Last night when Peter Dinklage won his well deserved and long overdue first Golden Globe, he mentioned in his speech that he was thinking of Martin Henderson and that everyone should Google him. It seems that half the world took his advice because it instantly became the number one searched term at that time. Martin Henderson is also a little person who is 37 and an aspiring actor. He was badly injured back in October when a drunk man came out of a pub, saw him and then tossed him. Apparently the drunk man was inspired by England's national rugby team who actually participated in a tossing event in New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup. Since the attack, Martin is unable to get work and has trouble even standing without falling over.
I'm sorry I missed Peter Dinklage's win. I presume it was for GoT. He was amazing in it.
ReplyDeleteA barbaric practice inspired by the fuckwad English Rugby team of which Zara Phillips' husband Mike Tindall is a member. Despicable. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/dwarf-paralyzed-after-bar-tossing_n_1204799.html
ReplyDeleteMajor props to Peter Dinklage, both for his well deserved win for playing Tyrion Lannister, and for drawing international attention to this hideous practice.
Wow, what a disgusting act. Was the jackass that did that punished?
ReplyDeleteAnything you can do about the ad on the right of the woman with the huge breasts. I'm at work and ... well, it's not exactly appropriate.
Anita, Henderson said they can't find the guy who did this to him. It's super said, but I hope that someone will come forward with new information.
ReplyDeleteWhat an ass.
ReplyDeleteSo this is actually a thing? Throwing little people? Seriously?? o_O
ReplyDeleteEnty, thanks for doing this story. I was wondering last night who he was speaking of, but I didn't take the time to google his name. What a terrible thing to do to someone.
ReplyDeleteI'd think up a REALLY good vengeance for any ASSHOLE doing such a despicable act. It would hurt really bad, too. Fuckers.
ReplyDeleteOMG, this is terrible!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing this up, Enty. The husband & I did look it up immediately and were shocked by the story. Disgusting & heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteYou know damned well that there are people in that pub who know who the assailant is, but aren't talking.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Sadie but I'm at work. It's IE only. I don't care when I'm at home and I work in a pretty lax office but still, it's not an appropriate picture.
ReplyDeleteOMG that's disgusting. Humankind really disgusts me a lot of the time.
ReplyDeleteI originally thought it was Martin Henderson the actor from New Zealand who is all kinds of yum. But for someone to actually think dwarf tossing is fun. Shame on them
ReplyDeleteWhat a horrible thing to do to a fellow human being :'(
ReplyDelete@RocketQueen - Agree.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me so sad. I really hope someone sees this and is able to help. Bless Peter Dinklage for taking time out of his acceptance speech to inform people about this.
Thanks for posting this. I did google him when Dinklage won, and thought the story was horrific.
ReplyDeleteWhen he said "Martin Henderson" I immediately thought of the actor who played Noah in The Ring.
ReplyDeleteWTF is wrong with people??
ReplyDeleteDid you say "tossed" him? WTF? What was that asshole thinking? Hope he gets caught and Mr. Henderson can toss his foot up the guy's ass!
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