You are totally correct from a legal perspective. That said, life doesn't require proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 17:33 Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: And he doesn't have to prove his innocence. . . Technically. Sent from Blue Mail <http://r.bluemailapp.com> On Dec 16, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: If he didn't do this (which requires you to believe that all these women have gotten together to tell the same lie of a period of decades, but we'll pass that), then defend yourself in a manner that goes beyond simply calling them all liars. Holy shit: you're rich enough to hire a legal team that'd make OJ's look like a public defender's office. Fucking mop the floor with them. If he did, then he needs to shut up and go away. He doesn't need to admit anything at this point. It doesn't matter. The problem isn't that he's denying it: it's the way he keeps doing it. Seriously. Shut up. Go away. Your career is over. Play out the string someone other than the public view. On Tue Dec 16 2014 at 1:30:25 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: So what are Cosby's options? Admit it? Sent from Blue Mail <http://r.bluemailapp.com> On Dec 16, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: For me, Cosby has bizarrely transcended to this place where I just want him to go away. Someone suggested that it'd be in his best interest if he just went into seclusion somewhere far away for the rest of his life, but Cosby just seems quixotically determined to respond to all this the same way he always has, expecting others to behave as they always have, except they aren't. I get the feeling he either has no crisis management people or he's flat-out ignoring them because he knows so damn best. You'd at least think his lawyers would be telling him to shut the fuck up. At this point, every time he opens his mouth things become worse. It's as if the patheticness has somehow neared the monstrosity of the actions. Clay Shirky wrote a book called Here Comes Everybody about the change in organizing people in the age of the internet. One of his early examples is the case of the catholic church about ten years ago. ten years ago some victims of sexual abuse by priests came forward. This wasn't the first time it had happened and the church had, over the decades, formed a response and the allegations went away. Ten years ago, though, as the victims went online and shared their stories, other victims came forward as well and the church's response failed where it had previously succeeded. As the scandal snowballed it took a couple of years and court cases until the church realized that its tried and true approach was causing more trouble than it was solving. Cosby has also been dealing with accusations for decades and the response he developed has always worked. Unlike previous times he's not up against a single victim acting alone but a large number of victims plus the part of our society tired of deferring to privilege, whether it's male, rich, celebrity, or all three. Cosby is determined to stick with what always worked even if it continues to make things worse for him. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
