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		<title>By: Ling</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don't think it's fair to heap all the blame on the mother and sister. I don't see how TMZ's facts sound any more credible than those found in any sleazy, highly-fictionalized tabloid story out there. We weren't in that room, we don't know what happened, and if this were anyone else - Tom Cruise, for example - people would be lighting the torches right now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair to heap all the blame on the mother and sister. I don&#8217;t see how TMZ&#8217;s facts sound any more credible than those found in any sleazy, highly-fictionalized tabloid story out there. We weren&#8217;t in that room, we don&#8217;t know what happened, and if this were anyone else - Tom Cruise, for example - people would be lighting the torches right now.
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		<title>By: daisy424</title>
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		<dc:creator>daisy424</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pattie, I agree with most of what you say.

I do however respectivly disagree with the 'owing parents' comment.

He doesn't 'owe' his Mother $$, or respect for that matter.

I have the respect of &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; my children who are adults ranging in age 30 to 18. Not just because I gave birth to them, but because I show &lt;b&gt;them&lt;/b&gt; respect and unconditional love. 

Respect is earned, &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; owed :wink:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pattie, I agree with most of what you say.</p>
<p>I do however respectivly disagree with the &#8216;owing parents&#8217; comment.</p>
<p>He doesn&#8217;t &#8216;owe&#8217; his Mother $$, or respect for that matter.</p>
<p>I have the respect of <b>all</b> my children who are adults ranging in age 30 to 18. Not just because I gave birth to them, but because I show <b>them</b> respect and unconditional love. </p>
<p>Respect is earned, <b>not</b> owed <img src='http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=':wink:' class='wp-smiley' />
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		<title>By: lenden</title>
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		<dc:creator>lenden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this thread is so fun to read.

based on my experience, children don't have to feel they owe their parents anything. it's up to them if they will make it their responsibility to help them with whatsoever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this thread is so fun to read.</p>
<p>based on my experience, children don&#8217;t have to feel they owe their parents anything. it&#8217;s up to them if they will make it their responsibility to help them with whatsoever.
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		<title>By: pippin</title>
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		<dc:creator>pippin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You said it KAREN! 

What kind of Mother and/or Sister would report their son/sibling to the police for something as non-violent as this? 
According to the police reports there was no falling down or physical injury placed upon any one's person, so why would the Mother report this? UNLESS there was an agenda there. Which is really how this story sounded from the get-go. 
Face it - most people here have commented that was their own belief when the story broke. It just SOUNDED too fishy to be something so devious.

the American public knows Christian Bale from his previous movies and prior interviews. He's always come off as someone very contemplative and thoughtful. I'm not saying he can't possibly be the jerk his sister and mom are trying to make him out to be but it's unlikely he's is just that in this particular circumstance, given the details about this incident. 
It's the "age old" story of someone's kin or distant kin trying to cash in on their relative's success. It's Pretty obvious to every resonably minded person what's going on here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You said it KAREN! </p>
<p>What kind of Mother and/or Sister would report their son/sibling to the police for something as non-violent as this?<br />
According to the police reports there was no falling down or physical injury placed upon any one&#8217;s person, so why would the Mother report this? UNLESS there was an agenda there. Which is really how this story sounded from the get-go.<br />
Face it - most people here have commented that was their own belief when the story broke. It just SOUNDED too fishy to be something so devious.</p>
<p>the American public knows Christian Bale from his previous movies and prior interviews. He&#8217;s always come off as someone very contemplative and thoughtful. I&#8217;m not saying he can&#8217;t possibly be the jerk his sister and mom are trying to make him out to be but it&#8217;s unlikely he&#8217;s is just that in this particular circumstance, given the details about this incident.<br />
It&#8217;s the &#8220;age old&#8221; story of someone&#8217;s kin or distant kin trying to cash in on their relative&#8217;s success. It&#8217;s Pretty obvious to every resonably minded person what&#8217;s going on here.
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		<title>By: Pattie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pattie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It just amuses me that so much attention is given to the personal side of these people's lives.

Who cares that someone you don't know, just had a baby, divorced, had surgery etc etc.

Obviously an awful lot of people or the mags wouldn't survive and they wouldn't get paid a fortune for the 'first and exclusive photo' of a wedding or baby.

Do we just have too much money to waste? or now have the medium of internet to express our personal feelings and vent our own opinions?
Or does everyone want to be them?

I have enough of my own little dramas in family, work and friends from time to time and that keeps me busy.

Damned sure I wouldn't want to be a celeb, scarey thing having all these people thinking they know you and have an opinion on your life. 

Actually, once I was standing in a queue waiting for coffee, when I spotted this lady in front of me, who I was sure I knew, vaguely and couldn't place her.

So I said, excuse me I know that I know you from somewhere and it's driving me nuts trying to work it out.

She looked a bit embarrassed and said, I'm an actress on "Prisoner" (the old tv. soap) I was more embarassed at the public revelation that I watched such mind numbing rubbish, still, I was a single mum at the time and alone in the evenings :lol: that's my excuse anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It just amuses me that so much attention is given to the personal side of these people&#8217;s lives.</p>
<p>Who cares that someone you don&#8217;t know, just had a baby, divorced, had surgery etc etc.</p>
<p>Obviously an awful lot of people or the mags wouldn&#8217;t survive and they wouldn&#8217;t get paid a fortune for the &#8216;first and exclusive photo&#8217; of a wedding or baby.</p>
<p>Do we just have too much money to waste? or now have the medium of internet to express our personal feelings and vent our own opinions?<br />
Or does everyone want to be them?</p>
<p>I have enough of my own little dramas in family, work and friends from time to time and that keeps me busy.</p>
<p>Damned sure I wouldn&#8217;t want to be a celeb, scarey thing having all these people thinking they know you and have an opinion on your life. </p>
<p>Actually, once I was standing in a queue waiting for coffee, when I spotted this lady in front of me, who I was sure I knew, vaguely and couldn&#8217;t place her.</p>
<p>So I said, excuse me I know that I know you from somewhere and it&#8217;s driving me nuts trying to work it out.</p>
<p>She looked a bit embarrassed and said, I&#8217;m an actress on &#8220;Prisoner&#8221; (the old tv. soap) I was more embarassed at the public revelation that I watched such mind numbing rubbish, still, I was a single mum at the time and alone in the evenings <img src='http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> that&#8217;s my excuse anyway.
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		<title>By: Ditto</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ditto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love your post Pattie. For once somebody with some common sense. I know it's interesting following these stories about celebs just like a gaper's delay when someone gets compacted on the side of the highway from some accident.It's human nature, just the nastier side of our nature just as both Christian and his mom/sis showed with the argument and later having to report it to the police. In my opinion unless there's a danger of more physical and I mean bloodshed abuse there is no reason to further tear apart family ties. The pushing,shoving, and bringing the police into a preschool type of showing match is idiotic and only done for money for mom/sis and more press for his movie.It's a shame that his family doesn't get along but you're never going to get along with your family %100 the time.I do believe you should make sure that they're cared for in their old age no matter what they've done unless you've had to deal with physical abuse as a child, just make sure that somebody knows and the parent is taken care of by the state system. Problem is if celebs pays off relatives just sets him up for more and later financial abuse. He should just make sure that his family and their basic needs are taken care of through a trust or attorneys and leave them be until he and they can come to their senses. But it's up to him how much bad press he wants to take off this mess. He had to get that temper from somebody and my guess is he probably got it from both mom and dad. Never just one side to any story. Didn't anyone ever tell you it takes two to tango(fight)&#62;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love your post Pattie. For once somebody with some common sense. I know it&#8217;s interesting following these stories about celebs just like a gaper&#8217;s delay when someone gets compacted on the side of the highway from some accident.It&#8217;s human nature, just the nastier side of our nature just as both Christian and his mom/sis showed with the argument and later having to report it to the police. In my opinion unless there&#8217;s a danger of more physical and I mean bloodshed abuse there is no reason to further tear apart family ties. The pushing,shoving, and bringing the police into a preschool type of showing match is idiotic and only done for money for mom/sis and more press for his movie.It&#8217;s a shame that his family doesn&#8217;t get along but you&#8217;re never going to get along with your family %100 the time.I do believe you should make sure that they&#8217;re cared for in their old age no matter what they&#8217;ve done unless you&#8217;ve had to deal with physical abuse as a child, just make sure that somebody knows and the parent is taken care of by the state system. Problem is if celebs pays off relatives just sets him up for more and later financial abuse. He should just make sure that his family and their basic needs are taken care of through a trust or attorneys and leave them be until he and they can come to their senses. But it&#8217;s up to him how much bad press he wants to take off this mess. He had to get that temper from somebody and my guess is he probably got it from both mom and dad. Never just one side to any story. Didn&#8217;t anyone ever tell you it takes two to tango(fight)&gt;?
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		<title>By: Pattie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pattie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I came across this page by accident and out of idle curiosity began reading.

Asking myself WHO IS Cristian Bale, must be someone IMPORTANT to generate such passionate posts.

Oh no, he's just another flipping dirt rich celeb who had an argument with his family, over money.

Come on guys, do you know him or his family personally, do you care if he's right or they're right or if his PR machine is even telling the truth.

As for the posts that say, you owe your parents nothing, I'm sorry for your parents and you and suspect that if you have kids, they too will grow up feeling they owe you nothing and then you will know what family really means, when you're old, not healthy and alone.

this is the problem with the media and celebs now, everyone thinks they know them personally - try getting to know your family and friends better and caring about them, they are the people who are part of your life and most likely to stand by you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came across this page by accident and out of idle curiosity began reading.</p>
<p>Asking myself WHO IS Cristian Bale, must be someone IMPORTANT to generate such passionate posts.</p>
<p>Oh no, he&#8217;s just another flipping dirt rich celeb who had an argument with his family, over money.</p>
<p>Come on guys, do you know him or his family personally, do you care if he&#8217;s right or they&#8217;re right or if his PR machine is even telling the truth.</p>
<p>As for the posts that say, you owe your parents nothing, I&#8217;m sorry for your parents and you and suspect that if you have kids, they too will grow up feeling they owe you nothing and then you will know what family really means, when you&#8217;re old, not healthy and alone.</p>
<p>this is the problem with the media and celebs now, everyone thinks they know them personally - try getting to know your family and friends better and caring about them, they are the people who are part of your life and most likely to stand by you.
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		<title>By: makes sense</title>
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		<dc:creator>makes sense</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let's see. A man gets along smashingly with his wife, but gets into an altercation with his mother and sister.

Sister tells reporters it's a family matter, but mother and sister report him jointly to the police and intend on going to a news rag for the purpose of being paid for their views, as opposed to saying it out loud to the press when first questioned.

Sounds fishy. 

Also, for those few who think it's somehow execrable of someone to dislike a parent and want them out for panhandling, you've never had emotionally or verbally--and especially not physically--abusive parents, now have you? (I think his mother is probably strictly an emotional case, but who knows? Maybe she shoved him first.) 

Even if Bale does have a temper, it's a temper I recognize. My brother won't even speak up unless you get him really, really pissed. He's tired most of the time, works nonstop, and has a similar look in his eyes. If you'd drive him to push you--believe me, you'd be asking for it. 

I don't care what withered chromosome she doesn't have, or what her age is, or even if she is his mother--she had to say something really rash, deliberate, hurtful, to get that kind of reaction, and now she wants to sell her little feud.

What a cow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s see. A man gets along smashingly with his wife, but gets into an altercation with his mother and sister.</p>
<p>Sister tells reporters it&#8217;s a family matter, but mother and sister report him jointly to the police and intend on going to a news rag for the purpose of being paid for their views, as opposed to saying it out loud to the press when first questioned.</p>
<p>Sounds fishy. </p>
<p>Also, for those few who think it&#8217;s somehow execrable of someone to dislike a parent and want them out for panhandling, you&#8217;ve never had emotionally or verbally&#8211;and especially not physically&#8211;abusive parents, now have you? (I think his mother is probably strictly an emotional case, but who knows? Maybe she shoved him first.) </p>
<p>Even if Bale does have a temper, it&#8217;s a temper I recognize. My brother won&#8217;t even speak up unless you get him really, really pissed. He&#8217;s tired most of the time, works nonstop, and has a similar look in his eyes. If you&#8217;d drive him to push you&#8211;believe me, you&#8217;d be asking for it. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t care what withered chromosome she doesn&#8217;t have, or what her age is, or even if she is his mother&#8211;she had to say something really rash, deliberate, hurtful, to get that kind of reaction, and now she wants to sell her little feud.</p>
<p>What a cow.
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		<title>By: Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Christian am so sorry bout this false alarm. I hope ur wife is taking it pretty easy and she is there for u 2. Ur mom and sister needs to get on track and u don't owe them a dime. That is ur chioce to give them a dime or not. Before u became somebody they didnt see no reason to file an assault but now???? anyone who believes their story is just a dummy. Good luck in ur career and life. Stay bless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christian am so sorry bout this false alarm. I hope ur wife is taking it pretty easy and she is there for u 2. Ur mom and sister needs to get on track and u don&#8217;t owe them a dime. That is ur chioce to give them a dime or not. Before u became somebody they didnt see no reason to file an assault but now???? anyone who believes their story is just a dummy. Good luck in ur career and life. Stay bless.
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		<title>By: VINCENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MY SON LEFT HIS MOTHER ALSO TO LIVE WITH ME, SHE PUT HIM DOWN ALL HIS LIFE, NOW HE HAS GRADUATED COLLEGE AND IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MY SON LEFT HIS MOTHER ALSO TO LIVE WITH ME, SHE PUT HIM DOWN ALL HIS LIFE, NOW HE HAS GRADUATED COLLEGE AND IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.
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