I was responding to the thread in general.
Statute of limitations wouldn’t apply because he plead guilty. He’s a fugitive.
You responded to spoke-'s post by making the exact same point that he or she was responding to.
And the act of fleeing from justice was not a crime against the rape victim in particular, but against the state and its citizens in general.
So I’m a dumbass. Is that what you wanted to hear?
Yet Eli Kazan got a much more luke warm reception when he picked up his lifetime achievement award.
well sure - his actions actually threatened the livelihoods of people in that room, or at the least people that they knew.
Nope. I appreciate her thoughts on the subject, but the dude is a fugitive. He needs to go to jail for a very long time.
Yes, for you.
Clearly not for others.
According to IMDB when that happened he hadn’t made a film for 31 years. Perhaps due to this he didn’t resonate as much amongst those in the audience?
Over thirty years ago. Some people move on. They make peace with people regarding previous sins.
So you would “move on” if your best friend stuck his penis in a thriteen year’s old ass in your house when you weren’t home? I, personally, would never have anything to do with him again.
Victims of sexual abuse at some point (hopefully) move on with their lives without having to deal with it all the time. Roman Polanski is the one who is causing her this continued grief by fleeing to France and refusing to submit to his punishment.
Mr. Polanski not only drugged and raped her, but is now causing her continued grief and torment.
He is an asshole, and should be jailed. If you can stomach it, the transcript is here.
The things he did deserve serious punishment, and neither his Hollywood connections nor his directing career can ever erase what he did.
I believe it was more for his participation/cooperation with the House Committee on Un-American activities.
Some of the people giving him the cold shoulder were laughable (e.g. Helen Hunt). Not defending Kazan but I put a child rapist at least at an equal level with a supposed collaborator.
From the account I read Polanski pressured the girl – it was not merely statutory rape but very close to forcible rape. If so, let him continue to stay out of our country.
Otherwise, though – sorry, nothin’ to see here. What’s with all the ephebophilia-hate here? Ephebophilia != pedophilia. If you’re a dude and you would not have done the 15-year-old early-career Traci Lords, then you’re gay. You’re so gay Richard Simmons would go out of his way to kick your ass.
There is a huge difference between finding a 15 year old who can pass for 18 sexually attractive and coercing and drugging a 13 year old for sex.
Jonathan
If this was true, I’d say society has no need for the movie industry and should move on.
Dude, what the fuck? First of all, 13 to 15 is a rapidly developing time in a girl’s life, and there’s a huge difference between the two ages. I’m not saying 15 is ok, just pointing out that those 2 years in particular are about as important as any other 10. Secondly, Traci Lords was known for looking particularly mature for her age. Comparing her to the average 15 year old is deliberately obtuse. Are we all Liberace-gay for not thinking it’s ok for 40-somethings to lure 13 year old girls under false pretenses, slip drugs into their alcoholic drinks, and fuck them up their poopers? “Nothin’ to see here”?!
To be fair, he didn’t say anything about “the average 15 year-old” at all. He specifically said Traci Lords. I think the point is exactly what you mentioned; she was famously “mature-looking” for her age; therefore what heterosexual man, not knowing anything about her actual age, wouldn’t consider her “ripe” for the picking, so to speak? Her chronological age has nothing to do with the aesthetic appeal of the appearance of a sexually mature female body. And females are tending to develop secondary sexual characteristics at earlier ages than in the past. I have a cousin who developed very early (she was almost a C cup by age 13) and got a LOT of attention whenever she went to the beach or a pool. Of course I’m not saying that she should have welcomed such attention, but it’s really not that much of a stretch to understand how a heterosexual male would be turned on by her, and if they never know her age, they wouldn’t even begin to feel icky about it.
So you’re saying this girl only had a 99.99% chance of looking way too young in addition to being way too young, instead of 100%.
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%.