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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Feb 4, 2009 14:13:53 GMT -5
Just keep it. It's a part of memorabilia. NO one wants to say they agree with what he did and yet no one truly knows everything surrounding the issue so we cannot truly judge what he did or didn't do. At the same time, you are not celebrating that. You are celebrating a great wrestler who always gave %100+ in the ring for his craft and changed a lot of things about wrestling.
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Post by carly1988 on Feb 4, 2009 14:24:36 GMT -5
If you collect them then keep it. People need to realize that the Benoit we watched on tv and entertained us for years isnt the same Benoit that committed those murders. It was an evil twin then, was it? I'm sickened at how several people in this thread make excuses and pretend he didn't do it (both the "he became his own evil twin for three days" people and that "he didn't do it, wrestlemania 2000 was awesome so who cares if he killed his wife, crossface your wife if she doesn't like the figure" moron) just because the Internet told them he was the best wrestler ever. That said, the "smother it with a pillow and put a bible next to it" comment was hilarious. And the "RKO it" was pretty funny too. Read a little carefully bonehead, not once did I mention any of that. None of us knew Chris Benoit outside of what we saw on Television. Nobody in there right minds are on here justifying what he did. If you keep reading that then you're seriously lacking some common sense. What Benoit or any wrestler/athlete/entertainer does outside of their profession is their own damn business, I concern myself with what they do IN their profession and Benoit didnt do anything in WRESTLING that effected me or the way I look at the "sport" Now quit being a dick and trolling for arguments every time someone posts something that you disagree with.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 14:27:42 GMT -5
I couldn't bring myself to having his figure in my collection even though Chris Benoit was one of my favourite wrestlers of all time its hard to forget what he did the same with being able to watch his matches again even though he has been in some of the best matches of all time in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 14:33:13 GMT -5
I would only keep it for the sole purpose of making some money on it down the road.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 15:17:38 GMT -5
Keep it away from your future children
Not suprised people still use the whole "Benoit the wrestler, not the murderer" thing. If thats the case keep it. I kept my giant Hitler painting. You know, to remember him for all he did for interpretive dance, not the millions of jews he had killed.
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Post by MR._SOCKO on Feb 4, 2009 16:03:06 GMT -5
I say keep it. I've got no problems displaying my Benoit figures. He and Dynamite Kid were both very talented wrestlers who have done some things to tarnish their legacy but I believe a lot of that was due to the effects of pro wrestling.
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Post by redypiper on Feb 4, 2009 17:29:45 GMT -5
i know where you're coming from. i still don't know really know what to think about the whole situation. honestly if it was me i would sell it to the hightest bidder.
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Post by readybeeill on Feb 4, 2009 17:50:38 GMT -5
choke it out for a while and bury it with a bible.
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Post by brucebenoit on Feb 5, 2009 2:45:30 GMT -5
**** whipped, bastards if you cherish and love something are you willing to get rid of it just because it makes a third person uncomfortable.
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Feb 5, 2009 2:52:39 GMT -5
Keep it away from your future children Not suprised people still use the whole "Benoit the wrestler, not the murderer" thing. If thats the case keep it. I kept my giant Hitler painting. You know, to remember him for all he did for interpretive dance, not the millions of jews he had killed. Two totally different motives, two totally different cases. Let's put it this way, NO ONE KNOWS WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID SO SHUT UP ABOUT ITIf I still appreciate the fact that he entertained me and I want to keep his DVDs, figures, and memorabilia how does that make me a bad person? Did I kill anyone? Did I tell him to? No to both. Also for whatever dumb person wants to think that he killed them out of cold blood, then maybe you should just go take that kind of "common sense" and go hide underneath a rock. Not saying I excuse what he did, but under some circumstances I can see a man killing his wife and kid..say possibly that the kid isn't his and the wife was having an affair...that would drive any man crazy no matter if he was on roids or not. I've seen guys hit their wives for less so let's not be children about this and say, " oh that stuff doesn't happen.." Anyway point being no one knows why he did what he did but himself and his wife and they are dead so don't go speculating like you're some kind of insider psychic who knows why. If someone wants to keep something because they appreciated Benoit the entertainer, putting a guilt trip on them is down right ignorant.
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Post by savethewhcjericho on Feb 5, 2009 2:58:24 GMT -5
**** whipped, bastards if you cherish and love something are you willing to get rid of it just because it makes a third person uncomfortable. thats what ive been saying and getting crapfor benoit 4 life
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Post by bigtaurus78 on Feb 5, 2009 8:08:05 GMT -5
**** whipped, bastards if you cherish and love something are you willing to get rid of it just because it makes a third person uncomfortable. This made me laugh because you're talking about loving and cherishing an inanimate object, let alone one in the image of someone who committed a heinous act, over the feelings of someone you have taken vows with to spend the rest of your life with. This is just my opinion, but anyone who puts a hobby over their loved one's feelings needs to seriously sit down and re-evaluate their priorities.
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Post by Warheart on Feb 5, 2009 13:14:53 GMT -5
just for the record robl7up dont start Benoit threads, whether they have anything to do with the murders or not, just makes one huge argument. i serouisly hate stuff like this going down.
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Post by robl7up on Feb 5, 2009 13:18:33 GMT -5
just for the record robl7up dont start Benoit threads, whether they have anything to do with the murders or not, just makes one huge argument. i serouisly hate stuff like this going down. Your right Warheart, I'm usually very self controlled,and dont go down this route..I'll delete that last post.
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Post by Warheart on Feb 5, 2009 13:20:20 GMT -5
i mean we all have different opinions and all but honestly, it's always one big fight regardless. i cant even start a "which benoit figure" thread without some idiot mentioning the murders and stuff.
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Post by robl7up on Feb 5, 2009 13:22:31 GMT -5
i mean we all have different opinions and all but honestly, it's always one big fight regardless. i cant even start a "which benoit figure" thread without some idiot mentioning the murders and stuff. Indeed.... btw,last post deleted
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Post by carly1988 on Feb 5, 2009 13:32:34 GMT -5
i mean we all have different opinions and all but honestly, it's always one big fight regardless. i cant even start a "which benoit figure" thread without some idiot mentioning the murders and stuff. The problem is you're not allowed to have an opinion on Benoit unless its a negative opinion or everyone will come in here and start arguments and bash you. Its never the people that still "like" or enjoy watching Benoit that start the arguments, its the ones that are all "Hez Killz hiz boi!!!"
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Post by nastynate on Feb 5, 2009 15:43:31 GMT -5
yeah i personally dont believe in god....thats my opinion AND choice, so please dont attack me. however, reading some of these posts like "bury it with a bible" and "choke it out" even make me feel uneasy. its funny that people STILL fight and argue over this subject, however KNOWONE really knows what happened or why? i would personally covet and cherish a benoit autograph. he was my idol growing up, and when i met him he was the nicest dude EVER. then i turn on the tv one morning...and well you know the rest. i try and stay away from these threads because people are very PASSIONATE considering the subject matter. but some of these comments are people trying to be funny, yet they come off as being more of a monster than the person they are lamenting. in closing, damn i love collecting toys
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Post by miamiheat on Feb 5, 2009 17:34:34 GMT -5
That is what happened when my friend bought me a signed autograph action figure of him. I was like uhh thanks? I really thought it was odd having that because he did kill his wife and son, which to me is coward-less. But anyway, try to keep it somewhere where you feel you don't have to look at it alot or sell it like others said.
Hope this helped! MiamiHeat
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