> People learn from mistakes when there are consequences
Oh please. If cancel culture were about learning from your mistakes we wouldn't haunt people for things they did decades ago.
It's possible to learn from other people's mistakes as well, I do believe that is happening at the moment.
But anyway: if there are no negative consequences, I seriously doubt the perpetrator will even consider their action a mistake.
Re:Resignation
by gabereiser on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:46PM
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Kevin Spacey comes to mind. There is a thing called statute of limitations for things. Kevin Spacey probably shouldn't have sexually assaulted boys. Because the internet archives everything, no one looks at the date and think how long ago was this?
Re:Resignation
by atdrummond on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:18PM
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Unfortunately, he was acting that way well into the 2010s; I had a number of friends in the London theatre scene and it was well known that a certain type of person (young, fit males) should avoid spending time with him alone.
Re:Resignation
by gabereiser on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:54PM
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I only heard about the ones from the 1990s. Thanks for adding context. He’s still canceled yet does a creepy Christmas vid considering the history. I’m not defending him at all. More attacking the process of which those allegations were brought to light.
Are you equating this dude to Kevin Spacey?
Re:Resignation
by gabereiser on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:13PM
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Nope
Andy Mills is not going to prison. Being called out publically for toxic behavior towards colleagues is not exactly a ruined life. He will be fine (just not as fine as when peers did not speak up).
Also "we all make mistakes". We are talking about an adult, who got a grown-up's salary, some mistakes are worse than others, and you should not make the same mistake again and again and again. Consequences help with that.