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Rape culture is a huge problem in this country, but racism is worse.

Bill Clinton accused of raping and harassing women -> We love you, Bill!

Bill Cosby accused of raping white women -> Scumbag! Burn him at the stake!

i dont think anyone accused bill of raping anyone

he couldnt even get it up for a lot of the time with monica from what i read, it hardly sounds like rape

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11-29-2014 , 03:08 PM

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Juanita Broaddrick definitely accused Clinton of rape.

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11-29-2014 , 03:17 PM

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true i suppose but not many people believed her

as we said nobody believed these accusers 10 years ago either

but now there are 20+ of them

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11-29-2014 , 03:22 PM

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Actually, OJ was found civilly liable for the deaths, and I'm quite confident that his criminal jury just got it wrong. I'd happily throw a sharp rock at OJ in the public square.

My point was that the evidence in that trial was aired out, permitting most of us to come to a much more informed judgment. Not so w/r/t Cosby.

the govt set OJ up to go back to jail regardless

but based on the evidence, the jury was correct ruling not guilty

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11-29-2014 , 04:15 PM

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Well everybody except the principals involved is playing a guessing game. The point is that speculation that the women involved actually were having consensual sex, for the purpose of personal gain, and that the accusations have arisen because they didn't get what they want, is also a "guessing game". My point is that, even if you accept this highly speculative view that is quite dismissive to the women involved, it hardly absolves Cosby of any misconduct.

This is utterly ridiculous fwiw.

People are totally within their rights to have consensual sex. It has nothing to do with anybody else.

And if a moral judgement is going to be passed on either party in such a situation, it's definitely going against the person that is just trying to use the other as a stepping stone imo.

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11-29-2014 , 04:26 PM

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Hahaha not surprised people ITT don't see anything wrong with the casting couch, or if they do think the only person doing wrong is the person trying to get a job.

eskimo: you realize that most companies have rules against these very things. Why do you think that might be?

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11-29-2014 , 04:29 PM

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Because it's obviously terrible for business to a) potentially have legal ramifications from genuine coercion, and b) have unqualified people sleep their way to the top at the expense of good workers.

Are you guys saying that famous people just shouldn't be allowed to have sex with people who aren't also rich and famous?

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11-29-2014 , 04:37 PM

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Why would you think anyone is saying that?

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11-29-2014 , 05:36 PM

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What if a poor unfamous guy claims to be Bill Cosby to get women to sleep with him?

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11-29-2014 , 05:40 PM

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Why would you think anyone is saying that?

Heh clearly I've missed the point then because it sounded to me like that was exactly what was being said.

My understanding was that it was being said that even if Cosby was having consensual sex, that it was still wrong because he had influence that people might sleep with him to get access to. Which is imo insane.

(All obv irrelevant to the actual situation because there is like a 98% chance this wasn't consensual)

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11-29-2014 , 06:01 PM

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Even if that's what people meant your hypothetical doesn't logically follow. Do you really see nothing wrong with, say, requiring your employees to have sex with you to get a promotion?

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11-29-2014 , 06:12 PM

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I thought Cosby was accused of drugging and raping women.

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11-29-2014 , 06:18 PM

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You can thank Sklansky for the derail.

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11-29-2014 , 07:06 PM

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He's correct. Take the Louisa Moritz accusation (the 68-year-old woman who was forced to give oral to Cosby backstage) for example. She doesn't specify if this was the first time giving oral to him, or what their relationship was like. It's supremely likely that at some point in time there were actresses who hoped sleeping with Cosby might help their career, and DS is suggesting that when it did not, their reflection on what happened became predator-prey instead of symbiosis.

Cosby is a serial POS, fwiw.

Hold on, now. I can't be arsed to follow the details of all these allegations, but surely you wrote this poorly, and she wasn't actually 68 at the time of the forced BJ, right?

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11-29-2014 , 08:06 PM

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the govt set OJ up to go back to jail regardless

but based on the evidence, the jury was correct ruling not guilty

Yeah, you're right. DNA evidence is notoriously unreliable.

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11-29-2014 , 08:31 PM

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Many knowledgeable people agree both that Simpson was guilty (based on all evidence) and that "not guilty" was the correct verdict (based on the evidence presented to the jurors.) If I remember correctly, the reasonable doubt regarding the DNA evidence was because of the LAPD not following proper chain of evidence procedures, making it possible, though highly unlikely, that it could have been planted. However, even without the DNA, there was enough other incriminating evidence to convict, had it been presented.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent...._Simpson_case

Cliffs: The prosecutors ****ed it up, not the jury.

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11-29-2014 , 08:49 PM

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Those who disagree with me are wrong not because you misunderstand humans but rather probability. I just skimmed the accusations and would love to bet that at least two of 20 are significant exaggerations. 11 and 12 seemed iffy.

On the other hand I have no doubt that Cosby is guilty and have never said otherwise. Sometimes a thread jogs a logical point that I think might be interesting (eg semi guilty people are forced to keep silent rather than partially ameliorate things) and some of the readers think I have an agenda other than just trying to help people think of stuff they might otherwise not have.

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11-29-2014 , 09:24 PM

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Here's the thing. The possibility exists that, at least some of these women may have decided, at the end of the evening, to have consensual sex with Cosby, for whatever reason. (Starstruck, holdover, wanting to further a career). Who knows?

But, he drugged these women. They never got to the end of the evening. He removed their ability to say "yes" or "no".
That's what takes him to an even higher level of despicable.

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11-29-2014 , 09:49 PM

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It has to be that high a level to be called "rape". Some of the allegations didn't go that far. And maybe some that did were not true. But I'm sure there were several that are.

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11-29-2014 , 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

Those who disagree with me are wrong not because you misunderstand humans but rather probability. I just skimmed the accusations and would love to bet that at least two of 20 are significant exaggerations. 11 and 12 seemed iffy.

On the other hand I have no doubt that Cosby is guilty and have never said otherwise. Sometimes a thread jogs a logical point that I think might be interesting (eg semi guilty people are forced to keep silent rather than partially ameliorate things) and some of the readers think I have an agenda other than just trying to help people think of stuff they might otherwise not have.

It seems that, you, may be better at understanding probability than understanding humans. Of course a couple of the claims may be false but how many rapes does it take to be rapist? Assuming it is just one, what is your point? If there are this many claims how many would you say are unclaimed? Maybe your probabilities would be better off applied here so you don't come off as... ummm.... poorly as you have in the rest of this thread.

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11-29-2014 , 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by problemeliminator

Even if that's what people meant your hypothetical doesn't logically follow. Do you really see nothing wrong with, say, requiring your employees to have sex with you to get a promotion?

Of course there is something wrong with that.

I'm not even sure we are arguing about the same thing any more.

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11-29-2014 , 11:30 PM

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You are basically contending that if their is a probability flaw in the argument of someone who has a stance that results in a correct conclusion, it should be overlooked lest it gives ammunition to the incorrect other side. Except for very few extreme exceptions I don't buy that. Not making probability or logical mistakes in your arguments is too important a goal.

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11-30-2014 , 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

Yeah, you're right. DNA evidence is notoriously unreliable.

tampered evidence, the glove, etc the prosecution ****ed up the case big time

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11-30-2014 , 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Minimalist

this

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11-30-2014 , 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

You are basically contending that if their is a probability flaw in the argument of someone who has a stance that results in a correct conclusion, it should be overlooked lest it gives ammunition to the incorrect other side. Except for very few extreme exceptions I don't buy that. Not making logical or probability or logical mistakes in your arguments is too important a goal.

92.7% probability DS was at least 2 martinis deep when making this post imo.

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