# A lot of women are coming forward with rape accusations against Bill Cosby.. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093 "2014-11-19T17:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/101 "2014-11-20T23:36:13Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > So what you’re saying is, “Who needs cabbage?” My dad once took me on his knee and said “son, the lettuce in a salad is just a vehicle for the dressing.” The cabbage in that monstrosity of a recipe seems to fill the same role - a necessary evil used to provide some small amount of body to a creamy mess. But no matter how much you like it, you can’t call that stuff coleslaw. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/102 "2014-11-20T23:42:51Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > He stole my virginity, not my brain. Hugs and applause for that line and insight. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/103 "2014-11-20T23:50:04Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I call bullshit. Suit yourself. No secret coleslaw for you! Hint for others: a teaspoon of creamed horseradish, Best Food’s mayo and champagne vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/104 "2014-11-21T00:36:55Z")
Horseradish! Damn, son, that’s hardcore. Still not going to accept that it’s the best in the world without firsthand proof. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/105 "2014-11-21T00:42:13Z")
I’d expect nothing less. It does take 3 days to make, and it doesn’t always turn out at its very best, but even at its nadir, it shouldn’t be compared to KFC (which is merely okay IMO). At its zenith, it is alive with flavor and crispiness. I’ve converted three coleslaw haters in my time. I was going to make one head of cabbage into slaw next week, but now it has to be two. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/106 "2014-11-21T00:42:43Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Horseradish! Damn, son, that’s hardcore. > > Still not going to accept that it’s the best in the world without firsthand proof. Would the positive reviews of 14 women sway your nonlegal opinion? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/107 "2014-11-21T00:45:03Z")
Hmm. Depends, I suppose. How do they feel about KFC slaw? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/108 "2014-11-21T00:47:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _ **STOP** _. Fuck no. I’m out. At least it’s not Miracle Whip. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/109 "2014-11-21T00:50:25Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Suit yourself. No secret coleslaw for you! > > Hint for others: a teaspoon of creamed horseradish, Best Food’s mayo and champagne vinegar. > [@andros](#): > > Horseradish! Damn, son, that’s hardcore. > > Still not going to accept that it’s the best in the world without firsthand proof. Okay, who’s up to initiate a [kickstarter?](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/110 "2014-11-21T00:52:44Z")
> [@Fallen](#): > > Again the (il)logic of coleslaw and other discussion instead of ignoring the troll and abandoning the thread doesn’t make sense as a justification. Given that you’ve been made aware that this is a troll thread, and that deflecting troll threads in this way is a longstanding tradition on this board, surely the sensible thing for you to do is abandon this thread as well. You’re wasting your own time far more than anyone else here, since you’re certainly not going to convince anyone of the error of their ways. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/111 "2014-11-21T01:17:24Z")
Yes, the controversy will never die. Wet or dry. Do not feed a troll coleslaw. Wet or dry. By the way, the answer is wet. Dry is just cabbage. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/112 "2014-11-21T01:53:03Z")
_Somewhere in Germany, 825 C.E._ “Hermann? Look at this vegetable I found, maybe we could eat it?” “What is it?” “Don’t know. Tried a taste of it, maybe if we chopped it up and added a shitload of stuff to it, we could choke it down. Here, try this.” “Gah! What is this stuff, tastes like _kabitsch_!” “Don’t swear in front of the _k-i-n-d-e-r_!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/113 "2014-11-21T02:02:02Z")
uhh, **luci** , I thought we had agreed to save the Brussels sprouts hijack for **kstarnes** _next_ outing… ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/114 "2014-11-21T02:15:52Z")
I admit it, I’m a cabbage slut. Boiled cabbage with butter. Cole slaw, even with miracle whip. Diced, sliced, chopped. Sour, sweet, creamy. Cabbage rolls. Cabbage casserole. Cabbage and ramen salad. Sauerkraut, couple different varieties. Pieces of raw cabbage. Cabbage slut, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/115 "2014-11-21T03:23:04Z")
Hawt. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/116 "2014-11-21T03:42:25Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The thing is, each statement of an alleged victim is evidence. And when you’ve got 14 such statements, you start to see that Dr. Cosby has a very fucking warped view of cheating on his wife that amounts to serial rape. You could have a 1000 women, but if individually each offers no evidence of a crime, other than their statements, which cannot simply be taken at face value, they don’t magically add up to proof. One thousand zeroes still add up to zero. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/117 "2014-11-21T03:42:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > uhh, **luci** , I thought we had agreed to save the Brussels sprouts hijack for **kstarnes** _next_ outing… “We”? People seldom agree with me, but I never agree with them. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/118 "2014-11-21T03:49:08Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > You could have a 1000 women, but if individually each offers no evidence of a crime, other than their statements, which cannot simply be taken at face value, they don’t magically add up to proof. One thousand zeroes still add up to zero. Victim testimony\* is not zero. It’s not 100, but it’s not zero. \*Y’know, if this were court. Which it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/119 "2014-11-21T05:00:14Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Victim testimony\* is not zero. > > It’s not 100, but it’s not zero. > \*Y’know, if this were court. Which it isn’t. How about 100 statements that are “ones”, on a scale of 1 to 10. They add up to 100, but not of course to 100 percent certainty. The point is that parading numerous witness before a jury, each of whom no evidence other than their statements, should not be taken as proof, simply because there are a whole lot of them. You need supporting evidence. Pictures, DNA, something. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093/120 "2014-11-21T05:11:37Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > You could have a 1000 women, but if individually each offers no evidence of a crime, other than their statements, which cannot simply be taken at face value, they don’t magically add up to proof. One thousand zeroes still add up to zero. So is eyewitness testimony utterly without probative value? Or only when it is offered by women? Your statement is the stupidest thing I have ever seen on the internet that wasn’t a joke. I’d offer congratulations, but you’d probably go and tell your mother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lot-of-women-are-coming-forward-with-rape-accusations-against-bill-cosby/705093.md?page=7)