In response to
"maybe the answer is, he doesn't *have* to, but if he wants to be at the top again and make endorsement money, he probably does."
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TFox
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I understand, from a business/brand perspective, why he chose to make the statement.
Posted by
ty97
Feb 19 '10, 08:36
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I don't understand why we as a society seem to have deemed ourselves deserving of the statement.
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In this case I don't think it's about us feeling entitled. But we are entitled to think he's a dick because of his behavior. If he doesn't want to
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pmb
Feb 19, 08:42
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Because we're a society of consumers, and we don't want to consume things we don't approve of -- nm
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Roger More
Feb 19, 08:39
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because by elevating him to the stature he holds in society, we demand that he demonstrate and reinforce our values rather than his own.
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znufrii
Feb 19, 08:38
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well, you know, we're entitled to everything, ty97. we were Time's Person of the Year, for effs sake. -- nm
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TFox
Feb 19, 08:38
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