Our Biggest Idols Still Have Feet Of Clay

It appears that this Bill Cosby has made some poor choices; This Bill Cosby quite possibly got away with Date Rape. This Bill Cosby might have got away with rape more than once. This Bill Cosby appeared to have enjoyed sex; so much so, that he was willing to violate his potential sex partner’s rights. It seems that this Bill Cosby allowed his sexual appetite, money and notoriety to over-ride his conscience. But this is the same Bill Cosby that we’ve enjoyed, as he played the role of Cliff Huxtable on the Cosby Show. This is the same Bill Cosby that gave us Fat Albert and the Gang. Let’s not forget, this is the same Bill Cosby, who could make us laugh without the crutch of using foul language.

This Bill Cosby is left with the task of reconciling the young Cosby's indiscretions with the much more poised and diplomatic, older Cosby. As this Cosby reflects on his stance in the past on morality, irresponsible black fathers and lazy single mothers; he will undoubtably wonder why his message was good for the listeners but to no avail for himself. It appears that Cosby falls in line with the rest of us; knowing the difference between right and wrong, but being found deficient in the resolve to not practice the wrong thing. Or just maybe, we have embodied Cosby as his character on the Cosby Show; portraying a loving, funny, functional father, with a functional family and in the process, forgot that he was playing a role. This serves notice to me, signifying that even our biggest idols have feet of clay.