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Originally Posted by gammawolf
No, I'm not letting Michael off the hook on this one because of the heckling. I've gone to the Comedy store hundreds of times and hecklers are about as common as roadies to rock stars. They are always there and the sheer brilliance of some comedians really shines when dealing with hecklers. I've seen comedians flip the situation entirely with a heckler and make them look stupid as all hell and the audience will laugh their ass off!
Michael is not a standup comedian and his breakdown was just plain baaaaaaad. The heckler shares small responsibility but on the stage there, anything can happen and comedians know that.
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I'm not saying that Richards should not be held accountable for what he said. My point is just because what he said, doesn't make him a racist. Yes hecklers are always there, but are you telling me just because they are there they don't bear some kind of responsibility?
What happened before the outburst, doesn't that have some bearing on the situtation? Hey we invaded Europe in WWII are we wrong, just because some nutty Austrian was running rampant has nothing to do with it?
I'm saying that we only have one side of the story right now and we need to have the full story before we start casting stones.