The death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn is still fresh in many minds as more details emerge from the car accident on June 20th. Many of us who remember the humble CKY beginnings more then 10 years ago were left with the question, "What's going to happen to Jackass?".
I understand as a viewer that Ryan Dunn wasn't the only personality who was a part of Jackass, so you would think the show would go on. However, I also understand that Jackass was not just a tv show... these guys were practically brothers. We aren't talking about hired celebrities who act out scripted scenes.
In my opinion, Bam Margera will never recover from this. I don't know him personally, but most of us have seen his projects on tv over the years and he never seemed to be a stable psyche. Bam found himself in the hospital in July 2009, due to dehydration from a 4 day drinking bender based on marital problems with his wife Missy. They're still together. Bam just lost what he saw as a bestfriend and brother and he's not handling it well.
Regardless of how this tragedy will affect lives, I really wanted to talk about what happened at the crash site.
Just hours after the investigators left, crazed...er... fans?... were scouring the wooded areas around the crash site, making off with the remaining pieces of Dunn's customized Porsche 911 GT3 (tampering with evidence) that were still left, and whatever else they could find. Even worse, some of the first responders to the site had their treasure finds for sale on eBay just minutes later. This type of behavior makes me sick.
I can understand if family members were there paying their condolences and trying to salvage any last memory they could of Ryan. But these were regular (sick) people, looking to make a quick buck off of a celebrity death. And it gets worse.
Yesterday, TMZ reported that the crash site was vandalized, accompanied with pictures showing "Ritch (sic) Pr*ck" spray-painted along the guard rail. What good does that do anyone? I'ts good to know that some people get a kick out of desecrating a memorial. Nobody is allowed to just rest in peace anymore.
To top it off, everybody's favorite hate-mongering religious extremists, the Westboro Baptist Church, has protested at the crash site, though they deny any involvement in the vandalism. Ummm... really? Clearly there is nothing better for these people to do. How do you protest a crash site anyway? I didn't know WBC was specifically anti-Ryan Dunn.
(sidenote: I'm not accusing the WBC of the vandalism, I just thought it was interesting they made a statement clearing their name.)
The Jackass Crew's outlandish behavior caused many to think something like this would have happened years ago. Now, over 10 years after its start, the future of Jackass and its stars are clearly in jeopardy. One thing is certain, Ryan Dunn will be dearly missed. And the car in the condom clip from the first Jackass movie will never, ever be forgotten.
-Anderson Rowe
So start with the WBC- They're a family of lawyers, and try to sue anything they can, and stay within their "legal rights" to the full extent. Therefore, I can guarantee one hundred percent that they did not vandalize the crash sight. Plus, they probably would not have spelled RICH with a T. Thus, not them
ReplyDeleteThe next point I'd like to make is the resting in peace and how no one can do it anymore. This is the truth and then some. It seems as though no matter who it is that passes, we can all rest assured that someone will crucify the person with a flagrant disregard for human dignity. Case and point? Remember when Mr. Gans died? And everyone started flairing about with rumors of him being a horrible parent, a drug addict, etc.? And yet the students who knew the Gans family would have never even muttered a word under their breath about it. And for all those rumors to be thrown about right after the death, while the entire family still grieved. Or when my dad died, and the media had posted an obituary without the family's approval, to which an outstanding number of people informed my family that my dad was burning in hell and judgment day was harsh... etc etc etc. And this doesn't even necessarily coincide with just death. Look at football stars who partake in alleged sex scandals, whether ever proven guilty or not, people run their mouths like their personal friends of theirs, and as though they have all the facts.
Another case and point? Brandon Wimberly got shot outside a "club" in Reno two weekends ago. The story broke on ESPN, since he was a football player at UNR (quite good too). And what were the responses? People across the nation blaming him for being out late at night in Reno, for not being smart enough to stop the argument before it escalated, etc etc. Rather than stating things such as, wow, the poor kid will never get to play football again and that was his life aspiration.
Just saying... For those bible thumpers out there who "whole heartedly" believe the word of God and live it... There is a passage that states, he who lives without sin may cast the first stone.
Who, therefore, is in the wrong?