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The Good Kind of Rape
Maybe Whoopi Goldberg, who said of the Roman Polanski case, "I know it wasn't rape-rape," can take a look at this transcript from Polanski's hearing and explain to us which kind of rape this is.
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This aricle is way off base, because this has nothing to do with liberalism. I have heard conservatives saying Polanski should be left alone.
And this case has nothing to do with Middle American vs. the other parts of America.
Many of us in the other states, California, Washington, New York, to Florida, are outraged at Polanski, and all pedophiles.
Polanski is a ped.ophile, he had sex with other underage girls. He had a sexual affair with Nastassja Kinski when she was only 15 years old. And another underage girl in Europe.
http://www.avert.org/age-of-consent.htm
Where did he do it with Nastassja Kinski? Maybe she was of age at 15. Not every country has such draconian age of consent laws as the U.S. police state.
Nastassja Kinski would be NOBODY if it were not for Roman Polanski. I doubt she would take back her decision to do it with him.
Underage is underage, no matter what country it happens in.
I'm referring to Nastassja Kinski. 15 is legal age in many countries.
Protectionof children may be draconian to you, but to healthy adults it is not.
Children deserve to be shielded from adults' lusts and ego urges.
Where is Kinski now??... ther are more important things than fame.
If I understand the issue correctly,
defendant admitted to crime and was awaiting punishment.
Day before sentencing, the defendant flees to another country.
My question is this - When did he serve his punishment for his admission and conviction of the crime?
I don't think he's served his time (whatever that may be).
As a proud moderate (leans liberal on the social issues, conservative on the financial issues), this guy needs to be returned to the US to serve his sentence. Just like any other person who was convicted of raping a minor.
For those who want to defend his "running away from justice" AND not now having to be returned now that he's in a country that will extradite him, either
1) explain in way that makes sense to you if this were your 15 year old dtr, niece, sister or
2) allow Cheney's henchmen to rendition him for 90 days.
You pick and I'll await to hear your response.
Ok, I'll try one.
My daughter was a slut and is 15% responsible because she was having sex with other guys, and he did pay her lots of money, She suffers no long term ill effects, and he was punished by having to leave the country which was part of his possible sentence anyway, and I don't see what good it will do to end a mans life for something that was done long ago. What good will come out of the extradition? And he is out of the US and is not a risk to other people here. The net result of this will be ...what? Justice? For who ? .
yeah well if you are a moderate I'll eat my hat to quote my dear mother!!
So now we try the case in the media, claim prosecutorial misconduct and drop the case? What is going on in America. The man did a very bad thing. He had intent he plyed the young girl with booze and drugs. Not only did he have intercourse with her but he SODOMIZED her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is the lowest of the lows and if any one feels this is ok then you should be sent to jail for him and roughed up. To end this debate put POLANSKI's keister in jail and fuggettiabout this. No more debates. He is GUILTY...... GUILTY.... If he walks that every criminal mainly rapist and sodomizer should come up witha lame defense.
"and we are not saved..."
There are worse things he could have done to her. He didn't torture her. He didn't fork her to death.
The "victim" says that the law enforcement agencies that interrogated her did more harm to her than Polanski did. The wishes of the victim matter. She has forgiven him and has asked that the case be dropped.
Yeah...he only gave her qualudes and alcohol. I guess that's ok, right?
Why do you think its ok for criminal behavior to exist in jails? You mention being beat up in jail. Why should that occur? Isn't that a crime too? And for the prisons to allow that to happen, should they be prosecuted and get life jail sentences for allowing that to occur?
"Wells said he overstated his actions to the filmmakers because he was told the documentary would air in France, not the United States."
That's a new one, even for a politician/prosecutor: "I lied because of France."
What a bum. Nice credibility for a highly placed officer of the court.
He doesn't say it was the right thing - he says it was the wrong thing. He made a mistake, wanted some fame, so he told a lie he thought would not be heard here. At least he's man enough to admit the lie, now that it may have a real cost.
good grief...I see alot of outrage about what Polanski did but where is the outrage about what the "officer of the court" did? This has practically ruined a mans life and he just explains that he is the type of guy who cuts to the chase and he is embarrassed!! He should be in jail not Polanski...the nerve of this creep!! Talk about an over inflated ego...and he was advising the judge but was not on the case...now how does that exactly work in an honest courtroom...throw the bum in jail and let Polanski go...he is the victim here!!
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