Not exactly shocked by cosby scandal

I agree with ItDuz. We have this silly thing in this country called due process. If people where judged on what other fifteen strangers said. their would be a lot more witch burnings.

Yes, I think it is a possibility. If you think that we should just claim someone is guilty because a few people claimed something, then I wouldn't want to live in your type of world.

Innocent until proven should be the way we all think. Do people have a right "not" to think that? Yes, however that doesn't mean just because you can have the standard that proof isn't required doesn't mean it's the best standard to have, or even a good one.

Ofcourse if you have witnissed it that you can believe it is true. However someone going through a situation and knowing it's true is not the same as someone who hasn't had any proof, public or personal (Personal observations) and blindly accepting it. People have been killed and even committed suicide just for that very reason that people blindly believed someone had done something wrong, such as raping someone.

As for the lie detector you mentioned. Could you link me to where it says one was taken alongside the questions asked? Need to see it before I can base my opinion on it. The iffy thing about lie detectors is that they can come out false both ways, someone telling the truth can have the test come out saying they were lying and people lying can come out on the test saying that they were telling truth, which is why they are not taken as legit methods of proof by many.

As for striking a deal, again, being merely "accused" of rape can have a lot of negative outcomes. People can and do try to pay off someone they know is wrong to ensure that heir public image is not damaged or further damaged. When it comes to rape, even if it is proven he was falsely accused on all cases, that stigma is still going to be there, and as a public figure that isn't a good thing, it can actually be a damaging thing even when cleared.
So him trying to pay people to not continue with it can be for the reason above or it could be because of what you are implying. Then again, I am not familiar with the deals, I merely heard a little bit about them. However, from what you stated, would I be correct in saying that the people accepted those deals? Which, again, could imply that these people are after money. I remember a while ago one was asking for $100,000 but then raised it to $250,000. So this could be extortion, all about money, and given what he is accused of it can be assumed that the pressure would result exactly in what I beliee from what you stated happened, they paid him off.
For these people that were apparently victims of the crime, they sure do settle for money rather than justice, though...

I don't agree that it is far more likely for him to have abused someone. Just because a numer of allegations have come out does not mean that atleast one of them don't need proof.

I don't know much about Bill Cosby. Never watched the things he was in or paid much of any attention to him, however that still doesn't change my standard of innocent until proen guilty.

I don't think it's ok to think he's guilty. These things have concequences and the fact that there is no proof which implies he could very well be innocent, yet is faced with the stigma that has encouraged violence towards people that hold such stigmas, alongside behavviors that have resulted in people committing suicide, I think it's extremely wrong.
I'm not about to take part in believing someone is guilty just because they have been accused because I don't want to take part in behaviors or opinions backed by speculation that could and has made innocent people suffer from vigilante behavior and made them commit suicide.

Why would they wait so long to report it? Drugged indeed! Just jump on the money train! Unfounded claims. Total bull****! If no evidence, then it didn't happen. He should sue them all!