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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 26, 2018 at 6:53 pm
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(April 26, 2018 at 6:41 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Free Bill Cosby, he is innocent
If there's suspicious circumstances behind those cases, all 59 of them, maybe he could be innocent (not terribly likely), but, at least in this case, Occam's Razor would suggest that he actually is.
If you still want to be able to enjoy his work knowing that he was ultimately an execrable human being, well, there's nothing stopping you. My favourite film of the 1960s is a little British film called Repulsion: it's the story of a woman dealing with monsters from her past (specifically childhood sexual abuse) and losing her mind at the worst possible time. It's one of the few films of the period that dwelled upon the long-term consequences of sexual assault (in childhood, no less), and it was written and directed by someone who, 12 years later, (and possibly earlier), subjected a girl of 13 to more or less the same exact thing the protagonist of that movie went through in her childhood. Does this make it any worse a piece of art? No. It's technically magnificent, especially for a glorified exploitation film, the themes resonate to this day, and Catherine Deneuve's performance is probably the female performance that I've identified with the most of all the many I've watched.
The bottom line is people are deeply flawed, and often in worse ways than you could possibly imagine. And they can still create works that touch the soul in ways most works don't.
(April 26, 2018 at 6:40 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (April 26, 2018 at 5:15 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I liked his show: Kids Say the Darnest Things
Linkletter was da man.
His daughter would beg to differ.
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 26, 2018 at 8:27 pm
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(April 26, 2018 at 6:41 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Free Bill Cosby, he is innocent
That jack off hand emoji has never been more appropriate.
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 3:34 am
Bill Cosby played an friendly and avuncular TV dad.
Donald Trump played a decisive and successful TV CEO.
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 3:55 am
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Hmmm, a black man convicted solely on inconsistent testimony with zero evidence...
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 6:39 am
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 7:08 am
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(April 26, 2018 at 5:15 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I liked his show: Kids Say the Darnest Things
Art Linkletter originally had that show waaaay back in the day. I remember watching it after school on TV back in the 60s.
Anyway, Tom Brokaw is the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct by two women.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tom-br...2018-04-26
Looks like guys had better watch the shit they say to the girls these days. The women ain't playing around with either rude sexual comments or with rude sexual conduct from the guys.
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 7:11 am
Why would over 50 women all have the same story and go through the scandal of it all by telling the world CL, Roadrunner and Huggy?
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 7:33 am
(April 27, 2018 at 7:11 am)Little lunch Wrote: Why would over 50 women all have the same story and go through the scandal of it all by telling the world CL, Roadrunner and Huggy? First of all the trial didn't involve 50 women.
Secondly according to your logic you should accept that God exists simply based on the amount of people that say so...
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 7:46 am
(April 27, 2018 at 7:33 am)Huggy74 Wrote: (April 27, 2018 at 7:11 am)Little lunch Wrote: Why would over 50 women all have the same story and go through the scandal of it all by telling the world CL, Roadrunner and Huggy? First of all the trial didn't involve 50 women.
Secondly according to your logic you should accept that God exists simply based on the amount of people that say so...
Firstly, isn't six women's testimonies enough for you?
Maybe you'd feel differently if you were a black woman.
Secondly, when did god have a sitcom where millions saw him on television and know for sure that he is real?
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RE: Bill Cosby Guilty!
April 27, 2018 at 7:49 am
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(April 27, 2018 at 6:39 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote: ![[Image: Cartman-violin.gif]](https://hulkster.pp.fi/Gifs/Cry/Cartman-violin.gif) Not suprising at all coming from you seeing how you're a known white supremacist...
(March 22, 2015 at 10:57 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: (March 22, 2015 at 9:29 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: ...Huggy is one of those "We need to return to the gold standard!" nitwits, isn't he?
I think he just likes his "bling-bling". It's quite common for simple people to judge things on the basis of how shiny they are. If it were up to them - all the financial transactions would be conducted using golden chains and rims for currency...
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