It's about time that POS faces the law...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/business/media/bill-cosby-charged-in-sexual-assault-case.html?_r=0
What a shame. Responsible for bringing millions of whites into the idea that black people are people too. Damn shame. I had a great deal of respect for the man. Just goes to prove, never put your idols on pedestals, those that don't fall off tend to jump.
Quote from: aitm on December 30, 2015, 03:36:50 PM
What a shame. Responsible for bringing millions of whites into the idea that black people are people too. Damn shame. I had a great deal of respect for the man. Just goes to prove, never put your idols on pedestals, those that don't fall off tend to jump.
Yes, this is definitely a sad business. I respected Cosby as well.
Quote from: stromboli on December 30, 2015, 04:25:23 PM
Yes, this is definitely a sad business. I respected Cosby as well.
I think most people did. Not now though. Definitely not now. I'm surprised South Park didn't take a much harder swing at him this season.
It's those people we'd never suspect that need the closest watching.
Quote from: aitm on December 30, 2015, 03:36:50 PM
What a shame. Responsible for bringing millions of whites into the idea that black people are people too. Damn shame. I had a great deal of respect for the man. Just goes to prove, never put your idols on pedestals, those that don't fall off tend to jump.
Bill Cosby was never anything more than a funny comic to me. He still is.
I learned my lesson with Victoria Jackson â€" her politics are as stupid as the characters she played.
Remember, folks: an entertainer's core competence is entertainment. To ascribe them any credibility beyond that is folly.
Quote from: Hakurei Reimu on December 30, 2015, 06:40:46 PM
Bill Cosby was never anything more than a funny comic to me. He still is.
I learned my lesson with Victoria Jackson â€" her politics are as stupid as the characters she played.
Remember, folks: an entertainer's core competence is entertainment. To ascribe them any credibility beyond that is folly.
No question placing people on a pedestal is a bad idea. I've seen too many icons go down over the years. But Cosby- I mean he was like a spokesman for his race, for christ sake. Was awarded the Freedom Medal and had accolades galore. This is a sad event from every angle.
Extremely weak case. Don't get your hopes up.
He is also counter-suing a bunch of women. Could get interesting.
I met him once back in the 90s after a show in Vegas. Seemed like a great guy... Guess he has a dark side to his personality. Sounds like if I had been a good looking woman rather than an ugly man my experience would have been different.
I don't think he'll get convicted either- statute of limitations and other issues. I'm sure this will get milked indefinitely in the media. I just think the whole thing is a sad statement about human behavior.
I was never into the shows he was in, but I knew about cosby even as a child, he was much like rolf harris and jimmy savile, those 'nice' celebrities who seemed so pleasant to children back in the 70s-80s. All of them now have been accused to doing something unsavory with children, which just breaks a part of that childhood for me.
This is why i'm glad I was fully into cartoons and games back then, at least your never read a report how liono or optimus prime was a kiddie fiddler.
Will the case be televised?
We could call it: 'victims say the darndest things'
Cosby Family was a big hit here when I was a kid. And at many other places. I don't know if they're aware, but this is an international trial with a huge multicultural audience scale, not a domestic one.
Fucking piece of shit. What a shame. I loved the show as a kid.
That guy let a whole community down. You have to ask yourself: WTF was he thinking? Did he think he could outsmart everyone and get away with it? Jail time won't be enough, in MO. I'm thinking public execution, Roman style.
Quote from: josephpalazzo on December 31, 2015, 03:10:56 AM
That guy let a whole community down. You have to ask yourself: WTF was he thinking? Did he think he could outsmart everyone and get away with it? Jail time won't be enough, in MO. I'm thinking public execution, Roman style.
I don't think that's needed, he could just be made to share a cell with Santa.
[spoiler](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwoineIu201qa9wqa.jpg)[/spoiler]
He wasn't thinking anything in particular. Like most people put on a pedestal; with power, fame and wealth he saw himself 'untouchable'. Simple as this.
And he is not that wrong. How many of these people in similar status get officially charged, let alone prosecuted properly and punished?
Quote from: Munch on December 31, 2015, 03:23:23 AM
I don't think that's needed, he could just be made to share a cell with Santa.
[spoiler](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwoineIu201qa9wqa.jpg)[/spoiler]
Nix that, it might not be punishment at all for that dude. More like this
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff277/josephpalazzo/Punishment.jpg) (http://s243.photobucket.com/user/josephpalazzo/media/Punishment.jpg.html)
Rapes are tough allegations to make stick. Especially against celebrities and quarterbacks.
Quote from: SGOS on December 31, 2015, 07:17:53 AM
Rapes are tough allegations to make stick. Especially against celebrities and quarterbacks.
Usual faux outrage. Why are leading members of the former regime still with us? War crimes are worse than date rape.
Quote from: SGOS on December 31, 2015, 07:17:53 AM
Rapes are tough allegations to make stick. Especially against celebrities and quarterbacks.
It used to be so when judges, jury and the police force was all male. Times they are a-changing, and with more women and minorities in places, anything can happen.
Tell that to Jameis Winston, current quarterback of the Buckaneers.
Quote from: stromboli on December 31, 2015, 10:33:38 AM
Tell that to Jameis Winston, current quarterback of the Buckaneers.
Excellent case: the judge who dismissed the sexual allegation was male; the judge who dismissed Winston's tortuous claim was female. The whole thing will go to court in 2017. We will see what comes out.
Cosby's twitter backfires:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bill-cosby-just-sent-tweet-173948262.html
Good grief, that was the most innocuous twitter ever, and the vultures still swoop down to rip him apart.
I mean, suppose he apologizes to women, etc, like these people demand. Then not only would that explode into self-righteous roasting of the man on twitter by selfsame twitter vultures, it would also constitute self-incrimination, whether he's guilty or innocent. He's not going to do that. So all those twitter vultures can go fuck themselves.
Quote from: SGOS on December 31, 2015, 07:17:53 AM
Rapes are tough allegations to make stick. Especially against celebrities and quarterbacks.
What really makes this case a difficult one to prosecute is that the rape they are charging him with happened just at the edge of the statute of limitations, in this case 12 years ago. Not even sure if there's a rape kit or a police report. Must be something, since they are proceeding with the prosecution.
Personally I wish he'd just stick his tongue in a light socket and be done with it. You know, that "let god sort it out" thing.