HALF-baked. I think he is all the way in this video if his eyes are any indication.

And I think you are mistaken. He isn't doing an apology video for hitting Rhianna, he is making a "Insert Offense Here" video for celebrities that fuck up. His speech was so vague and generic that all you have to do is photoshop your face over his and dub a few words and BAM! Your very own public apology video!

My god, I think BorgQueen is on to something here.

Do you need to exercise self-control to not hit a woman? I mean, problem one might be your impulse to hit a woman. Is it hard to turn off that impulse, Chris Brown?

Actually, watching the eyes, it looks like he's doing a good job of reading the teleprompter.

I think Susan brings up a good point. When is "self control" the issue, and when is it the desire/impetus/impulse in the first place.

Humor is a good domain for us to think about this as well, and one also close to the nature of this blog. When is it that we stifle laughter after inappropriate jokes or censor ourselves to appear more PC, and when is it that we just don't find them funny anymore. I've been in many conversations with friends who "refuse" to "censor" themselves and continue to tell off-color jokes, but I always tell them that the issue is not censorship but mindset: WHAT makes that joke about stupid foreigners, violent teens, promiscuous co-eds, etc. in any way funny to you in the FIRST PLACE?

I'm all for teaching self control to this dude. But I think he might need a little holistic healing for his desires in the first place.

All that said, I do think this impetus to be aggressive might be more complicated than an "impulse to hit a woman." Reacting to something frustrating takes the form of a mother shaking an infant or father striking a wife/child. I don't (NECESSARILY, UNIVERSALLY) see some seedy misogyny in beating a spouse. The dude might also beat his friends or be violent in other social situations.

As someone who was once apologized to "countless times" by a man-child for similar fist to face contact, I can't even bring myself to watch the video. I feel like he deserves zero attention in all of this. We should be proud of how she's moved on and tell other women who find themselves in similar situations that they can get out. I hope she stays strong and can become an example, rather than find herself a victim again. It's so difficult to become empowered when you've been bullied and hurt, but it could mean setting a much needed example.

.I honestly think that everyone who thinksz he isn't sincere isz very stupid and immature. If you think he's doing it to help your career your mistaken,he doesn't need a video to make people like him again.he STILL has more than enough true fans and real people who know everyone makes mistakes and that doesn't mean what he did wasn't wrong but don't treat him as if he's the only person in the world who hit his girlfriend because he's not. And the fact that you even watched the video proves that you just wanna make yourself seem important by bringing someone else down.Most of you need to grow up and stop focusing so much on the bad things because im sure a lot of you used to play his music all the time. He isn't the only one involved in it,just because Rihanna isz the 'victim' that doesn't make her completely innocent of what happened either.

chris don,t u apologize to rihanna she has tried to ruin ur career and u r spot on my love u r an entertainer she can,t even sing rihanna

u should of broke her jaw chris xx

u shud of broke her jaw then i might not hav to listen to her voice again n wots with the hair do she is sporting these days and exposing her nipples n the clothes she is wearing