Chris Brown: do you accept his apology? A poll.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?blogid=95&entry_id=43964 - http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2009/07/chris-brown-do-you-accept-his-apology.... - Today, singer Chris Brown, who violently struck his girlfriend the lovely and talented Rihanna earlier this year, gave a video-based apology to his fans and the World on his website and YouTube.


To review the story, Brown was arrested in the early morning hours after he and Rihanna had an argument over a text message she found in his phone from one of Brown's lovers that Rihanna didn't know the existence of. What Brown did during the argument was horrifying, CNN.com reports: The incident began when Rihanna, who was riding in the sports car driven by Brown, found a text message on his cell phone from "a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with," according to a sworn statement by Los Angeles Police Detective DeShon Andrews. "A verbal argument ensued," followed by the physical attack, the statement said. It went on to describe the assault in great detail, saying Brown punched Rihanna numerous times and put her in a headlock, restricting her breathing and causing her to start to lose consciousness. He threatened to beat her and kill her, according to the statement, and he bit her ear and her fingers. Eventually, "Robyn F. began screaming for help and Brown exited the vehicle and walked away," the statement said. "A resident in the neighborhood heard Robyn F.'s plea for help and called 911, causing a police response. An investigation was conducted and Robyn F. was issued a Domestic Violence Emergency Protective Order."


That's a terrible level of violence and so much so that I personally find it hard to believe the appology he gave, and you can see in my video above. In an effort to gauge public opinion in the wake of Chris Brown's video, I created this poll:


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The poll captures not just the "Yes, I believe him" or "No, I don't" choices, it has three others: Yes, but I believe he cares more about his career than Rihanna; Sort-of. I need to see more from him; and Chris doesn't need to apologize for anything.


The last choice is deliberately controversial. It came from an episode of Oprah I happened to see where she and Tyra Banks had what could be called a kind of "town-hall" studio meeting on the incident in March. There' a teenager said "I kind of think she deserved it. If a girl has enough nerves to hit a boy, she should get hit back." That (not mentioned in the Salon blog article for some reason) set both Oprah and Tyra into orbit, and me too. I could not believe what I was hearing, but she said it.


I wanted to capture that view with this poll, if possible. Of course, given the fact that I'm focusing on it here, that it's rather ugly, and a choice in the poll, means those who would normally pick that choice may avoid it here. Still, one never knows so here it is in the poll.


What do you think? Take the poll and let's see what you and the public thinks. My view is Chris made the video for himself; he never once mentions Rihanna in the video and since she was the focus of his anger, she should be the first person on his mind beyond his fans. That's telling and may also mean Brown really feels no remorse for what he did to her, but what he did to his career.


The sentence of "labor" was really stupid. Brown's a public figure and should have been made to be a spokesperson against domestic violence, not just taking some course in anger management. What the judge was thinking here, I don't know, but it was the wrong way to go.

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[TheMrPOPROCK]

who gives a shit rihanna is just another person whos been hit in there life damn if non celberties did this you wouldnt care so just get back to your life and leave them alone

[tman229]

Choice E was probably the closest but it missed it's mark. I feel that Chris doesn't need to apologize to anybody but Rihanna herself and maybe the family. This should not have gone out in public because it is none of our business. There are alot of women beaters that never makes in on the new but because Chris is a celebrity and is known he has to be put out? Also now this somehow affects Chris as an artist and his music gets taken off? Simply ridiculous.

[sexyspamspamspam24]

i accept the apology, but it still doesn't make it any better.

[5150reneenay]

didnt she cheat on him and give him an std... i dont blame him if this is true

[oreohope]

he looks like hes looking at a paper REHERSED SHIT

[deejay61498]

Ya ugly bald ass..

[ohcalcutta81]

chris brown is a girl-punching ass. he's sorry because he got caught.

[006Keke]

4 get it chirs ur sexy bet that seems so fake like sme 1 wrote it 4 u

[JayDahPhenom14]

@jjfabulous100 first of all you never put your hands on a girl, wonman, lady ,basically anyone .Then your famous so you really should had thought is this what I need to do or do i need to go to rehab cause I want to hit a girl right know .you should have know chirs that your going to be on news for doing this .

[caligurlswagg32]

i mean im NOT tryin to be mean

[caligurlswagg32]

first of all rhianna shouldve neva touch his phone "bitch" its not ur phone if he cheatin on u he cheatin god-damn ndd if she upseted him the bitch got beat the hell up i mean com on chris u beat her ass nd rhianna "WTF" bitch did anyone teach u how to fight god-damn gurls need to learn to fight i mean cmon chris brown nd rhianna u guys dealt with this bullshit now move the fuck on ndd make more music ! okay im tryin to be mean or take anysides so yep thts all i gotta say -caligurl

[urtubehead]

bitches need to get punched wtfbro