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Bill Cosby - Rapist, or Victim ???

Bill Cosby


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Well, given that he is now officially on record as drugging a woman into a stupor to have sex with her, I'd have to go with rapist.

I withheld judgement when this first came up. Although false violent crime accusations are rare, they can be more common with the wealthy (all types, not just rape). The sheer number was also suspect. I didn't believe he was innocent, and I didn't believe he was guilty. Not enough information.

But now it is known that he drugged women for sex. We call that rape.

So yes, he is a rapist.

How do you get to "drugging a woman into a stupor to have sex with her" from what he said.

When you offered a woman a Quaalude in the 70s she took it. Are you saying he forced these women to take the drugs? I didn't see him admit to that.
 
How do you get to "drugging a woman into a stupor to have sex with her" from what he said.

When you offered a woman a Quaalude in the 70s she took it. Are you saying he forced these women to take the drugs? I didn't see him admit to that.

He admitted what the purpose was, which was to get her to have sex with him.
 
Yeah, it does. Drugging someone for sex is rape.

Again, he did not say he forced the woman to take the drugs. The force part is the rape. Without the force, it is a woman that wanted to have sex with a celebrity.
 
Again, he did not say he forced the woman to take the drugs. The force part is the rape. Without the force, it is a woman that wanted to have sex with a celebrity.

:shock:
 
And getting an award of money isn't going to make it any better. This is not a financial crime. By allowing monetary non-compensatory damages you make it an option for the unscrupulous to enter the mix.

You didn't answer my question. I will rephrase: If other victims of crime can get punitive damages, then why not rape victims?
 
I think he did it.
 
I'm a little speechless by the reasoning is all.

Really? A woman takes the drug and she has sex with Cosby. Where is the rape?

If a man buys a woman a drink at the bar for the purpose of loosening her up to get her to have sex with him, and then she agrees to go home with him and she has sex with him, was that rape?

Show me the force before you cry rape.
 
... Just so I get this straight:

- Women claim Bill Cosby drugged them and then forced himself on them.
- Bill Cosby keeps silent/denies the entire matter.
- In a related case 11 years earlier, a woman claims he drugged them.
- Bill Cosby comes forward and admits he got 7 prescriptions for quaaludes.

Why the **** are we even having this discussion? Who the hell gets 7 prescriptions for quaaludes in anticipation for sex?
 
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