from wikipedia

And as I was looking at those towers that were destroyed in Lebanon, it occurred to me that we have to punish the transgressor with the same, and that we had to destroy the towers in America, so that they taste what we tasted and they stop killing our women and children.

Videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera TV as reported by CNN (29 October 2004)

If only it were legal to beat people who videotape their fucking TVs and upload it to the internet...

I am waiting to learn how this is some elaborate viral ad for Vodka. No good reason why they were videotaping. Even less good reason why the photographer didn't make a goddamn sound.

So who was who in it's natural habitat there?

We need another Australian guy being videotaped and then commenting about the both of them so we can get a better understanding. Then finally a Discovery helicopter overhead showing us the calamity caused by the hypnotoad.

It can't be too bad; the guy filming was slipping on the rain soaked ground every-time he got caught in the headlights, or it was a girl with high heels. You never can tell with those neighbors.


All glory to his presence. #1 in sci-fi, comedy, drama, news, sports, and romantic comedies!

Five or ten years ago, it seemed like we were moving away from that direction. Sitcoms like Malcom in the Middle and Arrested Development didn't have laugh tracks, and they were much better for it (they also weren't produced like videotaped stage plays, which helped). But no, back to the bottom of the barrel for us.
>> ^rychan:

The scenario is somewhat amusing, but the writing and canned laughter is freaking terrible. And don't give me that live studio audience BS.

If those pillocks had simply helped their fellow human being, rather than videotaping and laughing, maybe their house would be okay. Karma, bitches.

The biggest fail in this video is the lack of help from the bystander videotaping the shenanigans.

From Dr Phil's Website:

Dr. Phil plays a video of Jessica standing in her bathroom yelling at her 7-year-old son, Kristoff. Dr. Phil interrupts the tape before its completion and turns to the mom of six.

“So that makes sense to you?” he asks, indicating her discipline techniques.

“I don’t know what to do with this child,” she replies.

“I’m just going to tell you up front, there is no theory under which that is going to work. There is no theory under which that makes sense,” Dr. Phil says. “You had to know that was going to be my attitude about this.”

“Of course,” she says.

When the videotape ends, mouths hang open, and many audience members wipe away tears.

“I need to say this and be very clear. We didn’t shoot that tape. Your daughter shot that tape,” Dr. Phil reminds Jessica. “Because if I had a camera crew in your home shooting that, and they didn’t intervene and stop it, there would be something seriously wrong with my camera crew. I think anybody would look at that and say that that is absolutely outrageous, it is over the top, it is abusive, it is inefficient, it is out of control. I’m sorry. I just have to tell you the truth.”

“You’re completely entitled to your opinions,” Jessica says. “That’s why I’m here.”

“I’m glad you are here, because I’m telling you, that has to stop,” Dr. Phil warns Jessica. “If you say you’ve been through everything — you’ve tried time-outs, you’ve done this, you’ve done that — if you’re down to that, then you need to give the child up, because you are out of control. Somebody in the audience yelled out, ‘That is evil.’ I don’t believe that. I don’t believe you’re an evil person. I think you are misguided. I think you think you’re doing the only thing you know how to do, but that is totally unacceptable.”

“Then tell me what I need to do with him,” Jessica says in frustration.

Dr. Phil explains what Jessica means in the videotape when she says Kristoff “pulled three cards" at school. Green means good job, yellow is a warning, blue is a time-out, orange means removal from class and red means a trip to the principal’s office. “He had three cards that day. What were they for?” Dr. Phil asks.

“He was throwing pencils, he was sword fighting with another child, and he was acting out in another class,” Jessica replies.

“Your theory is, based on that, he then lied about it? He didn’t tell you he got the three?”

“Correct.”

“Let me tell you, I would lie 100 out of 100 times. You are teaching him to lie,” Dr. Phil points out. “Based on results, what you’re doing isn’t working.”

“So tell me what will,” Jessica says. “I will be happy to abandon all of that.”

“I believe you are desperate for answers,” Dr. Phil notes.

In an interview, Jessica’s husband, Gary, explains how he feels about his wife’s methods for disciplining Kristoff. “Jessica is more frustrated than angry, because we’ve added more kids to the house. When Jessica gets frustrated, I see her having a shorter temper. Kristoff has not reacted to much of our discipline,” he says. “The idea for hot sauce came up from my wife talking to a friend of hers. In the military, we use cold showers for discipline, basically to get people’s attention. When Kristoff gets a cold shower, he pays attention at the moment. I feel like I’m strict with my kids.”

When the videotape ends, Dr. Phil turns to Jessica. “You believe that, in fact, he has reactive attachment disorder,” he says, referring to her adopted son.

“Correct,” she answers.

“Is that your diagnosis, or has he been seen by a professional who has rendered that diagnosis?”

“He was seen by a professional for a while, but I don’t know if that professional diagnosed him as reactive attachment disorder,” Jessica replies.

“He is a twin, and his brother is not like this at all,” Dr. Phil points out.

http://www.drphil.com/slideshows/slideshow/6062/?id=6062&showID=1545

Also:
Reactive attachment disorder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_attachment_disorder

>> ^NicoleBee:

Oh jeez, guys.


Is this the first time you've been videotaped..?

I'm not sure if anyone else has said this but, I'm pretty sure the guy videotaping is Mr. Mackey from South Park... you know the guy that says "M'kay".

>> ^GreatJusticeV:

Actually, a friend of mine was at this convention, and he found out from Mr. Spiner himself about this.
According to him, he's totally fine with being photographed -- he just doesn't like being videotaped. He said unlike (most) photos, videos can be manipulated and misconstrued, and he would rather control what footage of him gets out to the public...which, I'm assuming, is why he just did NOTHING in this video.
Aww, poor baby. Being misconstrued is indeed a torture of the damned! Big time eyeroll.

Actually, a friend of mine was at this convention, and he found out from Mr. Spiner himself about this.

According to him, he's totally fine with being photographed -- he just doesn't like being videotaped. He said unlike (most) photos, videos can be manipulated and misconstrued, and he would rather control what footage of him gets out to the public...which, I'm assuming, is why he just did NOTHING in this video.

/sigh

I stated this earlier today on a different video, but I believe it deserves to be stated again.

If you're really dumb enough to videotape yourself doing something (i'm not sure if this is or not, but i'll add: possibly) illegal, and put it on the internet.. you deserve whatever is coming to you.

I think they meant tape as in videotape, how embarrassed is she going to be when she finds out? silly Eva

>> ^longde:

I like the video, but I disagree. If that group did get a permit to use the space, they have a right to exclude people from the space they were allotted. I guess it comes down to what permit they obtained.
I can get a permit to use portions of the public park for private events. I then have the right to exclude people from those events in the area I have rented.


I agree with what you're saying, but they possibly only had a permit for public speaking. That doesn't mean they can also police the area and kick out citizens for whatever reason they want.

And I'm not sure any judge would agree that videotaping someone is a form of protest.