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Yes that was good sense

Who are the racists? Name names if you can?

Good...now I hope he gets charged for assault.

If they think it's OK for Roman Polanski to get an award then why can't Will Smith keep his ,answer us?.

So keen to bring up the race card.... Had Will Smith been white this would be a whole different story.
He assaulted someone...and so far everyone seems to be licking his feet...he was asked to leave on the night but refused...so they let him stay...now he has been given the opportunity to resign rather than be sacked...to save face.
Had this been an unknown Actor he would have been led out in Handcuffs...its a disgrace.

I didn't ask about the nonces, I asked about the racists.

John Wayne.

That was actually meant to say rapists, but racists worked in the context to so I’ll stand by it

a racist rapist is worse tho

Indeed Rusti

Actually I think you'll find It wasn't Liam who initially brought up race.

If I remember correctly when the altercation first happened, there was comments already bringing race into it and how " ohhh what if Chris Rock was a white man who got slapped" and blah blah.

I was one of the first people to ask why race has to be brought into it.

I just don't think you can in principle "take back" an award, I don't think it's conceptually possible... the award isn't the little statue - it's the recognition from the award-givers that you were the best of the nominees. They can take back the statue and scribble his name off the list but the recognition that he was (in the eyes of the academy) the winner of that award still exists. The statue is just a physical token of that sentiment.

I don't care about the award, it's meaningless. I'm more bothered about the lack of justice handed out to him that would be handed out to the average citizen.

It’s actually irrelevant Who bought it up…however it was the first comment I had read and since Liam mentioned it I obviously quoted it…

Nothing would happen to the "average citizen" for an assault like that. Literally nothing, police might give a verbal warning. Chris Rock could probably take some sort of civil action but that's up to him.

And Chris Rock seems to have moved on from it, he was never going to press charges.

the biggest thing is going to be the knock on effects to his draw at the box office. If the next couple of films starring him bomb then his career is over. The general public will decide with their wallets

Highly doubt it'll affect box office tbh

thing is "the academy" is just a group of self-interest men who seek importance, power, self-gain

its nothing other than a golf club for people who are in the film business

it means nothing, it is nothing and it will never be anything other than an illusion in the MSM

An average citizen walks onto the stage st the Oscars and slaps Chris rock, and no charges would be brought!


:joker:..dreamworld.

I think TS meant if 2 citizens were involved,not a celebrity and a citizen.

In fairness, black, white, whatever, celebs, especially A listers do seem to get away with stuff the 'average' citizen wouldn't.

I stand by him keeping his award, however the more power you have, the money you have, you will have a much better chance of getting away with this kinda stuff.

Also, it was America, walking up to a dude and physically assaulting him is a lot more heavily punished in the US. In some states Rock could have shot Smith and not even got so much as a slap on the wrist.

Yes, im being OTT now, just like Smith :joker: But still, in everyday life this WOULD been a different situation!