@pakajaka wrote:
I am new here. I always read this forum so now I have decided to jump in.
Here are my thoughts:
1. Why did Cosby think he had to drug women to get them to sleep with him. He was an icon and I think he probably would have no problem getting any woman he wanted. Many women don't care if you're married or not. So why the drugs? I would not even believe that about him,except he admitted it.
2. Does anyone know that his daughter died a couple weeks before the trial started from kidney failure. I think she was in her 40's or 50's. He lost his son years ago.
3. I think the judge was totally wrong in allowing the other women to testify as this was not about them.
4. I have trouble believing all 68 women. Sorry, out of that many SOMEONE would have come forward at the time it happened. Once the first one came forward it was like a tsunami. If 3 came forward and that is all, I would be more apt to believe ALL of them, but 68?
5. I think Cosby should be on house arrest, not in the prison system. He is 81, in failing health, is legally blind and he has all the money in the world to pay for his and his wife's old age health care. Why should the State pay. He was found guilty, his life is ruined and that should be enough.
6. I am perplexed by his wife's loyalties, but nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors. She must still love the man she fell in love with many years ago so for her sake and age I hope they can stay together and die together. He is already in prison in his mind living with the fact that he was exposed. Is he sorry? Who knows!
7. I think Angela, after getting millions, went along with the criminal trial because of Gloria Allred. Gloria is vile.
8. I think the MeToo movement is being blown out of proportion because it now seems that woman are taking advantage and ruining some men's lives with lies because they now can. It benefits them in all ways, they can claim that they are victims and ask for anything they want and so many of them want to take over the world.
9. I am old school and have always despised the Women's Lib Movement that started in the 60's. I feel it was the cause of the breakdown of the family unit.
10. Do I think Cosby is guilty? Yes, for some and no for others. If Cosby didn't admit to drugging women then I would have had a difficult time believing that he was capable of this. But, he was!!!
Woo, I wanted to get all that out of my system!
@pakajaka
Welcome .... I'll try to keep it short, although I believe you really haven't followed this case in the news, and are forming opinions with very flawed information.
1. He's a sexual PREDATOR .... not a regular, garden variety cheater. Huge difference.
2. Yes. That's very sad, but it has no bearing whatsoever on this criminal case.
3. The Prosecutor was allowed to bring them in because it was establishing a long, repetitious pattern of behavior with many women, over decades.
4. Several women DID come forward, as written in the news. Police didn't believe some of them, or just said it was a "he said, she said" and refused to do anything with such a powerful man and powerful studio behind him. Some women were threatened to keep their mouths shut, or else, and he also had a guy who would pay a visit to any woman who persisted and he threw a little money at them, telling them if they made it public, it would ruin their lives. This was also in the news.
5. So what? His health has no bearing on the criminal acts that would mean up to 30 years in jail. Would you also say that murderers finally found when they were old shouldn't serve time because of old age? Not relevant!
6. I think she is either in denial or just thinks "stand by your man" is how she'll look best to the AA community. Or maybe she still hopes he'll be vindicated. JMO
7. Angela WHO? Rape victims find it extremely difficult to come forward, and Gloria Allred is not vile. She's really a godsend for many women who cannot easily come forward or stand up for themselves. (See Post #157 upthread)
8. Take over the world? Seriously? You seem (embarrassingly) unaware of how many women are dealing with sexually aggressive men who do so in the workplace because they can get away with it, and, again, women are threatened into keeping silent. It happens everywhere in this country, in every industry. BTW .... just because a woman makes an accusation doesn't mean she is automatically believed. There comes an investigation first. If a company gets one complaint, they discreetly determine if this was a one time thing, or if he does it to every woman he can approach. Even if women don't report it to HR, they tell other women (or a therapist) who can later corroborate her claims during that investigation. Women talk to each other, thankfully, and men with that reputation are known and avoided, whenever possible. Many times, in smaller companies, there's nowhere to hide from these predators and her life is a living hell.
9. Sorry, but you aren't old school .... you are woefully out of touch with the real life most women live. Lots of modern women have strong, healthy, happy families today. Times change, and when things no longer work for everyone, changes are made. The only thing you can count on in life is change.
10. I disagree. He's a serial sexual predator that probably should spend the next 30 years in jail. Maybe there'll be a few predators in jail that will show him just what he put those women through. "An eye for an eye" comes to mind ...
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