To say I am disgusted by the show of support for a child rapist would be an understatement. And it’s quite possible I am now more disgusted by the Hollywood “elite”, foreign film societies AND governments than I am the actual rapist.
Look, Roman Polanski has had some awful things happen in his life. This is absolutely true. No denying. But I don’t recall that being a justification for being a drugging, raping, creepy letch.
And yes, it was 32 years ago and that is a long time ago. But that’s because he FLED the country when it was his time to go to jail and pay for his crime. I don’t care that he thought the judge was going to renege on some plea agreement that he should have NEVER been given in the first place (he was offered the deal to spare the victim anymore testifying not because he deserved leniency.) Too damn bad. That does not excuse running away. The judge was likely sickened by the fact that Polanski was getting away with rape and wasn’t going to allow it. But yeah – it’s probably really because the judge was just a jerk for wanting to lock this scumbag up. Right…
This was a 13 year old girl (the parents judgment for leaving her alone with a 43-year old Hollywood perv is along the same lines as the parents who handed over their kids to Michael Jackson.)
He gave her alcohol. Then he gave her drugs. And then had sex with her (in multiple ways) AFTER she said no. Let’s ask Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Weinstein or Martin Scorcese to hand over their kids (do they have any-I have no clue) to some random Joe Smith, a raping pedophile locked up in jail for this exact same thing. And then let’s see how they react when Joe Blow asks to get off with 2 months in jail. They’d be screaming their little whiny heads off. Woody Allen signed it – that alone should indicate the ethics of it…
Oh, but it’s a talented (this can be called into question if you ask me) director. “Oh. One of us?” they say. Well then obviously it’s the big bad prosecutor gunning for this poor man who simply wants to be left alone.
When I saw this quote “His arrest follows an American arrest warrant dating from 1978 against the filmmaker, in a case of morals.” in the petition these wonderful artists have prepared: http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/39618660.html I wanted to strangle these idiots. “Case of Morals”??? Really????? WHERE is it not immoral to ply some little girl with drugs and alcohol and then force yourself on her – in numerous ways??? WTF is wrong with these idiots???
How many news stories have we read about the teacher (both male and female nowadays) being suspended, fired, sent to jail because he/she had a “consensual” relationship with a student? The reason consensual is shot down in court is because he/she is the adult. The child cannot make these decisions and the teacher is in the position of authority. Etc, etc, etc. And this is in the cases where the student “wanted” to have sex with the teacher. And wasn’t drugged. But the adult is found guilty and sent to jail.
What about Mary Kay Letourneau? Who went to jail for having a relationship with a 13-year old boy. Crucified by the press and public (rightfully so) and yet – the boy didn’t claim rape. They are still together last I ever read (and had a baby.) It was wrong. And gross. And correct for all us to be shocked and sickened. He was 13! But clearly – she needed to be a director, or actor or something, and not a high school teacher, if she wanted to get away with this type of shenanigans.
And then Whoopi Goldberg, on a “WOMEN’S” TV show, starts defending Polanski and saying “I know it wasn’t rape-rape.” WHAT??? W..T..F??? http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/09/28/whoopi-defends-polanski-it-wasnt-rape-rape/
It’s not like I have EVER watched this stupid show, but you can be sure I never will now.
I GUARANTEE that if we were discussing these same actions but perpetrated by a Republican Senator or some Wall Street CEO, they’d be wheeling out the guillotine! “50 years in jail at a minimum because he not only ruined this poor young girl’s life, but he also fled our great justice system and laughed in our faces!!!” blah, blah….Let’s think back to the Duke lacrosse players who were crucified in the press as guilty of rape…only then to find out they were, in fact, not.
This is what this wonderfully talented man deserving of our forgiveness did:
The girl testified that she left the Jacuzzi and entered a bedroom in Nicholson’s home, where Polanski sat down beside her and kissed the teen, despite her demands that he “keep away.” According to Gailey, Polanski then performed a sex act on her and later “started to have intercourse with me.” At one point, according to Gailey’s testimony, Polanski asked the 13-year-old if she was “on the pill,” and “When did you last have your period?” Polanski then asked her, Gailey recalled, “Would you want me to go in through your back?” before he “put his penis in my butt.” Asked why she did not more forcefully resist Polanski, the teenager told Deputy D.A. Roger Gunson, “Because I was afraid of him.”
Here are the indictments: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html
And no, it doesn’t change my opinion one iota because the victim of this crime has come out and said to drop it. Of course she has – she has had to live with it all of her life. To stay sane, she probably came to terms with it the best she could and has tried to leave it behind. As any rape or abuse victim would. She stated as much in 1997. So I have no doubt, she wants it to just go away so that she can live her life. But that doesn’t mean it should. It doesn’t mean because he managed to get away it for 30 years and the victim wants to forget all about it, that we should. It does mean everyone should definitely leave her and her family alone. Of course, the media will not do this. So she gets raped all over again.
