# Roman Polanski - Victim says charges should be dropped. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340 "2009-01-14T22:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/41 "2009-01-17T18:07:07Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > READ. THE. POST. It’s about someone like Traci Lords who is in your hypothetical (but unsupported) .01% group. And of course the percentage is higher than .01%. He was comparing Traci Lords to Polanski’s victim, who - in addition to being 2 years younger - is extremely unlikely to have anything in common with her, regarding physical maturity. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/42 "2009-01-17T18:17:30Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > He was comparing Traci Lords to Polanski’s victim, who - in addition to being 2 years younger - is extremely unlikely to have anything in common with her, regarding physical maturity. I didn’t take it that way; only that there may be underage girls who have bodies that could understandably arouse men, but that doesn’t make them “pedophiles.” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/43 "2009-01-17T18:29:49Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > I didn’t take it that way; only that there may be underage girls who have bodies that could understandably arouse men, but that doesn’t make them “pedophiles.” 13 is borderline. And too far down on the low end of borderline for me to give a guy the benefit of the doubt, especially when he has to ply the victim with drugs and alcohol to get his way. And the physical act of ephebephilia is mostly illegal in most states anyway, so his point sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/44 "2014-10-31T15:18:58Z")
Bumping the thread. The Polish government has denied a U.S. request that he be arrested while filming there: [http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/world/europe/roman-polanski-poland/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/world/europe/roman-polanski-poland/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/45 "2014-10-31T17:09:01Z")
I could really care less what the victim feels about Mr. Polanski. Violent crimes are crimes against the entire society, not just against one person, and as long as Polanski goes unpunished, that hurts all of us, and puts at risk all young teenage girls. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/46 "2014-10-31T17:46:14Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > I could really care less what the victim feels about Mr. Polanski… I suspect you could _not_ care less. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/47 "2014-11-03T01:37:39Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > I could really care less what the victim feels about Mr. Polanski. > > Violent crimes are crimes against the entire society, not just against one person, and as long as Polanski goes unpunished, that hurts all of us, and puts at risk all young teenage girls. Well, not _all_ teenage girls. The ones in the U.S. are safe, at least from Polanski, as long as he remains in effective exile. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/48 "2014-11-03T01:51:53Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > Yet Eli Kazan got a much more luke warm reception when he picked up his lifetime achievement award. Elia Kazan got a standing ovation. I remember Ed Harrus sitting silently and not applauding but other than that the response was overwhelmingly positive including from people far more openly political, such as Warren Beatty. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340/49 "2014-11-03T08:54:46Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Elia Kazan got a standing ovation. I remember Ed Harrus sitting silently and not applauding but other than that the response was overwhelmingly positive including from people far more openly political, such as Warren Beatty. Look at the footage again. _Eventually_ around 25% of the crowd gave him a standing ovation, most remained seated while clapping politely (which can probably be described as lukewarm), a number of people didn’t applaud at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-victim-says-charges-should-be-dropped/481340.md?page=2)