On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:01:47 -0500, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> On 06/28/09 12:36, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> He was accused of actual inappropriate behaviour, and from the little I
>> read, it seemed there was evidence of such inappropriate behaviour.  I
>> agree with this:
> 
> 	Inappropriate by a large portion of society. As somebody pointed 
out
> with the Bashir documentary clip, he even admitted to behavior that many
> people would find inappropriate.

This is how laws are formed a lot of the time.

> 	It isn't, however, illegal. And I suspect it's not even 
"universally"
> inappropriate (in terms of all of humanity).

Um, some of the things he was accused of are in fact illegal.  That's why 
he went to court.

> 	My bottom line is that we're all free to dislike him for those 
things
> that are quite clear. However, while I might not want my kids around him
> without some reliable adult monitoring, I'm not going to judge other
> parents who let their kids hang around him.

Well, you're entitled to do that.  I would deem those parents 
irresponsible at least to just think that it's OK to let their kids sleep 
over with him because he's a star.  It's naive to think that the stage 
persona is the "real person" persona and that his popularity means that 
he's safe to leave your kids with.

Those who were willing to let their kids stay with him when they didn't 
know about him as a *person* might just as well have left their kids with 
some other stranger.  Just because someone is famous doesn't mean that 
you know them.

Jim

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