Terminat'd!
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Politics
The
Austrian city of Graz has given up trying to negotiate with its once-favorite son. At the Governator's request, they've
removed Arnold Schwarzenegger's name from their soccer stadium and promotional web sites. This all started, you'll
remember, a couple of weeks back, when a handful of Grazian politicians lambasted the once (and future?) Barbarian for
denying clemency for convicted murderer Tookie Williams. Schwarzenegger responded to said criticisms with
characteristic grace: "Graz will not have problems in the future with my decisions as governor of
California," he said, "Because officially nothing connects us any more." To that, Graz's mayor issued a plea for Schwarzenegger
to reconsider: "I hope that very soon we'll hear you say, 'I'll be back"." It didn't happen, and Graz
tookthe letters spelling out Arnold's name off the stadium sometime over the weekend. Sad news, to be sure, but
hopefully it'll teach all of us to be more judicious with our use of Terminator quotes.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-27-2005 @ 10:57AM
D.J. said...
I have read no less than 12 articles on Shwarzenegger today and most are pretty biased toward leniancy for the thug Tookie. Anyone commenting on this issues needs to look at the indepth truth of the story. Meaning waht was really behind Tookies motivation to "do good things in jail". Arnold really breaks it down in his response to the media. The medias simplicity of reporting the issue as black and white is bogus. This Tookie guy was bad news and Arnold was well informed and did a good job with his decision. Ultimately protecting the rest of us from evil in the public realm. I hate people being killed, I wish for a harmonious life for all but the simple fact is evil exists. If it didn't hollywood wouldnt have movies to make.
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