David Blaine: D'you think the sun shines out of your a$$?

Laurie Parker is a very angry lady. With reason I guess.

Somebody's got to shoot him down at some point... no?

funnier still if we killed his dog and winched it's corpse up alongside him.

I'd DIE with laughter.

Hey,

Ok, some of you might think he is a prick and all. However, don't you think you should cut him some slack? We all make money by doing things that other people could never get the chance to do, we are all guilty of taking things for granted....so chill out. Surely if you do hate him as much as you say you do you would welcome his attempt to push himself to the brink of death?

Don't get me wrong, I don't love the guy, but he does show what the human body can endure. He makes people think about the fact that others have to put up with this as a way of life. He is doing something different, as fans of alternative music as I assume you are by reading DIS- don't you approve of people that take a break from the norm?

I don't know, i reckon there are people that are worse people out there than David Blane, and better causes to get worked up about.

Then again, thats just my opinion.

And a very sensible opinion at that. In saying that, I can see Lauries point of view as well and where she is coming from. The whole stunts side of David I don't really get, I understand he wants to push the boundaries although I feel there is more to his reasoning for doing it then he lets on. When push comes to shove, the man is a great magician (although not as good as Penn & Teller) and it seems nearly all magicians have issues of one kind or another. He is the next in the great magic cirlces lines of intrigue.

Well said!!!
Instead of wasting your time writing this article, why don't you go off flying food parcels to the needy or something.
hippy.

a good point was made.
also, even if he is for real, the water he claims to be living on is being fed through a drip. you can't put just water direct into the blood stream, it'll go all manky like. it has to have nutrients in it. so he's not not eating.

also the assumption that everyone cares would be a silly one. people will forget, and nothing will be different. i don't think heroes exist anymore do they?
it's like you can't imagine any of today's bands being as celebrated as Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd (etc) are, equally i doubt people will, 20 years down the line, see monsieur blaine as a Houdini equal.

shazam.

I think it's misguided to acknowledge this for anything more than an (admittedly original) extravagent money-making publicity stunt.

I wouldn't waste your time arguing. You could be on the Thames throwing dead chickens at Blaine.

I don't hate HIM himself. I just think it's really insulting to history and to all the people living in abject poverty and starvation all over the world for him to swan around like he's doing something revolutionary. And make loads of money off it.

he wont die, i bet the soo called water he is receiving is filled with nutrients and all that malarky that will keep u alive no problem

Whatever dude! What makes your 'fuck off' message to me any less sanctimonious than my article? You don't know me, you don't know to say if I'm being hypocritical. Besides, what says juvenile: the people throwing stuff at the guy's box or the people articulating why he's full of shit?

I think the language you used here makes it pretty clear who the 'whining juvenile twerp' is.

What, the only whining juvenile twerp? ;)

Naw, you're alright like. :P

Why the question mark?

Let's all be friends, kids.
Nobody is actually disputing David Blaine is an absolute gay after all.

Neil, you really are Tom's best mate aren't ya!
Even talk like him. Petal!

No I meant, 'Am I the only one who didn't make sense of your nonsensical, illiterate gibberings'.

It's not tactful to attack articles about publicity stunts for being hypocritical. And i bet you ain't a real captain.

Ah, the man Blaine's turned into a bit of a buffoon, hence only watching his Bo Selecta counterpart anymore. I didn't realise he was billing this as some sort of insight into the human ability to adapt to suffering or something or other, but if he is, that makes him more of a gimp.

It's all just hype at the end of the day, selling a TV show... and we all know TV shows are just pointless interuptions between commercial breaks to TV companies.

I like David Blaine. There, I've said it. Having said that, I fail to see the point in his latest stunt. But to anyone who says it's about the money, look... David Blaine could be in Faberge Eggs for the rest of his life if he just stuck to his street magic, so the truth is a little more complex than that.

As for the whole 'disrespect to third world' thing... come on. Don't be ridiculous. Start with politicians on that one. Not an illusionist. There are so many people who do so much bad in the world. Not just politicians, but the idiots that the average person deals with in their office/ school/ college every day. Thousands upon thousands of people are bigger candidates for your scorn over what's wrong with the world than David Blaine.

Personally, I judge people by whether they put something back. If life gives you a good break, you can afford to put something back - be it some of your time, money, whatever. I wouldn't be surprised if I found that David Blaine does, but of course all celebrities are in that trap - talk about it and people have a pop, say nothing and people think you're just in it for yourself. He can't win, but fortunately I suspect he doesn't care.

In another thread, someone suggested chucking stuff at him (yes, that makes YOU a better person than him then doesn't it?) and another suggested using laser pointers. Of course, being from the States that'll probably make him think a sniper is targetting him. Hilarious, I'm sure you'll agree. For anyone considering going down and making his life a misery today, why not take the 20 minutes you were going to waste on that and do something good with it instead?

Cheers,
Damian.

People who have died while starving themselves in protest over the years lasted longer than 44 days, even without the water drip and it's nutrients. He isn't really proving anything except how gullible and uninformed this country is.

So... you're suggesting we should get into a semantic argument about what is precisely the right level of cruelty to inflict? Ice cream - good. Lasers - bad. Righto.

How about if (as I suggested in another thread) ANYONE planning to go down there just to make a nuisance of themselves took the bit of time they were going to spend on that and went and did something positive with it instead?

Well justified. I'll let you off!

and Richey Edwards of course.

*pats box*

there there, Richey.

one man starving himself by choice to make millions
millions starving without a choice

As a general piss take of david blaine, here is a tune dedicated to him.....

http://www.dynamicwave.freeserve.co.uk/ldb/ldb_-_Mysterious_World_of_David_Blaine.mp3