Where do you draw the line?

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I think there is a big grey area. Each situation I judge seperatly. The Muhammad Hassan gimmick was the only one I didn't care for off the top of my head.
 

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Dolph'sZiggler said:
I don't see a real difference between acting for tv/movies and wrestling. Yes it ends in a wrestling match, but children can help advance storylines like a mf.

Anyone who doesn't know the Raven/Sandman rivalry should look it up. Amazing television and it was all because of the involvement of Sandman's IRL son. Such an emotional feud there will probably never be again

It's cool that you feel differently, but I am what I am. It may have something to do with becoming a pretty big pussy since becoming a dad, I dunno.
 

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You guys are making me think of Game of Thrones where a women is breast feeding an 11 year old.
 

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Senhor Perfect said:
It's cool that you feel differently, but I am what I am. It may have something to do with becoming a pretty big pussy since becoming a dad, I dunno.

I'm not here to disregard your opinion, your are certainly entitled to it. I was more trying to find where you drew the line on child actors since your reasoning behind not wanting them in wrestling was because they may or may not want to do it. My thinking was the same could be said about 99.99% of what children do.
 

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I think the kid was cool with it. He is smarkier than any of us

 

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Dolph'sZiggler said:
I'm not here to disregard your opinion, your are certainly entitled to it. I was more trying to find where you drew the line on child actors since your reasoning behind not wanting them in wrestling was because they may or may not want to do it. My thinking was the same could be said about 99.99% of what children do.

I get your side too, like I said, dad pussy instincts changed my opinions on a lot of shit. I was more talking about wrestlers' real life children as opposed to child actors. If my 6 year old kid said to me I want to be in a wrestling angle, I don't think she completely understands what that would entail, despite the financial gains she may or may not make. Whereas if she was in her late teens she would have a better understanding as to what she was getting into. Maybe I worded it wrong before, but even if a kid says they want to do something, it's not always right for them. I just don't think children should be exposed to things that might be detrimental to them.
 

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Huh? His son is right there next to him and clearly LOVES wrestling.
 

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There is a line, but not much of one. I personally think some things that offend some people are pretty funny. Vince giving the promo (McMahonism) inside the church was gold, in my opinion. And Triple H having sex with a corpse (pretending to, anyway) wasn't funny but it wasn't offensive either, it was just stupid. I think there is a line that can be crossed which something like mocking Owen Hart's death for example (not that this happened, just using it as an example), given that he died tragically on the show. However, what they did with Paul Bearer wasn't offensive, his death happened by natural causes in real life and they didn't directly insult him or make a mockery of the way he died in any way. Plus, his family was ok with it.

I'm more 'offended' when someone tries their best to shock people that they go to such ridiculous extremes that it's sad and cringe worthy to watch. Can't think of such an example of that in wrestling, but it exists in other forms of entertainment.
 

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Dolph'sZiggler said:
Huh? His son is right there next to him and clearly LOVES wrestling.

He looks to be about 10 in that vid, how old was he during the feud?