Rather than write my own tirade about Roman Polanski and his rapiness, I'd rather reference salon.com's Kate Harding, whose opinions on this matter completely match mine and who is a much better writer than me.
Ah, screw it, I'm going to go on my own (much less distinguished) tirade about it, too. My freak out regarding this situation isn't even directed at Polanski or our ridiculous legal system which has allowed this jackass to party through Europe the past thirty years. It's at ANYONE who stands up for this guy; which has been, shockingly, a LOT of people. Is anyone else amazed that people are in this sociopath's corner? He's a out-of-the-closet convicted child rapist who didn't serve his prison sentence. How is this not frowned upon?! If there was EVER a reason for someone to wear a scarlet letter, this would be it. But somehow this douche has been embraced by his community. On yesterday's Good Morning, America it was reported that Polanski supporters claim, unironically, that the California legal system should maybe, probably let this one go because of all of Polanski's "achievements". Wha? Do we really want to set THAT precedent? "Look, we would rather you didn't fuck kids; but seeing that you're accomplished and all, could you just stop now and we'll call it even?"
Where do we draw the line with this? If Roman F-ing Polanski is so accomplished that he can get away with drugging and raping a child, certainly, say, the president could away with something really heinous and illegal. And what about a great cardiologist who saves lots of lives but also kinda likes to club old people over the head and steal their wallets? Or a brilliant astronomer who discovers Pluto really IS a planet after all; but he sorta helped Michael V. set up that dog-fighting operation? I never met the guy, but I hate Roman Polanski. And as far as I'm concerned his pretentious, egotistical supporters who think he's too brilliant to serve jail time can suck a donkey dong. I told you I was less distinguished than Kate.
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Thanks Bethany and I agree with you. The world values position rather than their own children. How arrogant, eh? I mean how long did it take us to pass laws that protect children from incest, molestation, and even abduction. It was treated like "well, it happens" for freaking ever.
ReplyDeleteI would just like to add though...that the last President did get away with really heinous and illegal crimes...we just didn't hold that administration accountable. Maybe if he had had a woman go down on him in his oval office someone would have been offended...but then who would touch G. W. with a ten foot pole.