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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-07-18
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
What's the distinction? The only way to talk...

What's the distinction? The only way to talk about a case without injecting your opinion is just to robotically enumerate the basic facts without commentary or conclusion, which would be pointless.
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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-07-18
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Sorry, I don't understand this part. Can you...

Sorry, I don't understand this part. Can you elaborate?


I think this may have some unintended side effects, but you could be right. But I'm not sure why that should stop us from saying that...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-07-18
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

None of that is relevant for assessing Polanski's moral culpability, though.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-02-18
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

I think training at this level is probably so extreme, and so atypical, that traditional norms and expectations sorta go out the window, and people end up basically entrusting their children to these...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 01-08-18
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
I agree that people should approach issues of...

I agree that people should approach issues of morality and judgment with humility, but I'd also make a distinction between excessive criticism, and just criticism. We can't refuse to criticize...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 01-08-18
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

Beating up on whoever has the misfortune of being in the news shortly before an awards ceremony is pretty much par for the course. I'll agree if it's still happening next year, I guess, but barring...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 12-01-17
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

We discussed this a bit earlier in the thread, but it's obviously not an all-time comprehensive sexual misconduct accusation list.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-21-17
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/933027729385156608
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-21-17
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/932729151135666176
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-13-17
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

I think a more salient objection would be whether or not we should have "a list" at all, particularly since the nature of the misconduct varies greatly in frequency and severity among different...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-13-17
Replies: 270
Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct
Posted By Yoda
Re: Hollywood and Sexual Misconduct

Because the purpose of the thread is to avoid creating lots of new threads as more revelations come out, which obviously isn't a problem with incidents that have already come out and been discussed....