Honestly, there are some things I run across in this world that just make me shake my head and wonder...why?
The latest viral video to hit the Internet is of teen celebrity Justin Bieber getting hit in the head by a water bottle thrown from the audience during a concert. Yes, he's a celebrity and fame brings its own inherent risks, and usually a certain amount of envy disguised as disdain. But is it really that amusing to see the kid get smacked in the head? More important, is it really so relevant that it needs to be picked up by news agencies?
As I watched this on the news I couldn't help but think of all of the adults tuning in to watch, a snicker and a smile on their faces. Have we really grown so immature that we actually enjoy seeing some kid get knocked upside the head with a water bottle?
And I also couldn't help but wonder at an audience who would just sit there. Bieber says, "I don’t know why she just threw that at me." Obviously he knew who threw it, so they knew as well. I remember a day when that type of behavior guaranteed someone a massive ass-beating from outraged audience members. Viva la Iron Maiden! Vigilante fan justice! I guess those days are gone.
Watching the crowd beat the crap out the bottle thrower would have been a far more interesting video, I think, or if it had been Paris Hilton getting clocked one...then yeah. That would be fun.
There is one good thing to come out of this though. Thanks to CBS' fine in-depth reporting, I now know how to pronounce his last name.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - mc
SHAME BUT THEY SHUD HAVE THROWN A BRICK INSTEAD
2 - melanie
no, it should have been a bullet.
3 - justin hater49
from a fitty
4 - Roger Steinbeck
"Have we really grown so immature that we actually enjoy seeing some kid get knocked upside the head with a water bottle?"
Yes. Moreover, it's funny as hell!
5 - Chloe
Should have been glass xDD
6 - tekitha x
i love him i am 11 and im disapointed in you lot im yonger and i have more common sence the you lot ,who are obvisly older then me , fik you self lucky
7 - alex
We can see you're 11 by your spelling its 'sense', 'disappointed', 'younger', 'obviously' and 'think'. But yes, it was hilarious and it amused me, Immature is just a word boring people use to describe fun people; remember that
8 - Ryan
Hahaha tekitha x if you are going to try and troll, try and spell correctly so it doesn't fail horribly.
9 - Dougie
That's an 11 year old? Get thee arse to school child, and remember, spell checker is your friend.
I don't know who threw that bottle, but I'm thinking Major Leagues. What an arm. What precision. The Red Sux should sign her!
10 - Rj
Really? The kid's 16. Show a little maturity, and stop bagging on the guy. Blame the business that makes him sing the crappy love songs. He makes little girls everywhere smile and clap for joy. How many of you do that? Get over yourselves.
11 - Alice
Tekitha x, first, you are a disgrace to eleven year olds around the world. Get out of the internet world, okay? Unless you learn how to spell. Then you are welcome to come back. Us eleven year olds don't like nooblets.
And not all eleven year olds are crazy about Justin Bieber. I, for one, don't have any interest in him. Sure, he makes a lot of girls happy. Good for him.
12 - asdgasdgasdfhadfhadfh
i cannot believe that you just said viva la iron maiden, but you are standing up for justin bieber. just to let you know if metalheads knew liked that prepubescent girl they would kick your ass. goo fuck yourself
13 - tink
eRage much?
14 - A...&W
Watching the crowd beat the crap out of Beiber would have been funnier. What you call, 'envy disguised as disdain,' is, in alot of cases, just disgust. I hate pop music, along with pop stars, for very simple reasons, they act like a god. This kid doesn't have the kinda of fans who defend him, because he attracts the lazy general population who'll never do anything worth shit, exactly like him. There, I said it.
15 - boing
Watching the girl get beat up would be funnier? This was obviously written by a Bieber fanatic...
But to answer, YES it was very fun to watch him get hit and here's another viral video of him getting hit in head by angry young girl.
16 - Holly Go Lightly
Paris Hilton could take a beer bottle to the head and still not whine like he did.
17 - fazzi
WASTEMANSSSSS; STOP HATING ON AN 11 YEAR OLD! JB is amazing and his songs are wicked :)
18 - Yshoulditellyou
I think there's something wrong w/ Justin's voice. He should really go see a docter. A VOCAL docter. Really, he sounds like a girl. If i didnt know any better i'd say he WAS a girl. How he got famous who knows. And not everyone likes him. Everyone in my class hates him.
19 - Christopher Rose
fazzi, if you think Bieber is amazing, you desperately need to get out some more...
20 - dontgetmestarted
You're right. A viral video of Justin Bieber is not news and shouldn't be treated as such, but this whole comment thread just proves the point that even respected, so called "News Services" need pop music freaks like Bieber, Lady Gaga, and yes, even Paris 'if I only had a brain' Hilton to sell themselves to the brainwashed masses. If they don't cover it someone else will and they'll get a million viewers. They're no more than pop culture whores feeding of the names of celebrities who have accomplished nothing and who is more famous for being famous than any worthwhile talent they offer the world. This thread also proves that you're no better than they are. If they're media whores for using his name in the news clip to get viewers, then you're a whore for using his name to get attention to your writing. Congratulations. You are now a real journalist.
21 - Sommerfeldt
Okay, so it's not news. Okay, so I haven't seen the video, but I still think it's probably funny. But hey, Geek Girl - if you don't think seeing Justin get smacked upside the head by a bottle, why would it be funnier with Paris Hilton? Is she somehow more deserving? Or is it funnier? Paris Hilton is so old news that seeing her getting hit with anything (those over 11 will understand...) isn't funny anymore.
Anyway. The video is funny (just watched it while writing this). At least a few hundred thousand people agree on that.
22 - smoker74
who is Justin Beiber? hahahahaha....oh wait, now I remember~a little boy that can fake his talent by the use of technology and make believe he actually is an accomplished vocalist, musician, or pop star? what a joke. guess that's why someone whipped a water bottle at him, lolz
23 - A Geek Girl
I was being ironical. Hence, Paris Hilton would be funnier and bloody brawl would have been much more fun. It's okay, I'm used to being misunderstood. Just my sense of humor.
I have no idea who Bieber is, so amusing to me to see he actually made news headlines. You say he's a singer, okay. I'll take your word for it, though I've never heard him that I know of.
24 - choose012e
u guys vi love the guy i think he is awesome un dont have to be mean hes 16 im 9 and im that mature even if i did not like him i still would not say that stuff im nice
25 - choose012e
you guys r just mean i like him