Spider-Man arrested!

[Morg]

LINK

“Spiderman” activist jailed for “nasty” campaign against girlfriend
(DPA)

24 June 2006


HONG KONG - A Hong Kong-based British activist known for carrying out political stunts while dressed in a Spiderman costume was jailed for 42 months after a “nasty” campaign to defame a former girlfriend, a media report said on Saturday.

Matt Pearce, 32, was convicted of 15 charges comprising two of criminal intimidation, 12 of loitering causing concern and one of making a false report, the South China Morning Post said.

Magistrate William Lam Kiu-po said Pearce had launched a ”calculated, premeditated, nasty and persistent” campaign to destroy the reputation of teacher Jennifer Hollier, who he accused of having affairs with two men.

Pearce, who had been given a 21-day suspended sentence in April after causing traffic chaos during a protest in Hong Kong’s central business district, staged a dozen protests outside the Chinese International School where Hollier worked.

In a campaign lasting nearly five months Pearce, dressed in Spiderman and Santa Claus outfits, displayed placards and gave out condoms and leaflets saying “Group sex is wrong” and “Casual sex is morally wrong.”

Lam said: “The case leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. The defendant was being calculated, premeditated, nasty and persistent and aimed to intimidate and engineer to destroy the image and reputation of Jennifer Hollier. And he succeeded because she has resigned from the school.”

Hollier said she ended a platonic friendship because of his ”unpredictable, unstable and volatile behaviour”.

 

[LEX]

They gave out condoms? Free? Damn, I should've been there.

 

[Obi-Ron]

I guess Jameson was right all along.

 

[FunBobPants]

where have you been, Morg?

 

[Morg]

where have you been, Morg?

what? Just got back from work

 

[FunBobPants]

oh. i havent seen you in......... weeks

 

[Morg]

oh. i havent seen you in......... weeks

I've been posting everyday, sometimes I'm too busy to post and have to keep and eye out for troubles

 

[tzarinna]

Women always drive Spidey wacky.

 

[Drakon]

Ironically enough, that was a clone.

http://houston.metblogs.com/archives/2005/11/spiderman_arres.phtml

Alain Robert is a French daredevil who makes his living (and his news) by climbing tall buildings. While he isn't faster than a speeding bullet (in fact, on-lookers often get tired of watching), and he doesn't have happy little web-shooters (yes, the "Bob Ross" version of Spiderman), he has climbed some of the talles buildings in the world, including - recently - the Salam Tower in Doha, Qatar.

Robert was arrested, yesterday during an attempt to scale One Houston Center, in downtown. Robert was reportedly nabbed just as he was beginning his ascent, a scant "...one or two steps from getting away." Roberts pulled up in a taxi, and dashed to the building and began climbing the 46-story building. A rather tall officer, acting on a tip from a reporter, stopped Robert by latching on to his ankles.

When asked why he wanted to attempt the climb, Robert responded, "I think that there is still that spirit of freedom in the United States." Of course, a better motivation might have been the money paid to him by an on-line casion whose advertisements were covering Robert's clothing. Robert bosted that he had comitted no crime, and was promptly charged with two: trespassing, and posession of a controlled substance (Xanax).

Robert is truly a phenom in the world of free-climb, with a career spanning over a quarter-century, and only two major falls - both in 1982 - in the forty-five foot range. Robert's climb of the Salam Tower in Qatar was sanctioned. Robert was reported as saying, "I have just climbed a building with authorisation, which is not in my habits and besides I had to scale the structure with ropes and equipment." Robert is not one for the assistance and life-line of a rope.

 

[Morg]

I hate clones

 

[Drakon]

They hate you, too.

 

[Flexo]

They hate you, too.

My God, the avatar has possessed him!

We need a young priest and an old priest!

 

[U.S War Machine]

My God, the avatar has possessed him!

We need a young priest and an old priest!

You rang?

 

[DOG LIPS]

They hate you, too.

Fight! Fight!

 

[hippie_hunter]

I always knew that Spider-Man was a menace

 

[Kmack]

They gave out condoms? Free? Damn, I should've been there.

The nurse at my highs school gives out free condoms.

 

[Flexo]

The nurse at my highs school gives out free condoms.

That must be awkward.

"Yeah... uh, I'd like a condom... please. Don't tell my parents. "

 

[Hobgoblin]

The nurse at my highs school gives out free condoms.

So if you throw up and have to go home, the nurse is like, "Oh by the way, heres a condom." ?

 

[deemar325]

JMS will use this as a story arc.

 

[Kmack]

So if you throw up and have to go home, the nurse is like, "Oh by the way, heres a condom." ?

It's really weird. You can just go to her office (or whatever you call it) and you can ask for one and she just gives them to you. It's not like they are Trojans or anything, I hear they are relatively weak and bust easily

 

[Red Mask]

The French Spider-Man, Alain Roberts recently climbed on of Hong Kong's tallest skyscrapers in an effort to highlight global warming. He made the ascent in 40 minutes! Sacre bleu-rouge! If only a Batman-wannabe could hang glide from the tallest buildings and speak up against world problems!

Allez Spidey! You're my friendly neighborhood hero!

http://news.ph.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2546086

 

[Arcturus]

They must have been under the influence!

 

[DeGenerate10]

I thought Tobey McQuire went to jail when I saw the thread title.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Someone is hunting down costumed heroes and I'm going to find out who. /ror

 

[Shemtov]

Someone is hunting down costumed heroes and I'm going to find out who. /ror

Good point. Batman was just let free and now spider-man gets arrested. Hurm.