As Joe O said above, no one is without flaw. Some flaws, of course, are more damaging than others - think child molestation - and some are irredeemable, such as killing someone whether purposefully or not. I accept that and at the same time recognize the inherent value of that same individual's life. I have admired Bill Cosby for many years and I have no doubt that I will continue to admire his talents. If it is proven beyond reasonable doubt that he not only raped women but drugged them in order to do so, that is in a separate compartment, so to speak, from the admiration I feel for his talents. But I have a problem: Drugging and raping anybody is despicable. If it is true that Cosby not only did that but allegedly did it multiple times and with multiple women, it is hard for me to conceive of a way to forgive that. The only thing worse would be if he had done it to children.
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