Originally posted by red g jacks
i'm not 'supposed' to do a lot of things yet i do them anyway. you don't like my objection? that's cool. yet i'm not the only person answering your rhetorical question so maybe it's not me being weird and it's actually that your rhetorical question wasn't such a great point.
"Derp, I'm not the only one who believes x so it must be true!!!"
Argumentum ad populum
Check it out: male celebrities have tons and tons of sex. The idea that Bill Cosby would need to use a date rape drug to get laid is quite stupid.
"But! But!!! BUT!!! He could have been raping to do the fantasy control bla bla bla."
That's a shitty argument and it heavily relies on another logical fallacy: argumentum ad ignorantiam.
Celebrities don't need date rape drugs to get laid. That's the rhetoric. You have nothing substantial to offer as a counter besides silly unlikely scenarios that you have no way of substantiating.
I'll put it more simply so you can understand: exploring extremely unlikely explanations is really stupid. I don't want to explore your stupid ideas as it adds nothing but stupidity to the topic.
"But! But! Rape fantasies, man! RAPE FANTASIES!" Okay. You've got me. Bill Cosby took his rape fantasies too far and risked his career over many decades raping the shit out of many women and only 4 are brave enough to come forward. Case close, guys, Red solved everything.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
You're absolutely right. I have no evidence whatsoever on whether he's guilty or innocent. I have exactly the same I information the media has given to you, me & every other poster who has commented on this thread.
Personally I couldn't care less about BC but I'm not the one who claimed knew better because they personally knew some other celebrity & based their judgement on that. You did.
Jimmy Sommervile got labelled as the worst child molester the UK has ever since. He got exposed 20-30 years after the crimes he committed. Same with Rolf Harris. Both worked in the entertainment industry as family friendly roles.
I'M NOT USING THESE 2 CELEBRITIES TO CAST JUDGEMENT ON COSBY, I'm simply pointing out that people can have dark sides to them & if they're a public figure then it's easier & probably inevitable that their pasts will catch up with them.
ONCE AGAIN I HAVE NO PROOF OF COSBY'S WRONG DOING NOR AM I USING HARRIS OR SOMMERVILE AS EXAMPLES OF HIS GUILT.
I'm simply pointing out that there is a facade to people, some who choose to be celebrities & not to necessarily believe the clean cut images they portray.
Cool.
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Rape is a dangerous fantasy to have. Role playing with your consensual partner or a paid prostitute doesn't give the same thrill as the real thing.
But you're still committing the some fallacy as Red. You cannot pretend that this extremely unlikely scenario is entertain-able without evidence.