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You also have to look at thins in context
Van Gogh was unuestionably a manic depressive - but he is not guilty of any outrage like that committed by Polanski
Jefferson owned slaves at a time when such things were reviled in most of the civilised world, yet it was legally permitted in his colony
THe stories coming out about the band mentioned in the first post are confused and unproven - but if true and if the father is guilty at rape, I hope they throw the book at him
Polanski has made some okay movies, and was is a paedophile.
The person who I DID feel some ambivalence about was Michael Jackson
He was clearly outrageously talented
He clearly was abused most of his young life and had hardly any chance to grow up normally
We might never know, but on balance I dont believe he was a rapist, but I do believe he was guilty of behavior with children that was morally and legally inappropriate.
I wont mourn him especially, but I also cannot condemn him totally, the brilliance of his talent is not totally denied by his crimes to me.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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