Bill Cosby accused of Rape - say it ain't so

But he also was coming to grips with the frustrations of being a middle-aged man and father. In a comic essay for Ebony, Cosby even talked about how aging had affected his roving eye for women. "One of the most important things when you turn 40 is that you weigh things thusly," he wrote. "You look at the enjoyment you may get from a given activity, and then you look at the amount of work that may have to go into it … for example, sex with a young beautiful woman who has plenty of energy." In a picture that accompanied the story, Cosby stood on a diving board, smoking a cigar, looking over his shoulder wistfully at a bikini-clad, mocha-skinned beauty. "One of those things you want but are glad you can't have," the caption read.

Cosby didn't tell Ebony readers about another step that he had taken to prove that he was serious about cutting back on his womanizing. He told one long time girlfriend that he wanted to put an end to their relationship, and then he invited the woman and her mother, who had always disapproved of her daughter being involved with a married man, out to dinner. "I'm very happy to be here," the mother told Cosby, "because I always thought you had more sense than that!"

Camille rarely got so adamant about casual things. It was as if she was saying that he hadn't come this far — fighting for the dignity of characters on his previous shows, creating the role model of Fat Albert for kids, earning a doctorate in education — to fall back on the stereotypes conjured by a black chauffeur and a Latina handywoman. At one point, she told him that the limo driver idea was so crazy that he should see a psychiatrist and bring back a note.

He confided his own mixed feelings about having been one of few blacks at Temple University and how much he envied the bonds forged by his friends who had gone to historically black colleges. Ennis took his father's advice, but in his freshman year he could manage no better than a 2.3 grade point average. In his sophomore year, one friend asked if he had been tested for dyslexia. When Ennis shared that possibility with his parents, they arranged for him to undergo a battery of tests. The diagnosis came back positive. That summer, he took classes designed to help dyslexics and his grades began to improve.

Cosby was so thrilled about Ennis' breakthrough that he decided to share it with his 30 million viewers. But Cosby also wanted to blow the whistle on himself for having suggested for so long that the problem was a character flaw in Ennis, rather than a mental "glitch," as the script called it.

Cosby chuckled. "All right, Ennis," he said, "just to celebrate, we're going to turn the lights on the pine tree off on your birthday!"

After lowering the casket into the ground, the mourners made their way back to the barn.

As they walked up the hill, Cosby turned to his brother, Russell.

"Yeah, we went down this hill feeling like slaves," Cosby said, "and we're coming back up feeling like free people."

Well, you get what you pay for. If you pay for unacceptable actions; you get more unacceptable actions.

Attitudes change, back then it was considered pretty acceptable to secretly add something to a woman's drink]

This is a Putz move. I've never been to a gathering where jerks tried to drug the girls. Not only is it a cowardly and predatory practice, the idiots spiking the drinks don't have a clue if the woman could have an allergic reaction and possibly die. It's pathetic that there are men who can dehumanize women to the point they are merely a receptacle for their deposits.

hawkeye10 wrote:

Attitudes change, back then it was considered pretty acceptable to secretly add something to a woman's drink]

This is a Putz move. I've never been to a gathering where jerks tried to drug the girls. Not only is it a cowardly and predatory practice, the idiots spiking the drinks don't have a clue if the woman could have an allergic reaction and possibly die. It's pathetic that there are men who can dehumanize women to the point they are merely a receptacle for their deposits.

So, your "something" means alcohol?

Date drugs don't figure in your logic?

It seems to have figured in Bill's. Allegedly.

That does not even make sense for while I have heard people claim to be allergic to alcohol I dont know that it is a real thing, and the drinks were known by the girls to have alcohol, the only thing they did not know was how much.

Lordyaswas wrote:

So, your "something" means alcohol?

Date drugs don't figure in your logic?

It seems to have figured in Bill's. Allegedly.

Aa has been explained alcohol deception was the only thing I was personally involved with, but I know the adding other things to girls drinks was not exceptionally rare, at least based upon claims. I cant recall ever personally witnessing it.

Aa has been explained alcohol deception was the only thing I was personally involved with,

One hell of a euphemism there Hawkeye, "alcohol deception?

people are occasionally on medication (epilepsy for instance) that is toxic when combined with alcohol.

the drinks were known by the girls to have alcohol,

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I am sure that in that case somebody would have reminded these ladies that they should not be drinking, and no guy would have handed them a drink.

Again we see logic fail from you.

This idea that if we dont like an artist we should not look at their art has gotten way out of hand. It goes right along with this nutty idea that if we dont like the speaker then everything that comes out of their mouth must not be worth paying attention to.