Yes, but what we think of as criminal acts changes over time.

She remembers verbally asking for it to stop thirty years on. But memory is unreliable, especially after that length of time. It’s highly likely what she said was less firm or obvious than she remembers.

That’s not going to go well when Chuck D famously told record executives that “Flavor Flav was Public Enemy” back in the day, because FF wrote all the songs and did all the music...

Reading through the article and the collaborating statement by the victim’s friend it’s pretty easy to get a “middle ground” picture.

While acting in 1983, 22yo Timothy Hutton was probably far from a “celebrity she admired”. He was mostly a TV movie actor, who had gotten lucky and won an Oscar for his first real film, that doesn’t sound like a movie most pre-teens would have seen or appreciated.

As we’ve known for years now, the Final Fantasy VII remake will unfold in episodes, with the first game comprising the events that take place in the city of Midgar. That first episode, called, confusingly, just Final Fantasy VII Remake, is out on April 10 for PlayStation 4. In the original game, that first Midgar…

Putting aside the needless retcons and overly complex backstories. That we no longer know who or even what the Doctor is. Or that the idea of regenerating Cyber Time Lords is introduced 2/3rds of the way through an episode and then nothing is done with it. Setting all that aside...

Is there really a lot of grown 30-year-olds turning to Disney+ for shows that are relatable to the current events of their life?
What in their programming fills in the blank of “If you liked Lizzie McGuire Gets Laid you might also like _____”?

It wasn’t remotely subtle, but I did love the random dove flying by in Genghis Khan’s entrance.

Except he was convicted of the non-violent charges (third-degree rape, first-degree criminal sex acts), and found not guilty of the rape-plus-violence charges (predatory sexual assault). So his lawyers could argue since he’s not a danger to the community and push for a light sentence.

Sure, but his lawyers might easily argue that down to time served plus house arrest given his age and ill health. Or he might get a year in prison reduced due to “good behaviour” and overcrowded and be released to the above, and just be forced to spend the next four years in a palatial mansion.

The bigger question will be what the final penalty for the crimes is. If it will be a slap on the wrist (probation and a few million in “damages”) of if he’ll be spending the rest of his uncomfortable life behind bars.

There’s arguably a difference between “had main billing on a movie made by Hollywood” and “being a star.”
Leo was an actor who had starred in films, but that doesn’t mean he was “a star”.

Okay. Sure.
But can you tell me what the major racial tensions and divisions are in Japan and who the major oppressed minorities are, both current and historically?

She’s definitely a different colour from the video game.
BUT placed in context, she is darker than the protagonist of Twilight Wing who is practically albino pale. She has a slightly grey tinge to her skin, but it’s just subtler. 

Seems reasonable to walk out.

It’s Time to Cancel Comedians Who Whine About Cancel Culture

The biggest problem with Civil War was that it ended up being mashed with American politics of the GW Bush era, where left leaning individuals were afraid of totalitarianism. So the specter “big government” forcing laws on superheroes was the bad guy.
Which is ironic, as typically it’s the right that pushes against…

Am I the only one who looks at the Cancel Tournament like the hybrid of a sports tournament and the Mean Girls Burn Book, turning high school style snubbing and clique behaviour into a game?