No, he should have been still working. Just in a prison.
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Mad Men star Jon Hamm was charged with hazing in college days (1990)
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For the last 25 years?
Dion Blaster
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I think a few of us heard him on podcasts which is a much different more personal medium. It's surprising that someone who sounded so down to earth and well-humored would do something like this.
I watched people do worse at 17 in high school.. including curb stomping people; then just 4 years later ran into them at bars and they were practically crying apologizing for being such dirtbags in high school. Each and every one of them came from abusive families. It didn't excuse their actions but it put them in context for me; people definitely can change.. and most violent people were abused at some point (in my experience.)
I've also seen people be kind at 19 and then turn out to be pathological liars and borderline sociopaths.
Really shitty thing to do objectively. He was charged with some crimes; looks like they were a bit lenient, and he has generally stayed out of trouble since.
A success story of rehabilitation really. People can go in all different directions from these ages into their 20's and 30's.
I've also seen people be kind at 19 and then turn out to be pathological liars and borderline sociopaths.
Really shitty thing to do objectively. He was charged with some crimes; looks like they were a bit lenient, and he has generally stayed out of trouble since.
A success story of rehabilitation really. People can go in all different directions from these ages into their 20's and 30's.
How is a punch thrown by teens considered attempted murder, yet someone setting another on fire is lulz and boys will be boys?
triplestation
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Its like pottery
I mean, clearly because I have yet to light another human being on fire, beat them and find general behaviour of that sort, deplorable, I'm a *perfect* special snowflake.
Did anyone say that? Stop projecting. He was charged and got probation, so it's not like he got off.
way more
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Honestly, this isn't even the worst thing he's done. He's performed in blackface too.
That's not even funny. And I know whats funny because I know that all blackface is not funny. Also it was written by the women Tina Fey.
metalslimer
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Some people really don't seem to think people can change which is I find to be such a horribly depressing view.
I'm sure there's going to be at least 1 poster in this thread that will be an apologist for Hamm yet condemned someone within the past year for swiping cigars. My dad lost his parents in his teens too, he wasn't lighting people on fire smh.
There are plenty of apologists here bc it's Jon Hamm. Had the recent SAE scandals revealed they set a pledge afire there'd be less excuse making.
Probation for lighting someone on fire is hardly a punishment.
Dion Blaster
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Haha thanks! And yeah but I was still genuinely surprised to hear this.
Zeus Molecules
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jeez.... fuck Jon Hamm was a piece of shit....
And how the fuck did blackface get on nbc only a few years ago?
And how the fuck did blackface get on nbc only a few years ago?
The Illiterati
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Context counts.
Anyway, this is the last season of Mad Men i'll be supporting, thats for sure!
I will stop watching after this year as well. Fuck college Hamm
freenudemacusers
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how is this just surfacing now?
Now you're just reaching.
Hannibal Burress.
DontBeThatGuy
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PeskyToaster
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Yeah but if it worked and he never did it again then mission accomplished. That's the whole point, right? Unless punishment for a crime is supposed to accomplish something else?
The only people who truly believe 19 year olds are adults are 19 year olds who want to believe they are adults. At 19 you are little more than a child who can suddenly buy cigarettes. If anything you get dumber and less mature once you hit 18 and stay that way well into your 20's.
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As far as we know. It's possible he raped the entire cast from Matthew Weiner down to "Duck" Phillips.
Probably a slow news day + people wanting to find more dirt on Jon Hamm with his recent personal troubles. Celebrity news, it's vicious.
As said in the article, none of these records were sealed, so anyone could have found this anytime they wanted really.
Fallout-NL
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Coincidentally, the only guy whose head is bigger than Hamm's.
thank god for Gone Girl
King Tubby
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Yeah fine, but did he say anything racist?
cutmeamango
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Yeah, I don't know anyone who didn't light someone else on fire when they were twenty. That's pretty common during that age.
CassidyIzABeast
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Is anyone surprised?
How is this news? No, seriously, who is being paid to root through celebrity records to find click-worthy news bits and report on them? And in the Associated Press, not even some shitty tabloid? What the hell is their job description? Senior celeb stalker? I don't particularly care about Jon Hamm, and don't watch Mad Men. This strikes me as another one of those "look at this shit that happened 20+ years ago!" things like the Mark Walberg bar fight story which turns out to have been misreported. So I ask again, whose job is it to drag people through the mud publicly with old-ass news that has no context on whatever current problems the press is trying to work into a big narrative soup? Because that person is an asshole, and should be shamed for their shitty work.
way more
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Jon Hamm has a big head? And it's bigger than Matt Damon's? This has to be explained to me.
Jon Hamm is the darling of podcasts because he's actually funny. Where is it that he has a big head?
Langdon Alger
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Frats seem to be doing much more harm than good.
shadowsdarknes
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Why? Why should he not be hired? Should a past mistake you paid for ruin your life forever?
Most people are assholes when they are 19. Source: just look at this board.
It happened 25 years ago, jeez. Was what he did messed up? Sure. Does it require "INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE AND BOYCOTTS (TM)"? Depends on how anal you are about someone being an asshole in college at the age of 19, 25 years ago.
It happened 25 years ago, jeez. Was what he did messed up? Sure. Does it require "INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE AND BOYCOTTS (TM)"? Depends on how anal you are about someone being an asshole in college at the age of 19, 25 years ago.
Unless he blinded the kid, no, it doesn't.
It's a good thing you specified 'the women Tina Fey' because I'm always getting her and the Macross mech Tina Fey confused for one another.
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And how is that any of my business?
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