THE ACADEMY CHOKED ON WOKE: ATTEND FUTURE OSCARS FOR WHAT?

ICHEOKU says the woke-centric Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science has indeed outdone itself, clearly affirming that the destruction which woke culture has wrought in Hollywood is real. How else would anyone explain or rationalize the implicit condonation by the Academy of the brazen assault on Chris Rock by Will Smith during the Oscars, the so-called punishment which the Academy meted out to the offender considered. A mere ten years ban from physically being present at future Oscars and you wonder who in Will Smith's shoes will not be laughing their head off at the stupidity or lack of seriousness on the part of the Academy. 

A person who the Academy contracted to host the Oscars was publicly assaulted on the stage in front of the live audience in attendance, on a live television being beamed across the world with millions watching, both in the United States and across the world. The academy failed to provide security for the host and watched as Will Smith breached every security protocol and decorum, strode onto the stage, slapped the host and arrogantly, leisurely walked back to his front row seat, sat down, screamed obscenities and enjoyed the remainder of the ceremony. He was given an Oscars and got a standing ovation despite what he just did, and only a ten year "do not attend the Oscars" was all the Academy could come up with as punishment? Really?

The academy couldn't get themselves to punish one of their own as they are all mired in the same Hollywood sleaze that produced the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Phil Spector, Roman Polanski and now the irredeemably damaged Will Smith. Why didn't they do something that will actually impact Will Smith by going after something which he has already earned or have, to in fact make him suffer some real detriment? What if Will Smith was not planning to attend any future Oscars because of the shame he brought on himself? What if no future Oscars ever were held due to some intervening circumstances as was shown possible by the coronavirus pandemic or any other act of God? 

But an incestuous Hollywood wants the world to believe that they have sufficiently punished Will Smith by asking him not to attend the Oscars for the next ten years. Big deal. Will Smith committed such an egregious act of public disrespect to the Academy, the audience in attendance, the worldwide audience who tuned in to watch on their televisions, including millions of Americans, as well as other fellow Oscar winners, he brazenly assaulted Chris Rock and all the Academy could do was to ban him from attending the Oscars for only ten years. Really? What a punishment, indeed. 

Attending the Oscars is no big deal as many do not attend it and many more don't even bother to tune in. It is a mere discretionary privileged pastime, usually accommodated by individuals if their convenience accommodates it. It is not an obligation nor something which adversely impacts a person if they did not attend it. So, where exactly is the punishment for not attending the Oscars, and what will Will Smith suffer or lose by not attending the Oscars for the next ten years? Yet, the Academy wants us to believe that they have punished Will Smith enough for his idiotic brazen act of physical violence on Chris Rock by banning him from attending the Oscars for ten years.

The Academy by not really punishing Will Smith or seriously showing a great disapproval for his thuggish conduct, has by necessary implication, given a tacit approval to acts of violence being perpetrated on their guest and host of the Oscars Chris Rock. How about the ripple effect in the wider society, as a French tennis player recently and following Will Smith's oddity, slapped another tennis player who just beat him in a tournament. Did the Academy not take into advisement such copycat behavior following what Will Smith did and figured how to deter such misbehavior by levying very severe punishment on Will Smith. 

What detriment will Will Smith actually suffer by not attending any future Oscars for the next ten years? What deprivation will Will Smith suffer from not attending any future Oscars for the next ten years, after-all attending the Oscars is by choice and not obligated. A mere privilege, not a right and even if he has the right to attend future Oscars as a member of the Academy, such a "right" has to be first freely exercised; and one cannot exercise a right which has not vested. What forbearance exactly would Will Smith suffer for not attending any future Oscars for the next ten years. How is this "do not attend" a punishment and if, enough and sufficient for what he did?

Punishment connotes a deprivation of something one already has or infliction of hurt or pain to a person. So how exactly is a ten year ban from attending the Oscars satisfied as a punishment as it neither deprived Will Smith of anything he already has nor caused him present pain, hurt or discomfort? There is no guarantee that Will Smith will be impacted by the prescribed punishment. What if Will Smith does not live to see another Oscars? What if Will Smith is imprisoned before another Oscars? What if Will Smith is bedridden or hospitalized during any future Oscars? Any of these is ordinarily capable of preventing Will Smith from attending the Oscars, so how is the Academy's decision to not let Will Smith attend the Oscars, punishing him for the violation of decorum which he committed at the Oscars? 

Can anyone imagine what would have happened had somebody like Kid Rock or any other person for that matter who is not fully down with the woke culture madness, slapped the host of the Oscars. Just think about the tizzy which Hollywood would have gone into, while insistently demanding that the head of such a person be chopped off and served them on a platter, the John the Baptist style. Why did the Academy not take Will Smith's Oscars away? Why was the "best" in his award not downgraded to the "worst" as a "best" person does not exhibit such a thuggish conduct as was fully displayed to the world by Will Smith at the Oscars? Why did the Academy not apologize for the standing ovation which was given to Will Smith and condemn the same as not merited or deserving following his violent conduct?

The Academy knows that they dropped the ball bigly and will be lucky if Chris Rock does not sue them for a negligent failure to provide adequate security for him and at an event which they organized in which he hosted the Oscars on their behalf. That the Academy allowed Will Smith to carry on with the Oscars after what he did and did not summarily bundle him out of the venue is another indication of sloppiness on their part. They were lax and it showed. It is the same arrant nonsense that made the Academy refuse to punish Will Smith as was expected. Their woke sensitivity is alarming. 

Like the Western world which stood aside and watched as Russia pummeled Ukraine into the Stone Age, the Academy stood and watched as WiIl Smith assaulted their guest and host of the Oscars, Chris Rock. They did nothing then to protect and save Chris Rock from the mad Will Smith choler and they did nothing now to punish Will Smith maximumly. They choked on their woke-ism, transfixed and paralyzed by indecisiveness and fear of what their woke lunatics base would do or that punishing Will Smith will bring the anarchists Black Lives Matter back on the streets. Millions of people whose sensibilities were violated by what Will Smith did expected more from the Academy but regretfully, the Academy failed them. It is sad.