Roman Polanski

[lunabee34]

I really didn't know very much about the man until this week. I knew he had exiled himself from America to avoid going to jail for criminal charges, but I didn't know what the charges were or anything about his life. In my twenties, I watched several of his movies and enjoyed them, most notably The Ninth Gate.

Since posts about the petition to exonerate him of charges started circulating on the flist, I've done some research about Roman Polanski, and I have this to say about the controversy:

A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL PERSON CAN NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CONSENT TO ANY SORT OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A FORTY-FOUR YEAR OLD MAN PERSON. EVER. EVER. THAT IS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS RAPE, AND IT IS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS WRONG.

I suppose we are to assume that the celebrities that signed that petition won't mind if Roman Polanski rapes their children. He's so awesome, after all.

Edited to more accurately reflect my position.

Comments

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Maybe they would let him rape their child if it got them a starring role in Roman Polanski's next movie. It's totally disgusting that they're supporting him. Could you send me a link to one of the petitions so I can see whose movies I will start boycotting?

Thanks!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

List of petitioners in an lj post which I find easier to read (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/39618660.html)

Original Petition (http://www.sacd.fr/Le-cinema-soutient-Roman-Polanski-Petition-for-Roman-Polanski.1340.0.html)

the people who don't support Polanski, thank God (http://chrismm.dreamwidth.org/577422.html)

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

He gave a 13 year old girl, who was saying no, qualuuds and booze and then had sex with her.

I don't care if he brought about world peace, cured cancer and solved global warming. He did something wrong.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

*nods*

One does not mitigate the other.