Now here’s a funny thing. How does the justice system work? It works on impartiality, evidence, balance and fair… justice. No preconceptions, no prejudicial theories outside the context of the trial, just truth. So you get allegations made against Woody Allen, not very nice ones, fairly convincing, lots of relevant data, not looking good for the Woodster, but… but its Woody Allen. The man is a god. Just for ‘Sleeper’ alone he should be exonerated from all crimes for life. Add in any of 19 other masterpieces and he veritably hobbles on water. Well, walking’s a bit tricky at that age. Anyway, Woody, crimes, I initially disbelieve, then I justify, possibly offer mitigation, over-reaction, miscalculation, affirmative action. Anything that’ll ‘square’ in my mind the not very nice ALL-EG-EDDDD actions with the image of a man I love deeply. To maintain his ‘innocence’.

Then Russel Brand gets ‘outed’ as a serial molester, sexual assaulter, predator, groomer and rapist. And immediately my mind is telling me ‘he done it, (my mind is not so grammatically critical as the rest of me ),course he did, lock the bastard up and throw away the key’. That way we won’t have to accidentally chance upon his revolting, smug, evil face ever again. No one was surprised upon hearing this latest ‘scandal’.

And it could be that Russell is correct; that all his ‘promiscuity’ was ‘consensual’. In which case its that age old problem, women just have no idea what ‘consensual’ even means and need to be educated proper. As there seems to be a slight ‘disconnect’ between what was said and how it was received by him. And you have to admit, there is a certain ambiguity in the word ‘NO!!!’ which could be an issue. But this is not about his innocence (yeah, right) or guilt (no question whatsoever). This is about the courtroom which sits, Monday to Friday, AND weekends, evenings and during the night, in my brain. Which has already (by the end of the story breaking the first time) found him not just guilty but despicable. Just like he was prior to the story.

I’m not proud of it, its what it is.

Joey’s at ‘big school’ now with his sister. Awwwwwww…

Happy Monday

A xxxx