Should Will Smith have been charged and prosecute for the battery on Chris Rock?

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Should Smith be prosecuted and how hard

  1. No, nothing should happen

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  2. Yes and offer a light plea bargain, community service

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  3. Yes and offer a light plea bargain, cs and a fine

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  4. Yes and offer a plea bargain with, cs, a fine and probation

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  5. Yes and offer a plea bargain with cs, a fine and up to week in jail, probation

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  6. Yes and offer a plea bargain with cs, a fine and longer jail, probation

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  1. Nonnie

    Nonnie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    In the UK, prosecution is rare without the victims support. Action is only taken if there's a future risk to the victim. So the law tends to not get involved unless the victim wants to press charges, or if there could be future risk as in domestic violence. I wouldn't have thought that would be different in the US.
     
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  2. MJ Davies

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    It's the same way here. The people that think it's not seem to have some alternate view of our criminal justice system.

    We also a very biased and tiered legal system so very powerful and/or rich and/or well-liked celebrities usually get a different level of "justice".

    Also, the system is very skewed relative to race so the call for Smith to "get justice" can be part of the public outcry but, if you take even a cursory look, the same types of comments don't exist relative to the MOB attack against the hundreds of Capitol police officers (5 which died as a direct and indirect result of the Capitol riot) and hundreds that were injured. The flip switched and the CRIMINALS are the ones they "seek justice" for which is bizarre because Trump sold himself as the "law and order president" and he still hasn't said those officers' names or acknowledged them. That tells us quite a bit about the fidelity, loyalty, honor and "justice" in our country. It's pathetic. Beyond pathetic.
     
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    Could not have stated it better. Smith had a reputation as a nice guy who would go out of his way to help another so I have to wonder why? I personally suspect he and his wife have been having a bad time with her disorder/disease and I would not be surprised if she had either been suicidal, depressed or just been given bad news
     
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    MJ Davies Well-Known Member

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    Yes, there both are very involved in their communities are very well liked. Unlike the nameless Orange One, they actually care about others and are said to be wonderful to family, friends, neighbors and strangers. I don't really follow celebrities as I don't worship human beings but the only people I've ever heard with their kind of spirit are Robin Williams (he adopted the Reeve's son after they passed away) and Pierce Bronson. I like the people that don't have to brag on themselves and don't seek publicity 24/7. You know they genuinely care and give from the heart.

    As far as the January 6. 2021 apologists, I've tried and failed to forgive them. I can't. That's never happened to me before as I try to be understanding and I don't hold grudges. My heart is broken for those Capitol police officers and the ones left behind and all the officers in this country that witnessed their own President doing nothing for their brothers and sisters in blue. It's unconsciousable.
     
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    You seem awfully concerned about other people's sex lives.
     
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You do whatever feels good to you. Just don't ask me to accept it in a public forum. They, like you, glorify their sexual behavior over public forums. Your craving for acceptance is apparent. My concern is only for society in general. Your "anything goes" theology doesn't fly with many.
     
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    You have a very bad habit of projection. I never said anything goes. I've never discussed my sex life.

    I said, again, you are obsessed with other people's sex lives and it's not any of your business.

    Unless a homosexual or bisexual person is sexually harassing you, in which case you should file a police report or you are married to or cheating with Jada, it's not your business.
     
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You are very opinionated about sex and.....where ever you go, there you are. You are like a moth to the flame of sex.
     
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    It's up to Chris Rock and he says no to charges.

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    You have a very bad habit of projection.

    Nobody familiar with my posting history will believe your BS. That's a you problem.
     
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well I have never had to explain to others "I am not a homosexual".....but you have. I'll leave it at that.
     
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    They settled the matter on their own. End of story. Not government intervention needed.
     
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    Well to be fair you said you could choose to be gay if you wanted to so that would make you not completely straight.

    If someone said I had blond hair saying “I don’t have blond hair” doesn’t mean I am against blonds, it is just correcting false information.

    Strange dialogue you are having here…
     
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    It is different then. It does not require the victim do anything. Someone who did what Smith did is a danger to society
     
  17. Bluesguy

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    Not at all. We as a society have a right to prosecute those who violate our laws. If someone murdered you child you could not demand they not be prosecuted. If someone hit your car and they wee DUI you could not demand they not be prosecuted. Smith did what he did in front of the world without a second of respect for the law. He swaggared away and partied afterwards with the I'm above the law attitude. He should be prosecuted to protect others from any future batteries.
     
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    This Above is the full sentence of what you said. I just found it odd that you would do what seems to be "virtue signaling" in your own eyes by projecting you have friends and family that "identify" as homosexuals then feel it necessary to project you are "not homosexual". Why is that necessary? I could give a hand about how you "identify" yourself. I have only talked about behaviors. Why is it you have to announce to the forum "I am not homosexual"? Thought it was normal behavior to you? It is not all about you anyway!
     
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Talk about twisting things. Anyone with half a brain would know by the post you quoted me that I said "if I wanted to". If is the qualifying word here. I could participate in the behavior you seem to embrace but I don't. I find it repulsive. Blond hair is not a behavior.
     
  20. MJ Davies

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    You have a serious problem with projection and misrepresenting conversations.

    I answered that several times now. You tried to insult me (didn't work because that would require I value your opinion. I don't).

    Here is the actual FULL context.

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    http://www.politicalforum.com/index...be-discouraged.597265/page-11#post-1073350402
     
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    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Funny. are you trying to say I called you a homosexual? Prove it! Why would that be an insult if I did? You are perfectly fine with the behavior and I CAN prove that. I refrain from calling anyone a homosexual. From the beginning I have rejected it as an identity. It is a behavior.
     
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    Did you happen to struggle with reading comprehension in school? It appears that may be the case.
    I didn't say calling me homosexual was an insult. I said you can't insult me because you and your opinions don't matter to me.
    I never expressed an opinion about homosexual behavior. I said that it's none of my business and it's none of yours.
    You like to be insulting, in general. Why stop there?
    You also said that you could choose to be gay which means you're not 100% heterosexual because it's not a choice.

    Nobody would CHOOSE to be ostracized, condemned, judged, attacked, shamed, accused of pedophilia constantly and risk their jobs, homes and lives if they had a choice. Unless you think everybody is walking around, as you seem to be, hating themselves.
     
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    Society gets to say what public behavior is acceptable and what will be sanctioned. If he did it there he's likely to do it elsewhere. He's not above the law.
     
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    No they should apologise to one another and to the public for their behaviour.
     
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    Do you share equal empathy for those who lost businesses in the BLM riots and those families who lost loved ones? I noticed your heart is not broken over the woman that was killed in the Capitol.

    Very selective when it comes riots!!!!
     
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