He was cancelled a while back
over the typical piffling nonsense
(Ol' Ginger Bastarda role model for the children, Thu 17 Sep 2020, 20:25,
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I think he was whingeing about how Weinstein et al were being caught.
How it wasn't fair on wealthy people or something.
(FeralCatManUnusual disease collector., Thu 17 Sep 2020, 21:59,
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Hmph. If we reject everyone who ever said something a bit dodgy, we'd have no artists left
- I mean, fuck Weinstein and his deformed cock, and fuck Spacey too, but it's still worth commenting that it's been sort of weird the way we've just hanged the fuckers without trial.
(Invisible Wizard- 10th Level Nerf-herder, Thu 17 Sep 2020, 23:17,
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I haven't really followed it.
An improvement over 'pretend it's not happening' and blame victims 'for causing trouble' though.
(FeralCatManUnusual disease collector., Fri 18 Sep 2020, 1:36,
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Oh god, yeah. Much better.
I often think a decent benchmark for public figures' guilt is that they never attempt to sue for libel. It's super easy to destroy someone on a libel case in the UK, and it only needs to have been printed in the UK for it to apply.
(Invisible Wizard- 10th Level Nerf-herder, Fri 18 Sep 2020, 6:59,
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it was still a bit of an ordeal for geoffrey rush, though
(ozof, Fri 18 Sep 2020, 7:23,
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It's a good test of guilt, if the person can afford it.
Most people would be insane to defend a libel action without large amounts of cash.
(FeralCatManUnusual disease collector., Fri 18 Sep 2020, 16:27,
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You could really boost your case by saying you would pay the legal costs of the defendant if they lost.
"This isn't about money, it's about my reputation."
God, I'm a fucking genius. I've fixed the world! I should go into spin doctoring or something.
(Invisible Wizard- 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 19 Sep 2020, 8:04,
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Sorry, I was a bit glib there.
I'm very comfortable seperating the work from the man, god knows there wouldn't be much to like if I didn't.
(fred zeppelinII: Electric Boogaloo, Fri 18 Sep 2020, 9:17,
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Certainly anything from over 100 years ago likely held some values you wouldn’t want to identify with.
+was done by someone who
Damn phone text editing
(Pie of Meat___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Fri 18 Sep 2020, 11:11,
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