The Day This Country Falls To Chaos, When Its People Become Exhausted By Injustices To The Breaking Point,

Does the Bill Cosby thing confuse anyone else?

If you start from the beginning - not the recent accusations, the 1970's beginning - it's easy to put together a timeline. 1973-ish: Gives at least one victim Benadryl. Shit's strong if you've never had it before. Was probably more so back then. Rapes the girl. Then, as recent information has introduced, proceeded to pay them to keep it quiet. It stayed quiet. For 30 years, it was quiet. It'd have been impossible back then for any of his victims to step forward and claim rape. They'd have never stood a chance against someone as famous and powerful as he was. Plus, taking money to not say anything would have looked incredibly bad. Apparently, that's not an issue these days. Take the bribe, then turn around and play 100% victim. I have no interest in defending Cosby. He's no symbol of my childhood or of any attachment to me. It is unfortunate he wasn't torn down immediately after the first couple victims. That circles around to the original issue of his status and the definite protection he'd have had back then, however. Where I find issue is how these victims have gone about developing their case. Legal battles aren't cheap, and the statute of limitations has already cleared Cosby of his victims up to the 90's. Any good (business-minded) lawyer would have immediately turned down that case. There's absolutely no money in the accusations outside the statute of limitations. So, why would a lawyer do something as foolish as waste their time on a case pro-bono? Especially after their client(s) took a bribe? They couldn't possibly win unless they had evidence (which doesn't exist) or a confession (which in this case took about two years). How many hundreds of thousands of dollars went into the plaintiff side? How could they possibly hope to pay for all that? They couldn't. That's why they refused to drop it. After the bills began piling up, they knew they just had to wear Cosby down until he gave up and settled. This wasn't about justice. This was all about revenge. This was about money. What I am most interested to see is how much these primary victims walk away with once this is done. Cosby will be forced to pay their legal bills, but it will obviously not end there. These women will likely not only claim a ridiculous sum in "emotional damage" over the past 40 years, but it is guaranteed they will claim undue stress in their lives during the course of the legal battle. How many millions will Cosby lose just to satiate their greed? How much did he lose when pretty much everyone backed out of his comedy routines, TV show, endorsements, etc? He should never have gotten those things in the first place, but he certainly had the advantage back then. He deserves them even less now for having used his status and continuing on like nothing happened. He should lose his status, his money, and his fame. That much is warranted. But, he shouldn't have to give these harpies who waited 30+ years for their revenge a dime. He should pay their legal fees. That much is a given. However, the moment those once-victims put a price tag on their "suffering" (after having already accepted at least one bribe [with some having settled out of court after raising the issue before this most recent case]), is the moment justice will have been a lie. Bill Cosby is a damn moron. First, for even considering rape as a worthwhile endeavor. Second, for paying off those women. Third, for not fighting this to his grave (no matter how early). I hope he is ashamed of himself, and I hope all those people who worked with him to cover it up and defend him are, too. That being said, I cannot but hope he does one thing right. Like give all his money and estate to charity, then claim bankruptcy. Give everything he owns (though it is tainted) to people who do matter and had no part of leeching a has-been. Those once-victims deserve nothing from him but an apology. They deserve no money, no mention in history, no sympathy as "victims", no publicity, and no thought once this is over. Unless... Unless they do that one thing we could only expect of truly honorable people: Refuse any money. Take no money but the legal expenses and all costs associated with the case. Insist any profit to be had be given to, say, cancer research, women's shelters, health clinics. Places/organizations people who are sick or have been abused go to when they need help. That's a dream, though, isn't it? They'll take the money they "deserve" because they're "victims", and they needed "justice". All we need to do now is wait and see the price tag of their "suffering". Watch and wait while real victims are in hospitals, therapy, mental wards, and shut-ins.

Work is hindering my ability to expand my Pokemon portfolio.

On a scale of 0 to this coffee spill, how are you feeling today?

Honestly, I'm kind of hoping I have a brain tumor so I'll know this weird shit isn't me just me being insane.

I wish there was a job that all I had to do was watch movies, then incorporate well-timed, fitting references into anything that happens around me.

My subordinates think they're all professional as fuck, but when I need things done, they all bitch and make up excuses to not work.

Pizza, I really like you, but you've become a bad habit. Time to stop being lazy and get back to making the less deadly food I love. Which is kind of funny because I'm not a health nut. Though, I realized all the stuff I really like is basically a Mediterranean diet. Who knew? I noticed spaghetti isn't in those, though... -_- But, time to get these love handles to go away again. It's just too easy to get into bad eating habits. Just takes a little effort to get back into good habits, right? It's easy to notice the huge difference in energy when you start eating right. Might feel a little hungry in the beginning, but in the immortal words of Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!"

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