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ataxi

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Oct 01, 2009 11:39

More things that don't excuse raping a minor:

The system trying to bring you to justice is dysfunctional
Someone wants to "start a political career" by taking you down
The Swiss can't decide whether or not they want a statute of limitations on offences related to paedophilia
You make movies that reveal a world which doesn't make sense
The charges ( Read more... )

justice, link farmerism, morality, film

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kristian October 1 2009, 03:58:07 UTC

7. A lot of people are rapists, so why gang up on Polanski?

kristian October 1 2009, 04:06:38 UTC

Oh, that wasn't in the linked article, but I've seen it in a number of others.

hipikat October 1 2009, 04:50:46 UTC

8. Rush Hour 3

ataxi October 1 2009, 04:56:30 UTC

Haven't seen it - I take it Polanski had a cameo? I'm sure it fairly represented his status as an untouchable auteur genius.

I like some of Polanski's films - Death and the Maiden, his funny version of Macbeth with all the internal monologue - but it doesn't, funnily enough, actually change my view on the whole thing.

strangedave October 1 2009, 05:15:31 UTC

I love Chinatown. I even quite liked The Fearless Vampire Killers (for what it was). But yes, it doesn't change my views on the question of whether he should be allowed to get away with rape in the slightest.

ataxi October 1 2009, 05:20:44 UTC

I haven't seen either of those. Perhaps if I had I would think that he should be let off the hook.

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anxiolytic October 1 2009, 11:06:57 UTC

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/repulsion-polanskis-horror-story-20090930-gcov.html

ataxi October 1 2009, 13:55:58 UTC

Miranda Devine agrees with me? I must be right.

That article was fine right up until she equated Bill Henson's nudes with Polanski's rape ... two things that even if you dislike Henson, you can't successfully argue are the same.

greyreviews October 2 2009, 15:28:23 UTC

But what if she was really hot?

ataxi October 3 2009, 04:15:42 UTC

Add that to the list.

wolodymyr October 15 2009, 06:13:09 UTC

You're so right about all of it. Except, personally, what's really frayed my nerves, hope, and reason are all the people declaring that Samantha Geimer's wishes don't matter without noticing the least thing ironic about that.

ataxi October 15 2009, 06:48:33 UTC

To be honest, I don't see it as part of my role in commenting on matters like these to extend my personal sympathy or condemnation to the victims or to any other significant figure. I don't have that privilege. To me this on my blog is / was a discussion about principle that it seems reasonable to assume will never be seen by Samantha Geimer, or by Roman Polanski either.

Geimer's views very much do matter in some way, and as you point out the irony of suggesting they are irrelevant tastes bitter when you consider what she suffered as a child. Exactly how and in what spheres her views matter is debatable, although I think they should be a paramount concern to the people in control of media coverage for example. But in my ideal system of justice the views of the victims of crime would have a significant, but not definitive bearing on the outcomes of law enforcement.

I've friended you back by the way - always nice to meet someone new on LJ.

wolodymyr October 15 2009, 15:33:24 UTC

Here's why it's gotten to me as much as it has, I think ( ... )

cont'd wolodymyr October 15 2009, 15:34:44 UTC

The lag possibly reflects to some extent the structure/function of the homo sapien brain, and evolutionary psychology, given the mike, would have some of its typically horrific shit to say here. That doesn't change the fact that the law is a tool created by people, and it can be shaped. We are responsible for the shape of the law ( ... )

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