Roman Polanski had sex with a child. On edit, he **RAPED** her. That's what he did.

[Stinky The Clown]

That is not okay.

Yes, there's lots of bullshit associated with this case. His VICTIM has long ago forgiven him (t is reported). He's a great director. He is a tragic figure who lost his wife and child in a most horrible way.

He has also had sex with at least one other underage child since the case that now has him in trouble.

Sex with children is NEVER okay.

Not even when you're rich, famous, a tragic victim, and able to elude police by moving to another country on a day's notice.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. No argument here...

[JuniperLea]

2. When I rec a Stinky OP...

You know I feel strongly... almost as strongly as Stinky smells most of the time...

[Stinky The Clown]

5. My deodorant too jiggy for ya?

:wink:

maybe its the aftershave? :shrug:

[JuniperLea]

14. Naw...

I'd even rec this twice if I could.

[aquart]

3. Uh huh.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. It's the last line that confuses people.

It's okay when it's a famous person you like. It's not okay when it's a famous person you hate. If Newt Gingrich had sex with a 13 year old, I guarantee you that people would be calling for his head. Shouldn't change when it's Polanski we're talking about.

[Skidmore]

6. Stinky, I adore you.

You are always so clear and cut to the chase so directly.

Those apologists for this man really prompt in me a visceral reaction. A survivor of child sexual abuse myself, it never ceases to amaze me that people actually will step forward to justify this crime. The damage done by these acts stay with you throughout a lifetime. No matter how old and wise and strong you feel you have become, it doesn't take much to pull you back in to the shame and humiliation visited upon you at a time when a child should have been nurtured.

I appreciate your understanding that this is a crime that deserves to be addressed, particularly since it was committed by a high profile person. No one should be above the law for such violations.

[AuntPatsy]

7. I humbly agree and what seems to bother her most is that her mother

feels so much guilt when she feels as if she should not and she more than likely knows another round of finding blame with her mother will once again hit the media..I would assume she like most simply wish such to go away so the old wounds stay healed...but for those who unlike her were probably ignored and or not compensated justice on such a crime must be held so anyone in his position knows they cannot get away with it period..

as much as I understand her want for such to stay buried..he was never made to face true justice and that in itself is another crime...he must face it regardless of how much time has passed...

your so right..it is NOT okay...

[Captain Hilts]

8. He drugged that child first. nt

[Howardx]

9. defending child rapists should be an instant tombstone

polanski ADMITTED guilt. end of story.

[TorchTheWitch]

19. Absolutely agree

Defending any rapist whether it's rape of a child or an adult should be an instant tombstone.

[pecwae]

10. Agree passionately and recced.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. He drugged and raped a child.

[Juche]

22. There you go

He gave alcohol and drugs a 13 year old who was resisting his advances, then raped her.

[MajorChode]

58. Oh but wait...

She wasn't a virgin.

and...

She took the drugs and alcohol willingly.

and...

She didn't say no (at least not loud enough).

and...

She has since forgiven him (cash heals all wounds after all).

and...

His family members were murdered.

and...

The judge was corrupt (because he may not have accepted the 42 day jail sentence plea bargain for child rape).

and...

It's been so long it really doesn't matter (after all, those with the means to escape to safe haven countries should be given a break).

and...

He made such cool movies.

Did I miss any apologies?

[Liquorice]

59. Yes, you forgot...

It was really her mother's fault.

That might be the sickest one of them all.

[MajorChode]

62. Dammit

I knew I was forgetting something.

[seabeyond]

85. oh, i missed that. tried to pick up the rest. nt

[seabeyond]

83. get bush/cheney first, he was just thinking with little head not big head, you PURITAN,

he is so old, his mother murdered, his wife was murdered

[MajorChode]

90. Sweet Jebus, there's simply too many non sequiturs to keep track

[Liquorice]

91. How about...it doesn't benefit anyone to put him in jail, it will cost CA money to incarcerate

him, there's no deterrent value in this case, and the prison industrial complex is too big already.

Those are four more reasons given here for not putting poor old Polanski in prison where he belongs for raping a child.

[seabeyond]

101. yep. there is one more out there i could not recall. nt

[Romulox]

12. It's not even a close case. k/r nt

[Gwereeya]

13. What???

When?????

[Thrill]

15. With all the women in the world

why the hell do these pricks feel the need to bang 13 yr old children.

I couldn't even get a hard-on looking at someone so young.

[Liquorice]

28. Bang? That's so vulgar. The man raped that child and you are advocating he do it to an adult

woman instead? I don't get it.

[Thrill]

36. Um no. I don't even see how you get

that out of my post.

[Liquorice]

38. Um, because you said there were plenty of women in the world and

asked "why the hell do these pricks feel the need to bang 13 yr old children."

And then you opined about how you couldn't even get a hard-on by looking at a 13 year old.

"I couldn't even get a hard-on looking at someone so young."

It's all very vulgar, IMO. By the way, I don't think anyone cares what gives you a "hard-on."

[Thrill]

42. My response was to the title

of the thread at the beginning of the post. Which has since been edited. It had nothing to do with a woman getting raped.

But thanks for your concern with my post. But I really don't care what you think is vulgar.

[Liquorice]

43. Cool, and I don't care what gives you a hard-on. nt

[seabeyond]

47. i am tellin ya, with the males on this board, always good to hear one cant get a hard on

with a kid.

i mean some of the shit i hear on du.... bang is relatively mild to what males want to do with kids.

each and every guy that professes a disgust with this man does my heart good.

[Liquorice]

51. LOL Yeah, on second thought I shouldn't have been so angry about his verbiage of banging

and hard-ons when some here are actually defending Polanski. It just made me instantly furious to see a man refer to what Polanski did as banging. There's just something so sexist and disgusting in that characterization of the rape of a 13 year old child. But I definitely get what you're saying. I'm glad that poster was at least disturbed by what Polanski did.

But as to his reasoning behind what he said, no 13 year old girl can ever be "banged;" it's always rape.

[roguevalley]

81. my take on it is that if he is rich and famous, there are plenty of adult

women that would sleep with him. He didn't need to hurt a child. But he did so he's a dipshit no matter how much time goes by and he needs to be held accountable.

[Dr. Strange]

16. Stop it! You're pissing off the French!

:scared:

[proteus_lives]

On this issue the Frogs can shove it up their asses sideways.

:mad:

[Dr. Strange]

107. Oui!

:thumbsup:

[TorchTheWitch]

17. no, he RAPED her

He did not "have sex with her" he RAPED her. She repeatedly told him no, to get away, to stop and he ignored her and committed sex acts upon her that she did not want. I'm sick to death of people calling what Polanski did to her as willing sex when it was nothing of the kind. It. was. RAPE. And it was rape not just because of her age but because he RAPED her.

[Stinky The Clown]

18. I'll go with that.

He raped her. Indeed that's what he did.

My OP should have been more strongly worded.

[TorchTheWitch]

23. Thank you

I don't know why so many people keep describing what happened to this poor girl as sex she willing engaged in, but for some reason there are quite a few that are.

[Beaverhausen]

41. I heard at least 2 news reports today saying "had sex with" instead of "raped"

I yelled at the TV AND Radio.

Not only did he rape her, he drugged her beforehand.

[NashVegas]

129. Thanks, Stinky

It's the "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there ..." conundrum.

People who work in the legal system, especially on the side of those who agree to cop to a lesser plea, have a professional obligation to insist it didn't happen; the issue is the demand the rest of us all follow suit.

[seabeyond]

20. and frances govt today ignore rape and told the world it is insignificant. nt

[TorchTheWitch]

25. they excused and protected Ira Eikhorn, too

If you ever want to get away with a heinous crime, flee to France.

[seabeyond]

27. yet duu'ers hold them up to be admired, how much they respect women, why?

cause the women are nude???? i dont know. but it certainly isnt about any kind fo respect for female. i am not sure why we hold france up as example of how one should feel about women

[Odin2005]

72. Last night the BBC World Service talked to some random Swiss people about it and...

...everyone they talked to DEFENDED Polansky, using much the same reasoning being used on DU! :puke:

[grantcart]

21. the grand jury testimony is rather chilling

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskib1.html

[truebrit71]

24. Fry him.

:grr:

[TorchTheWitch]

26. makes me sick

He should never have been allowed to plea down to having sex with a minor.

[seabeyond]

29. they act like the throwing out 5 of 6 counts was any other reason but because they were making a

lite sentence adn avoiding putting her on stand. he had it as easy as a rapist could get it adn still.... he ran away. because of his arrogance adn flaunting hos situation to the world

[grantcart]

30. probably some sympathy because of Sharon Tate

I didn't realize that it took place at Jack Nicholson's home!

[JuniperLea]

34. If I were Sharon Tate...

And found out that my husband drugged and raped a 13-year-old... I'd say, put my rat bastard husband (gag) in jail.

[JuniperLea]

33. Thanks for posting this!

It needs to be an answer to all the creepy apologists here today! They are seriously freaking me out... disgusting!

[subcomhd]

39. Thank you. if the age of consent had been 13, it was still rape if

her testimony is true.

[Lagomorph]

31. "Sex with children is NEVER okay."

Unless you're in the Vatican State where the age of consent is 12.

[anonymous171]

65. And the point of that post was what exactly? nt

[Lagomorph]

98. I don't understand why...

...a bunch of celibates need an age of consent at all, let alone 12.

[happyslug]

142. Canon Law says age of Consent is 15

It was English Common law (and Roman law) that used 12 as the age of Consent. Age 12 was the rule in most of the world until the mid 1800s when various jurisdiction started to raise it, some to as high as 21, but most to 14 or 16, thus sex with an underage victim is "Statutory Rape" for it is a product of Statute NOT the Common Law.

[Vinca]

32. I'm not getting the outrage at this arrest.

The man pled guilty, then skipped out to avoid jail. I bet if he had pulled a Bernie Madoff instead of raping a little girl there would be no question about him going straight to jail.

[uppityperson]

35. K and R

[cali]

37. Not saying you're not right, just want to add that the brutal murder

of his wife and unborn child weren't the first tragedy he suffered. He lived through the holocaust. His mother did not. She died in Auschwitz.

[seabeyond]

40. tough. fuckin. shit. nt

[TorchTheWitch]

44. living through tragedy is never an excuse

to do evil things to others. EVER.

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. ...

My son is living through the knowledge that his beloved father (a kind, decent loving father) killed himself. Should my son get a pass if he grows up and (god forbid) breaks the law? No, he wouldn't.

[renate]

74. I'm so sorry

For your loss of your son's father, and for your son's pain, too.

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

80. Thank you. He was also my husband, I just chose to phrase it so

that it would fit the issue better.

:hug:

[cali]

110. no, of course not, but then I said nothing of the sort.

[ScreamingMeemie]

111. Roman Polanski raped a 13 year old girl. What tragedy he suffered

in his past has nothing to do with it...and, yes you did say that.

[cali]

126. I was simply adding to the bio info in the OP, dearie.

I in no way condoned Polanski raping a child or excused it. Try not reading into things, genius.

[ScreamingMeemie]

133. Try not using personal attacks, sweetheart. The facts are the facts.

Try not misreading other people's comments...or are you the only one allowed to contribute to this thread?

[mzmolly]

48. Gotcha, but many people have lived through the holocaust,

most do not sexually assault children.

[proteus_lives]

53. And when he raped a 13 year-old girl, he pissed on the memory of his mother and Tate.

Because he became just like the Manson Cult and the Nazis, a predator.

[anonymous171]

55. Many poor criminals have horrific and tragic pasts as well.

[Frank Booth]

67. Your post is sickening.

[Odin2005]

Tough shit!

[CoffeeCat]

82. All the more reason to respect life and to...

...shun any kind of violence and inhumane treatment.

He knew better.

[Lagomorph]

143. So one would think that he would find rape...

...especially repulsive, given what his relatives went through.

[Prophet 451]

45. And he will serve his sentence for that

Which is as it should be.

[mzmolly]

49. I'm thankful that I missed the passionate defense

of this sick predator.

[MellowDem]

50. Yes, and France and Poland...

can go fuck themselves. Europe is still damn backward in some ways I guess.

[LisaL]

52. I don't really care as to what France thinks about it.

He plead guilty to having sex with a minor in US-why shouldn't he be extradited into US?

[seabeyond]

56. france put out statements for the world. sad old man, leave him alone, a good artist

u.s. being mean.

not one mention of raping a 13 yr old girl.

they told the world rape is insignificant. the pain cause to this girl so irrelevent she wasnt even mentioned.

that is what truly bothers me about france. the pres spoke out

[MellowDem]

63. I care...

France shows itself to be a stupid ass country by not having extradited him and by calling his extradition from Switzerland "frightening". What's frightening is France's penchant for wealth and fame over justice.

[JI7]

54. he could have served his time and it would have been over

[LisaL]

57. I am sure living in France is a lot nicer.

[JI7]

60. he could have lived in france after serving his time

[LisaL]

61. He lived in France without serving his time.

[proteus_lives]

64. K/R!

The only reason people are defending him is because of his past and that he's a famous "artist" :puke:

He belongs in prison and hopefully that's where he'll end up!

[depakid]

68. but then you'll have to search out someone else to vent your outrage on

Shouldn't be much of a problem, from what I've observed.

[proteus_lives]

69. And you'll have look for other rapists to defend.

Or whoever/whatever fits your anti-US agenda. You'll find something too soon. It's easy since you don't care about the truth.

[depakid]

78. You still persist in hate radio tactics

My only points are that the pursuit of this case benefits NO ONE (other than the vengeance obsessed). Not the victim- who's emphatically stated that she (and her family) want the matter dropped because its traumatizing them further- not the state of California- which is in no position to be spending large sums of money on the case- not the public- who won't receive and protection.

Nope- the only ones that "benefit" are the outraged- the same ones who are always outraged ay something- and ensure that the prison industrial complex keeps growing and consuming more and more resources that would be better spent elsewhere.

The same sorts that ended up making America into a nation of torturers.

[seabeyond]

79. i bet you have been told, but refuse to see that it is reason for some. rape prosecuted

is important enough of a reason to do it. for all the women, girls, boys not speaking up, for this man to be let go, for the country of france to ignore the rape and state how mean the u.s. is being to an old man, is a condoning of rape.

that is why this .... is important

just like

it is important to get bush/cheney, so the world sees, it is not ok. not condoned. next time will be prosecuted too

[depakid]

87. There's no deterrent value in this case

If there were, I might agree. And it's not as if there haven't been consequences- just not as severe an amount of retribution that some would like.

Then again- as is common on these threads- the punishment's never enough. Give 'em life in prison- people hope for torture there- or execution.

[seabeyond]

102. a simple one year sentence is enough for me. he can even get out on good behavior. nt

[noiretextatique]

136. he raped a 13 yo and fled from sentencing

both of the acts are illegal why on earth should he get away with breaking the law? because he's a film director? you couldn't get away with what he did, and neither could i. he is not above the law either.

[proteus_lives]

84. Society benefits when a rapist is put behind bars.

I'm not obsessed with "vengeance" I'm concerned with justice. Why do you think Polanski should get a pass on rape? Please answer.

You're the only one who thinks putting a rapist in prison is "torture" :eyes: This isn't about Bush, gitmo or the prison industry. It's about a rich and famous rapist who has spent decades evading the consequences of his actions. That's wrong and so is you're apologist, "I lived through the 70s-wink, wink" attitude.

[lala_rawraw]

88. it benefits everyone

because it is called the law, get it. pinochet was too old and his trial would have benefited no one either. the victim - who has been victimized by the Polanski defenders simply wants it all to go away. but she does not get to decide what the law is. she can add her testimony in court and the judge can take it into consideration. but she does not get to declare him innocent.

[depakid]

100. It benefits no one- and it's especially not justified by idealized fantasies

about how "the law" works in America.

It might, however, remind folks abroad about the nature of America and Americans in the 21st- a lesson that with Obama as president they might be too inclined to forget.

Wave a boogeyman around- like say- ACORN for the right or someone like Polanski on the left and watch the populace rage for (often violent) retribution.

[Odin2005]

106. You are pathetic.

[seabeyond]

103. and she doesnt declare him innocent. she says... what he did was wrong, BUT. nt

[AtheistCrusader]

139. BULL shit

Carrying out his sentence absolutely serves a purpose: sending a message to criminals everywhere that there is no escape from the law. Sooner or later. Somehow. They WILL get you.


If Madoff had managed to escape the US prior to incarceration, would you shrug and handwave away his crimes too?

[Frank Booth]

66. I've never understood the sympathy for a child molester, no matter how great

Chinatown was.

If he'd had consensual sex with a girl who was 17, I can see how people might chalk it up as a forgivable mistake. But he raped a 13 year old. That's undeniably sick and wrong.

[suzie]

95. Wasn't Chinatown about an incestuous father-daughter relationship?

Seems like I recall that it was central to the movie.

[Frank Booth]

97. Yes. The daughter was 14 or 15 years old when her father made her pregnant.

The father feels no regrets about it.

[Odin2005]

70. I can't believe people are defending this scumbag, I really can't.

:puke:

How many more victims DON'T we know of? whose families were bought off before rape charges were pressed? how many time did he sneak of to Cambodia to screw child prostitutes?

[Crabby Appleton]

71. Agreed - K&R nt

[varelse]

73. Thank you

:hug:

[seabeyond]

75. one would think, du could be unanimous, raping a 13 yr old girl.... is bad. nt

[tammywammy]

77. DU never fails to amaze me! n/t

[MissDeeds]

76. You nailed it

Thanks for the clarity, Clown!

[WildEyedLiberal]

86. It's sad that you have to state the extremely obvious

Or, at least, that which should be extremely obvious to anyone with a functioning moral compass.

But, since apparently you do, I gave you a rec for it.

[lala_rawraw]

89. I am entirely w/ you on this n/t

[mudplanet]

92. I hate rapists MORE than you hate rapists

This thread sounds like a lot of hot air. Statutory rape is a serious crime, but we've got two illegal wars going on and crimes by US citizens left unpunished from a half dozen more, and some folks enjoy can't get enough of shouting about how they hate child rapists more than anyone else. Give us all a big fucking break.

From http://www.theygaveusarepublic.com/diary/3854/roman-polanski-raped-a-child:

" 32 years Polanski has been out of the U.S. - and, arguably - none of them were spent as a "fugitive from justice" where both warrants were heard in French Courts and France elected not to extradite.

Not that the comparison is even roughly equal, but we won't extradite Henry Kissinger to more than a dozen countries - and secret bombings of non-combatant nations seems to be a pretty good charge to see tried....but, the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia has heard those extradition claims and quashed every one. If we can keep Dr. Strangelove - the French certainly have the right to keep Mr. Child-Rapist."

You could add to that list (probably) dozens of american businessmen that have been indicted in foreign countries for acts like the Bhopal disaster, for which India has been seeking extradition of Warren Anderson for nearly twenty years (meanwhile the asshole walks free in the US). Why shouldn't Nicaragua have Ollie North extradited for the thousands of murders he facilitated? Shouldn't former Raygun officials be extradited for mining Nicaragua's harbors?

The brutality of US prisons has become so scandalous that we're continually being cited for human rights violations by independent organizations, and the self righteous "I hate rapists MORE than you hate rapists" crew at DU feels justified telling the French and Swiss where to get off.

As I understand it, Polanski and his lawyer had agreed with the prosecutor and judge to plead guilty in exchange for a specific penalty, and the judge decided, after a lot of political pressure, to change the penalty AFTER Polanski pleaded guilty. Both the defense attorney AND the prosecutor cite the incident as an outrageous, unethical and probably illegal act. There's a documentary film about the entire incident and you can watch and listen to the prosecutor and defense attorney yourselves (if you still don't have a sense of proportion about what is important enough to get enraged about).

[mzmolly]

93. We can actually be angry and even outraged at torturers

and child rapists.

[Thickasabrick]

99. Good points. We keep cuddling Luis Posada Carriles but it's ok

because all he did was blow up an airplane full of civilians.

[MajorChode]

108. I was taught the "2 wrongs=right" argument was fallacious back in primary school

YMMV.

The prosecutor never said anything within a cab ride of what you're claiming, and it was neither outrageous, unethical or illegal. Now perhaps the defense might claim such a thing, but that hardly makes it true now does it? And even if his defense attorneys had a valid argument (they didn't), the recourse would have been to file a complaint of judicial misconduct, appeal the action, or pursue a number of other options they had available to them.

In Roman Polanski's plea agreement, there was NEVER any specific prison term agreement. Both sides agreed to allow the judge to determine the sentence. So you can watch all the one sided accounts of the incident you want, but it doesn't change that reality. The only reason Polanski was allowed to plea down to one felony count was because his victim didn't want to go through a trial, so let's not pretend that Polanski was the one victimized here. He got a better deal than just about anyone else would have in his situation and it still wasn't good enough for him.

The details of Polanski's sexual activity with the girl had never been described in legal documents because he was permitted to plead guilty to a single charge of sexual intercourse with a minor and other charges were dismissed.

That decision was explained in Tuesday's motion, which said it was based on the teenager's concerns. The document said the victim "expressed in no uncertain terms that she wished to maintain her anonymity and avoid the further trauma that would accompany a full-blown jury trial. Based on these expressed concerns, on Aug. 8, 1977, the defendant was permitted to plead guilty to one felony count ... for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. ... This was an open plea to the court, meaning that at the time of the plea, there did not exist any agreement as to what sentence may or may not be imposed."

Polanski was sent to prison for a diagnostic study, released after 42 days and scheduled to appear before the judge for sentencing on the day that he fled to France.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477112,00.html

So it wasn't the judge who reneged on the deal, it was Polanski.

[seabeyond]

109. this is what i get, for the other to argue nontruth. Both sides agreed to allow the judge to determ

Both sides agreed to allow the judge to determine the sentence

the other side keeps saying different and is only the defendents argument for running away. not fact

a documentary is made about a popular producer, rapes in hollywood non issues, and people dont even consider it could be one sided and not factual

war on iraq on history channel documentaries are one sided. why the fuck wuold people think a documentary made about this siituation wouldnt be?

[MajorChode]

112. Perhaps because the prosecutor and victim were interviewed

However, someone who makes such a film is free to leave what he doesn't like on the editing room floor. So it's easy to take statements out of context or omit relevant facts.

[seabeyond]

113. exactly. as we all should know from many documentaries of late. nt

[mudplanet]

115. Wait a minute! You're not citing Fox news as a source are you?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

[tammywammy]

119. It's an AP story n/t

[MajorChode]

121. Wait at minute! You're not making an ad hominem (bullshit) point are you?

Not only is your claim ad hominem (which already makes it bullshit), but it's also just garden variety bullshit as well which you might have known had you actually bothered to read this:

Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Associated Press

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Piwi2009]

128. "We won't indict Kissinger"

What the hell--- an issue can't stand on its own? Because we don't indict Kissinger, we go easy on Polanski? Ridiculous.

[Hawkeye-X]

94. You have no argument from me - but the victim in Polanski case wants this to go away.

See this letter dated 1997:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928092geimer1.html

She reiterated that again over the weekend.

[MajorChode]

125. Cash heals all wounds

She also sued Polanski and settled with him for an undisclosed amount of cash. She was certainly within her rights to do so and I hardly blame her. I'm just not so sure that 30 years and who knows how much cash changed the fact that he skipped out on his sentence.

To say that any of that means anything kind of sends the message that if you have enough means to pay off your victims and skip the country that you will eventually be forgiven of your crimes.

[Lerkfish]

132. LOL! when I tried to say that when Micheal Jackson died, I was crucified here.

I also said a huge cash settlement can make a child rape case go away.

odd.

[AtheistCrusader]

140. He committed a crime against the state when he fled his sentence.

So on that grounds alone, it's immaterial what the original victim does or does not want to happen to Polanski.

[VOX]

96. Get out the torches! Let's ride in, bust down the jail, and STRING him up, then set him on FIRE!!

Yes, Polanski broke the law and should face whatever punishment the justice system metes out.

But all the gnashing of teeth, barking at the moon and waving the bloody shirt won't make things better or undo the damage.

The big display of self-righteous outrage (over a case that is really not debatable) is more suited to another message board that shall go unnamed.

[travelingtypist]

104. So. Much. Word.

I'm as disgusted by what he did as the next person, but come on.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

105. Sex with anyone who says No, is never okay.

[ForeignSpectator]

114. Several things I don't understand about this thread...

This is about some of the posts upthread...

1) Is the France/Poland/Europe hating upthread really necessary? Does that help anybody? The statements these countries put out are result of politics. And while these statements are ridiculous, declaring Europe as backwards is rich, really rich.
As long as you are convinced that the US would in turn extradite a US citizen for raping a French/Polish girl, fine. But I doubt that.

2) What stake do some people have in this that makes them callously respond with "tough shit" after someone pointed out what polanski went through in his life. His mother died in Ausschwitz, his 8 months pregnant wife brutally stabbed to death and you respond with "tough shit"? Unbelievable.

Having said all that I totally agree with the OP, seeing a poster of him somewhere would make me sick after I heard about what he did. Never thought his arrest would happen, though.
And while I feel the victim probably doesn't want anything to do with this after all this time ( why wait 30 years to arrest?! )
I don't feel any pity for mr polanski.
Age, fame or personal experiences should NEVER justify what he did.

If anything, a lot can be learned about the human mind and perception. Nobody would even care if he wasn't a famous director and there would be no question if a child rapist would face court.

[jhain]

116. I love you.

was screeching the same to all in my house yesterday.
He did not "have sex" with a 13 yo little girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[justiceischeap]

117. 1979 Roman Polanski quote: "Everyone wants to f-ck young girls!”

Having blogged about Roman Polanski’s arrest, I reread an extraordinary interview Polanski gave to the novelist Martin Amis in 1979, the year after Polanski went on the run.
The interview originally appeared in Tatler and is collected in Amis’s excellent book Visiting Mrs Nabokov.

Here’s a section of the first quote it contains from Polanski.

“If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls. Everyone wants to fuck young girls!”

Source: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaeldeacon/100011795/roman-polanski-everyone-else-fancies-little-girls-too/

Remember, this is 2 yrs after he's on the lamb... I think that says it all...

[redqueen]

118. *sigh*

And so many are willing to ingore what's wrong with that statement, and instead just accept it as reailty.

Because it's 'hard wired'.

One of the only cases where primitive, ugly behavior is condoned and encouraged.

[justiceischeap]

120. It's sad that those who think Polanski should be left alone won't think twice about that quote

They'll find some way to excuse it.

If he indeed believes this, you have to wonder about his young daughter... she'll be 13 soon.

[MajorChode]

122. He also fucked Nastassja Kinski

But I guess Nastassja was just too old for him at 15. There's no telling how many other kids he's victimized.

[Odin2005]

137. Sick, sick fuck!

:puke:

[Kablooie]

123. Sex with children is OK in one situation. If GW Bush had done it. Then it would have been OK.

At least in the eyes of the law.

[slackmaster]

124. That's a fact

:nuke:

[Piwi2009]

127. And now Whoopi says it wasn't "rape-rape" . That's just DUMM-DUMM

I don't know what more the little sawed off scumbag would've had to do to make it "rape-rape." All the elements were there.

[newtothegame]

130. Yeah but he's from Hollywood and Hollywood votes (D). n/t

[Lerkfish]

131. because someone is a director, we should look the other way? RU listening Woody?

I tire of celebrity being used as an excuse

[Omar4Dems]

134. Ooh...look at this shiny thing. nt

[noiretextatique]

135. agree 100%

he drugged and raped a child...end of story.

[sasquatch]

138. Yeah, who the hell does he think he is? A catholic priest.

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