Mark Wahlberg asking for a pardon... everyone has a past

He might have changed, but that doesn't mean that we should not "forget" about what he's done. The injured cannot ask for his vision back, he doesn't get to erase that from his past.
He obviously his motivated to do this for his business, because as we've seen his rise to fame it has not held him back in his acting career.

Just watched the CNN bit where this "pop culture" editor was saying that we should commend him for doing this. You gotta be kidding me....
 
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/...ze-for-hate-crime-before-asking-for-a-pardon/


Crazy idea: Mark Wahlberg should apologize for hate crime *before* asking for a pardon


Mark Wahlberg is seeking a pardon for the various hate crimes he has underneath his belt. You may not know this, but Mark Wahlberg has quite an impressive record when it comes to terrorizing people of color. In 1988, Wahlberg approached a Vietnamese man, whom he called “A Vietnam f*cking sh*t,” and then hit on the head with a wooden stick, breaking it in half and knocking the man unconscious. He fled the police and punched a second man in the face, also Vietnamese, because he’s productive and consistent like that, leaving the victim blind in one eye. After he was arrested, Wahlberg made several statements about “go*ks” and “slant-eyed go*ks.”

Wahlberg has been very inclusive in his hate crimes. He also, for instance, chased after African American school children, calling them “n*ggers,” and hit two female school children with rocks.

Though he was charged with attempted murder, Walhberg pleaded guilty to assault, and was given two years and served 45 days.

As if serving less than two months in jail for blinding and assaulting people based on their ethnicity isn’t hard enough, Wahlberg has been more scarred than the victims of his crimes. How? Yes, he’s been able to be a model, a singer, an actor and an entrepreneur. And Forbes estimates his net worth at $200 million.

And yet, Wahlberg’s felony conviction, “can potentially be the bases to deny me a concessionaire’s license in California and elsewhere.” This isn’t just a hypothetical denial of liberty. This is a huge deal for Wahlberg, who owns Wahlburgers restaurant. I can only hope the restaurant’s food is as delicious as its name is clever.

But it’s not about the liquor license. It’s about principle, something Wahlberg has a lot of. In his petition for a criminal pardon to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick , he explains,

I am deeply sorry for the actions that I took on the night of April 8, 1988, as well as for any lasting damage I may have caused the victims … Since that time, I have dedicated myself to becoming a better person and citizen so that I can be a role model to my children and others… My hope is that, if I receive a pardon, troubled youths will see this as an inspiration and motivation that they too can turn their lives around.

Of course, Wahlberg’s becoming a role model and better person involves seeking the forgiveness of his victims, right? Well, not exactly. In an ABC interview, Wahlberg revealed that he hadn’t yet gotten around to it. But you know what? Who cares? Not Wahlberg. Because at the end of the day, the important thing is to forgive yourself. As he explains in the interview,

You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn’t until I really started doing good and doing right by other people, as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don’t have a problem going to sleep at night. I feel good when I wake up in the morning.

I’m glad Walhberg ins’t worrying his boxy big head over how his victims feel when they wake up in the morning, or, like, ever.
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Crazy to hear the man with the missing eye who fought along side Americans against communists has forgiven him.
 
Why do they keep saying he blinded him? Yes he left him blind but the guy was blind before the altercation.
 
forgiving someone that punched you in the face doesn't seem unrealistic to me.
 
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Esaw612 said:
Not sure if posted... But... 
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I follow artemusgordon too
Dude be dropping jewels
And yeah pretty much only reason he wants a pardon is to expand his burger spot
And get a liquor license in Cali
Can't have a felony and get one
 
KiefUrban said:
Why do they keep saying he blinded him? Yes he left him blind but the guy was blind before the altercation.
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I know what you meant but this is 
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nawghtyhare said:
He's white though so probably not
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lol it doesn't matter what color you are. If you think poor white kids from dorchester are treated any different than blacks you are misinformed. We have mandatory minimums and they don't care what color you are.
 
TreyStylezPopz said:
Yes exactly, i don't give a damn what you call me, a insult is an insult.


A white person can say the n word once and the whole damn AF american race gets but hurt. But a black person can call the white man every word in the book and most just laugh, its a joke.


A white person can call every black person in the room a N. As long as he excludes me I don't give a damn.



"Everybody in here is a N except for Trey"

Me: Say no more... Carry on...
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alp said:
 
TreyStylezPopz said:
Yes exactly, i don't give a damn what you call me, a insult is an insult.


A white person can say the n word once and the whole damn AF american race gets but hurt. But a black person can call the white man every word in the book and most just laugh, its a joke.


A white person can call every black person in the room a N. As long as he excludes me I don't give a damn.



"Everybody in here is a N except for Trey"

Me: Say no more... Carry on...
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shut the hell up 
 
StillIn729 said:
I bet all the self righteous people in here have watched his movies knowing his history
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While I didn't know this specifically I have no problem watching his average to good movies for free. Don't think I've ever paid to see a movie he's in and overall you'll just have to get use to watching movies and tv shows where the ppl who star in them are rapists, murders, and racist in real life.
boxer15 said:
DON RAMON said:
that's a really offensive statement in so many ways
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I apologize if you're offended, but in the poor working class areas of Massachusetts, racism is long standing.

Is it less offensive to you with the knowledge that I too am white?
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I remember in one thread this one NTer tried to front like Boston and most of Mass. didn't have a long *** history of being horrendously racist as **** especially for an East coast town.
StillIn729 said:
seasoned vet said:
clearly you're missing something

everyone agrees that people make mistakes, yet you keep saying this

the problem is part of growing up is admitting to your old ways

if your old ways were hurtful to others apologizing to those you hurt

growing up takes alot more than looking back on your past with a chuckle saying 'remember when i used to'

if you cant cop to your old ways?

if you cant apologize to those you've hurt?

then you havent grown up. sorry.
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you sound like a bitter dude
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You sound like you an irresponsible dude and/or rotten human being if you disagree with his post.
 
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