I'm from Los Angeles. Born and raised. Or, more specifically, I'm from Glendale, which is pretty much in the valley. As per se. Just east of Burbank, where you have the Disney Animated Studios and Warner Bros. and Universal. So, pretty much I've been exposed to this world practically all my life. The Hollywood scene being only a couple of miles southwest of me. And, within the last few years, I've been an Uber driver all throughout LA and Hollywood, and the hills of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, you name it! I've been on Mulholland Drive and Los Feliz Blvd quite a view times picking up women, very beautiful women, and driving them to and from those mansions on those hills, and I've heard their conversations many-a-times. I, as an Uber driver, had become the eyes and ears of that world. And, sometimes, that world would try to make me into a part of it. Can't tell you how many times I picked up people from West Hollywood, and got hit on, both men and women, which is one of the reasons why I stopped picking up people from there. Especially after one incident where this guy couldn't keep his hands to himself, and, I'm not a homosexual! Plus, a Christian at that! But, I tried to be as polite as I could towards him, more courteous than I probably should have been trying to simply explain to him that, what he was doing... just wasn't okay with me. No. Just, no! And, I was actually successful in doing that, and, I didn't need to kick him out of my car or pull in front of a police car, and demand him to get out (which I've done, once, after picking up two Armenian guys in Hollywood that I found punching mailboxes... I don't know what for! And, since I'm Armenian, I thought it was going to be cool. Didn't turn out that way.). One time I remember picking up this very attractive woman from Malibu. I remember her telling me how she was at this party, and there were celebrities there. Do remember her mentioning Rihanna, plus, an actor, whose name I will not mention (I wasn't there to witness this, so, it's a story, and I don't want to accuse someone of something I can't confirm actually happened), that acted very questionably in front of her. Her story was, this actor immediately came on to her, but once he realized that she wasn't interested in getting a part in a movie and such, by those means, he started ignoring her, and started hitting on a friend that she had come with, and those two were then pretty much hitting it off. And, the woman in my car began to express her frustrations to me, on how it seemed like her friend was going to get the part that she wanted. I really felt her frustration, as she told me all about what she experienced at that Malibu oceanside mansion. And, all I could do was feel sorry for her, and nothing else.
So, what am I saying here? Well, if it isn't obvious, I'm pretty much saying that these things, stuff that everyone is now hearing about Harvey, happens... A LOT! A hell of a lot! And it isn't just a problem we're all seeing with one man. This is Hollywood, all the way down to its core.
Now, I'm a Christian. And, I don't like hearing stuff like this, and for obvious reasons. I mean, my faith is build around completely going against the objectification of women, in a major way. It was Jesus that pretty much said, if a man even looks at a women, and has the desire to commit adultery with her in his heart, then, he has already done so. And, therefore, has commited sin. And, as for me, I don't want to make myself out to be complete saint, since there was a time I wasn't a born again Christian, and was "lost," you can say. I mean, I used to be in the Navy, and, I've played a part in a lot of sin that goes on in that unique world. A lot of stuff, I feel too ashamed now to talk about.
You know, some people might argue that cases with Dustin Hoffman, let's say, and the alleged misconduct he had with women back in the 70s and 80s, was different. Since, in his time, sexual misconduct was consider, what older people called, "hanky panky." It was something considered cute. Making kissy faces at women, slapping their rears as they walked by, and as the woman would lift her eyes up and look at her sex offender teddy bear boss, wiggling his eyebrows at her, she'd just blow him off, and walk off. And, that was it! I mean, I remember all the movies, TV shows and cartoons (even in cartoons) I saw as a kid. And I remember all the cutsie wootsie hanky panky that went on.
What I'm getting at is: this goes beyond just what's considered acceptable by society. Since, let's face it, behavior like this was once considered cute and innocent. And, there was supposedly nothing wrong with it. Nothing wrong AT ALL! And, this is what troubles me about secular society. Let me ask any readers, if you were someone that was around as an adult in anytime before the 80s, what would have your impressions been to this? Let's face it, even though all these allegations coming out now, and us having to hear from all of it, as much of a good thing as it is, I can't help but to feel that it's only going on because it's what's happenin' now. This is what secular society is now trying to be, all SJW about. But, you! Yes, YOU! If you were around as an adult in the 60s, what would have your opinion of stuff like this been, then? Would you have seen it as hanky panky, slapping a woman's rear and making cat calls, or, would you have seen it for what it really was?
I like what's going on in Hollywood right now. But, a big part of me is worried that this is all just a fad, somewhat. And, after a while, things might revert back to the way they were. Since, fads are things that are never truly accepted by a culture, and, are eventually discarded after a certain time period. All it's going to take is one or two parties, who were wrongfully held guilty of misconduct such as these, because the women that had brought up charges against them, turned out, were making it all up to gain fame and notoriety, and, when it does... guess what? Everyone is going to start calling this a witch hunt, and, it's going to stop, then. And then... it's going to be back to business as usual.
Anyways, that's my take on this matter, through my Christian perspective.
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