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[dawnspring]

Filmakers sign a petition calling for the release of PolanskiI want to see this list, so that way I can then forever boycott ANYTHING having to do with said actors and directors. They aren't sticking up for a good man, as far as I'm concered they are all nothing more than advocates for child sexual abuse. If they signed that petition, they are scum

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[purplehaze9]

Whoopi Goldberg was all about supporting Polanski on The View.

[dawnspring]

I've never watched The View. I'm glad now.

[purplehaze9]

Celebrities who signed the petition for Roman Polanski's release.

There are also other names I found elsewhere.

Notables:

Woody Allen
Darren Aronofsky
Monica Bellucci
Harrison Ford
Terry Gilliam
Martin Scorsese
Harvey Weinstein

The other names appears to be a bunch of Euros that I've never heard of before.

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Here's Whoopi quoted on The View (this came from a FOXNews.com article)

"I know it wasn't 'rape' rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was 'rape' rape," said Goldberg, dismissing the possibility that Polanski had forced himself on anyone.

"He pled guilty to having sex with a minor and he went to jail, and when they let him out (on bail, pending sentencing), he said, 'You know what, this guy's going to give me 100 years in jail. I'm not staying.' And that's why he left.

"So that's why I wanted to be really clear," Goldberg said, "cause I want to know exactly what I'm talking about."

[dawnspring]

Oh she did NOT say that!! That's just appalling! I'd hate to think what her definition of a 'real' rape is. What part made it not count, the fact the girl was underage or the fact she was drugged up? Oh, I know, the fact he's famous and she wants to star in one of his movies. Right...

I just lost any respect I ever had for her.

[davetheinverted]

There seems to be something of a Europe/America divide on the subject.

Dav2.718

[dawnspring]

Those responses are horrifying and disgusting. Especially that last one.

Only a monster would see the rape of a young girl as no big deal.

[browren]

There's a blurb about the victim, here, and she apparently said this:
"What happened that night, it's hard to believe, but it paled in comparison to what happened to me in the next year of my life," she said last year, when she appeared in a documentary about problems with the case.

In the end, she was relieved when Polanski fled because reporters stopped calling.

"He did something really gross to me, but it was the media that ruined my life," she told People in 1997.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/09/28/2009-09-28_roman_polanskis_victim_now_45_got_over_it_long_ago.html#ixzz0SaS4CBOH
Not sure what to think about that. On the one hand, I can see how this particular case would be an excellent example to demonstrate that nobody is above the law, but on the other, the victim herself feels that justice has been served. I'm not sure that the internet and/or the

[purplehaze9]

Well, the internet and media surely don't. The law does. If there was a warrant out for his arrest and he is apprehended, then he does need to be extradited and face the consequences in America.

Quite frankly, I think it's shameful that several countries willingly harbored a convicted sex offender because he happened to be a good movie director.

[browren]

Is there a reason that his crime is more important, though? There are plenty of American politicians with war crimes convictions overseas, for instance. There were a whole bunch of lawsuits against the Catholic Church for abuse of children, but when those got settled out of court, the state didn't continue on for a criminal conviction for some reason. There are also plenty of "freedom fighters" in America who would be considered terrorists in their home countries. I'm just curious what is the criteria for picking and choosing which countries' laws are the ones that get followed.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not attempting to defend Polanski, but I can see how there could be some logical validity in his defenders' point of view. One could even cynically think that had Ms. Geimer become a successful movie star, that we'd never have ever even heard about the crime, and that it was just typically Hollywood "casting couch" behavior that became public.

[dawnspring]

Except...remember what I do for a living. Him getting away with this crime will set a terrible precident and make our work that much harder. Just because she no longer wishes to seek justice doesn't mean that it's ok for those who will commit similar crimes later on to be allowed to walk away too because he was allowed. Rape a kid, go to Europe and live the high life, get exonerated. Oh yeah, total justice

Really, if he was not this 'celebrated' director, he'd have been caught, locked up, and had the key thrown away years ago. People want him released not because they think he's being unjustly targeted, they want him free because he's rich and famous.