There appears to be universal condemnation of Cosby on these threads. I am not inclined to believe the rantings of prosecutors or of yellow journalists. Nor, for that matter, do the ravings of harridans about injustice back in the day carry any weight with me.
I do not seek to draw blood from those who stand for justice and fair play. The need to disparage good works is unseemly, nasty, and ugly.
In all Camille’s complaint does not fall entirely on deaf ears. There is substantial reason to approve of her sentiments.
“There is substantial reason to approve of her sentiments.”
Was he denied due process? Did a mob actually break into jail and lynch him, or at least sentence him without evidence? Do you think all the women that accused him were lying? Do you think he was lying in interviews when he admitted to giving drugs to women to have sex with them?
I think your approval is misplaced.
One of the jurors spoke out about the conviction and said that Cosby's own words convicted himself.
From: Bill Cosby juror speaks on convicting legend:
Harrison Snyder, who was juror No. 1, said Cosby’s deposition from 2005 and 2006 in which he admitted giving Quaaludes to women he wanted to sleep with was the damning evidence that ultimately convinced the jury he was guilty.
“I think it was his deposition, really. Mr. Cosby admitted to giving these Quaaludes to women, young women, in order to have sex with them,”
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Snyder also said he believed testimony from Cosby’s chief accuser, Andrea Constand, who recalled for jurors in graphic detail how the now-80-year-old comic gave her pills that made her pass out and how she woke up to him sexually assaulting her at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
Five other accusers who took the stand, even though Cosby was not criminally charged with attacking them, were also credible, Snyder said. But he would’ve convicted Cosby without their testimony.
“If you hadn’t heard from the other five, and you just had her word, would that have mattered to you?” asked ABC News reporter Linsey Davis.
“I don’t think so because in the deposition, he stated that he gave these drugs to other women,” Snyder replied. “I don’t think it really necessarily mattered that these other five women were here. Because he said it himself that he used these drugs on other women.”
“So you found it to be his words that were the most damning of all?” Davis asked.
“Yeah,” Snyder answered.
What part of this story do you agree with, as to Cosby being maligned and being a victim in this process?
He seems to have admitted to drugging women to take advantage of them in sexual ways, over many months or years.
What “good works” are you defending from disparagement?
How do you feel about the hypocrisy of Cosby trying to be an example of an exemplary lifestyle, but having these sexual assaults in his past?
Louis, Louis, Louis. White guilt does not become you.