I strongly believe in the concepts of Mercy, Forgiveness, and Redemption. Then again, I also firmly believe in justice, so make of that what you will.
Might as Well Get to the Polanski Thing
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either way he buggered a 13 year old girl and got away with it, this being said, ive seen the documentary with her accounts and she was more than willing, not that that makes it ok, cause it isnt, but if her mom was dragging her around know perverts (polanski was big into women) she was accepting that risk, the woman says not to blamer her mother but its hard not to when the woman basically dragged her daughter into this place like a toy with a vagina.and what girl wouldnt be willing to be with a famous person at that age. how many girls would give it up pr pete wense from fall out boy, or that douche from twilight? anyway.. is he guilty, yes, should he be paying for a crime that no one cares about? no. the judge shouldnt have let him leave, his lawyers said he was in the middle of shooting a movie, so he let him, go, bad call on the judge.
I would just like to put it out there so people can understand this in plain, and easy to read english.
Roman Polanski got drunk, gave a 13 year old girl alchohol and drugs and then proceeded to rape and sodomize her. When he was afraid of actually getting a real punishment for his actions(not a hollywood slap on the wrist) he fled the country instead of owning up to his crimes and working with his lawyer and the system to weed out the corruption he felt was in the system.
Agian, He ran away instead of owning up to what he did. He ran. He knew what he did was wrong, and even after all the crap he witnessed throughout his life and seeing what the nazis did to his own people he ran like a coward instead of staying and facing his actions.
To me the man is a cowardly rapist, and yes he is a rapist.
So in my opinion, yes he should come back and own up to his actions and stand in front of the white house or LA city hall or other public building and give a written apology to the poeple of the united states for being a rapist and a coward and living under the protection of another country. His friends may say he has been punished enough over the years for what he did because he couldnt travel where he wanted to for his film career but last time I checked there werent to many fugitive rapists out there living in multimillion dollar homes with their families living the good life and being adulated by their peers.
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This guy is a pedophile waiting to happen. If he had any smarts at all(or inhabitions about buggering 13 year olds himself/herself) he would recognize how horribly skewed that documentary was. Its hard enough for victims of sexual assault and rape to come forward but when things like that polanski documentary(if it could be called that) come along and paint the perpetrator as the victim and the victim as someone who "wants it" then justice will never truly be known. Please sir, admit yourself to a psyche ward and stay away from the childrens.
Roman Polanski got drunk, gave a 13 year old girl alchohol and drugs and then proceeded to rape and sodomize her. When he was afraid of actually getting a real punishment for his actions(not a hollywood slap on the wrist) he fled the country instead of owning up to his crimes and working with his lawyer and the system to weed out the corruption he felt was in the system.
Agian, He ran away instead of owning up to what he did. He ran. He knew what he did was wrong, and even after all the crap he witnessed throughout his life and seeing what the nazis did to his own people he ran like a coward instead of staying and facing his actions.
To me the man is a cowardly rapist, and yes he is a rapist.
So in my opinion, yes he should come back and own up to his actions and stand in front of the white house or LA city hall or other public building and give a written apology to the poeple of the united states for being a rapist and a coward and living under the protection of another country. His friends may say he has been punished enough over the years for what he did because he couldnt travel where he wanted to for his film career but last time I checked there werent to many fugitive rapists out there living in multimillion dollar homes with their families living the good life and being adulated by their peers.
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imburke said:
This guy is a pedophile waiting to happen. If he had any smarts at all(or inhabitions about buggering 13 year olds himself/herself) he would recognize how horribly skewed that documentary was. Its hard enough for victims of sexual assault and rape to come forward but when things like that polanski documentary(if it could be called that) come along and paint the perpetrator as the victim and the victim as someone who "wants it" then justice will never truly be known. Please sir, admit yourself to a psyche ward and stay away from the childrens.
I disagree strongly on both those points.Fredrick2003 said:
I see no reason why the law should be lenient on him. The wheels of justice may grind slowly but the grind fine. He's one of my top five favorite directors but that doesn't excuse what he did.
Well said. I'm sure many of the priests found to/convicted of molesting children did tons of good things for their communities/parishes when they weren't molesting their victims. Guess what? THEY STILL MOLESTED SOMEONE so it really doesn't matter how many good deeds they did nor should it. You can't make up for sexually assaulting a child with spiritually counseling numerous communities and running countless bake sales, festivals, fish dinners, soup kitchens etc and you sure as hell cant make up for it by making 10 movies since 1997 of questionable quality.Cliff_m85 said:
Anyone who is still calling for lenience or justice in the comments should probably re-read the article.
I see this kind of thing every day where people think they need to get personally involved in something that, when you get down to it, is just another bit of gossip that doesn't concern them in any way. But, we're all human. Sometimes it helps to get a bit of perspective from someone else.
Except for you. This would solve a lot of the world's problems in any case.odubya23 said:
I see this kind of thing every day where people think they need to get personally involved in something that, when you get down to it, is just another bit of gossip that doesn't concern them in any way. But, we're all human. Sometimes it helps to get a bit of perspective from someone else.
I don't really care one way or another.
And now, for something completely different.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty#Physical_changes_in_females
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATsOA-EKrQc
And now, for something completely different.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty#Physical_changes_in_females
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATsOA-EKrQc
I know man *rolls eyes*. It's even closer to me because assholes are saying "The girl forgave him". Fuck no, she just doesn't want to relive it all over again. She doesn't want reporters trying to get her to recall what happened or see her face on tv or be known as "the rape victim". It's common sense and people are just fucking insane.MaxTheReaper said:
I'd suggest joining the clergy first, just to be safe.
Right he breaks the law (not a paedophile thought since she was older than 12 but still illegal)
then flees the country to escape justice (also a crime)
I don't think jail is appropriate since he clearly isn't a present danger but to do what he has done with no repercusions legally isn't right I would just make him give the victim a ton of money of which he must have tons anyway.
then flees the country to escape justice (also a crime)
I don't think jail is appropriate since he clearly isn't a present danger but to do what he has done with no repercusions legally isn't right I would just make him give the victim a ton of money of which he must have tons anyway.
I like articles like these. They give an overview far less biased than TV news about stuff they won't shut up about until somebody else starts crying about when Arnold Schwarzenegger says "Poop".
Or other articles that really don't add anything to anyone's intelligence.
Or other articles that really don't add anything to anyone's intelligence.
True, but it doesn't mean it wasn't wrong or that it didn't have a bad effect on her live - for example, I've heard most rape victims never report what happened - doesn't mean that the victims wheren't badly effected, nor does it mean the bastard who did it should be forgiven. It does mean that the victim doesn't want to deal with what happened, and/or is afraid of not being believed or doesn't want to face the courts.HG131 said:
That said, I dunno, maybe reduce the sentence - its hard to see what a judge could do worse to him than Charles Manson did.
Are you kidding me?The_root_of_all_evil said:
1) There was little anger in Poland. There were some people that defended him, but a lot of us also wanted him to rot in jail.
2) Where did you hear that? Oh, right, our prime minister said that as a joke, for which he apologized the same day. But it was over a year or two ago.
Ok here's a question
Why is pedophilia immoral, illegal?
Basic law making suggests that anything that causes harm to the fabric of society is immoral and therefore illegal, given a multiracial, multicultural, multireligious civilisation.
So how does pedophilia cause harm to society? What if both parties are willing? And more importantly how is the age of a child determined? How is a child different from an adult?
Just asking this question to prevent populism (which seems to be the de facto tool of the ignorant opinions floating around).
If you have a opinion on something and you don't know why or how, you're not really contributing to the human race.
Why is pedophilia immoral, illegal?
Basic law making suggests that anything that causes harm to the fabric of society is immoral and therefore illegal, given a multiracial, multicultural, multireligious civilisation.
So how does pedophilia cause harm to society? What if both parties are willing? And more importantly how is the age of a child determined? How is a child different from an adult?
Just asking this question to prevent populism (which seems to be the de facto tool of the ignorant opinions floating around).
If you have a opinion on something and you don't know why or how, you're not really contributing to the human race.