’s house is a mocking reminder of that brute chauvinism, with its high white walls and spacious interiors. Its swimming pool is an insult to the honor of the Mexican people
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Cuttooth wrote:You feel the same way about actors and musicians I hope.
No, just things he doesn't personally enjoy.
I do feel the same way about actors and musicians actually.
Then you're an idiot with no clue how markets or consumers work.
Lagamorph wrote:I never understand how people can complain about the pay of people like MP's, yet say nothing about footballers, actors and musicians.
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:I never understand how people can complain about the pay of people like MP's, yet say nothing about footballers, actors and musicians.
With MPs, we don't have a choice but to pay. With footballers, actors and musicians, we do.
I never understand people who resent others who have more money than them.
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:I never understand how people can complain about the pay of people like MP's, yet say nothing about footballers, actors and musicians.
With MPs, we don't have a choice but to pay. With footballers, actors and musicians, we do.
I never understand people who resent others who have more money than them.
Lagamorph wrote:Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:I never understand how people can complain about the pay of people like MP's, yet say nothing about footballers, actors and musicians.
With MPs, we don't have a choice but to pay. With footballers, actors and musicians, we do.
I never understand people who resent others who have more money than them.
With footballers, I'd have to go out of my way to make sure I don't contribute towards them. It isn't just ticket sales that fund them after all. If I buy a product from a company that sponsors a football team, chances are that product is more expensive as a result of that sponsorship. It'd be just as hard to avoid contributing towards a footballers pay as it would to an MP's pay.
Besides, the average MP earns what, £62,000 a year? Premiership footballers make than in barely 2 weeks, less than a week in some cases.
I don't resent someone just because they have more money than me. My boss has more money than me, but I don't resent him for it. At least he has to work more than 4 or 5 hours a week for his money and doesn't steal that little bit more from football supporters every year by putting up ticket prices.
jamcc wrote:Lagamorph wrote:Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Lagamorph wrote:I never understand how people can complain about the pay of people like MP's, yet say nothing about footballers, actors and musicians.
With MPs, we don't have a choice but to pay. With footballers, actors and musicians, we do.
I never understand people who resent others who have more money than them.
With footballers, I'd have to go out of my way to make sure I don't contribute towards them. It isn't just ticket sales that fund them after all. If I buy a product from a company that sponsors a football team, chances are that product is more expensive as a result of that sponsorship. It'd be just as hard to avoid contributing towards a footballers pay as it would to an MP's pay.
Besides, the average MP earns what, £62,000 a year? Premiership footballers make than in barely 2 weeks, less than a week in some cases.
I don't resent someone just because they have more money than me. My boss has more money than me, but I don't resent him for it. At least he has to work more than 4 or 5 hours a week for his money and doesn't steal that little bit more from football supporters every year by putting up ticket prices.
You really think top level footballers work for 4 to 5 hours per week?
Premier League players often play 2 games in a week. That's 3 and a half hours. Are you saying their training, fitness, physio, etc can all be done in up to an hour and a half per week?
Also, with your reference to product price inflation that is true of many celebrities and the price increase is probably proportionately tiny.
Also, what Parksey said.
Preezy wrote:Footballers are private employees of private companies, they should be able to be paid whatever the hell their employers deem appropriate.
Lucien wrote:I never thought I'd see so many people defending what footballers are paid.