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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The movie describes how poor his mental health already was and past suicide attempts. And now he has been humiliated on a global stage and people expect him to parade in public with a Scarlet A and get on his knees and grovel for forgiveness in the face of hate being directed at him.

Likey his team have secluded him away to try to keep him alive and well, a bigger focus for them than insisting he meet every individuals needs for the apology they want from him. [/quote]

That sort of situation was a no win situation for him.  If he didn't attend, he would feel like he was missing out on yet another thing due to his disability. If he did attend, it was very obviously going to go something like this.  [b]BAFTA made a massive mistake by airing his vocal outburts on TV.  It was nothing short of cruel, to both him and to the people who were on stage when it happened.[/b] And honestly?  Some situations aren't suited for all people.  I have panic attacks on airplanes, so you know what, I don't travel on airplanes. I could, if I had to- and on rare occasions, I have done just that- but it's highly unpleasant for me and I have nightmares about it both before and after.  Maybe this person's disability didn't make the evening highly unpleasant for himself, but he made it highly unpleasant for the other honored guests, and maybe he should have just declined the invitation. Is it fair?  No.  It is incredibly unfair. But sometimes, things are incredibly unfair. It's also unfair that my neighbor's son has a recurrent brain tumor and less than 6 months to live.  It's unfair for him that sitting in the audience during that large public ceremony wasn't a good idea, but, it wasn't. [/quote]

This reiterates a point from an earlier posting.BAFTA is ultimately responsible for this but they'll be the party most insulated from harm. Presenters and others were already subjected to the slurs. Davidson has had what might be the highlight of his life turned into an absolute horror in a global scale.  If his mental health takes a turn for the worst, or God forbid he tries to end his life,  this becomes a disaster. And,  likely,  fingers will somehow be pointed at Black people and people who don't want them to have to endure racial slurs.

I truly hope BAFTA loses a ton of money for gross negligence AND assumes all the responsibility for this mistake.  [/quote]

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