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threeplusfire) wrote2009-09-29 01:33 pm
threeplusfire) wrote2009-09-29 01:33 pm
fuck you, apologists
Reminder - Roman Polanski raped a child
Roman Polanski raped a child. Let's just start right there, because that's the detail that tends to get neglected when we start discussing whether it was fair for the bail-jumping director to be arrested at age 76, after 32 years in "exile" (which in this case means owning multiple homes in Europe, continuing to work as a director, marrying and fathering two children, even winning an Oscar, but never -- poor baby -- being able to return to the U.S.). Let's keep in mind that Roman Polanski gave a 13-year-old girl a Quaalude and champagne, then raped her, before we start discussing whether the victim looked older than her 13 years, or that she now says she'd rather not see him prosecuted because she can't stand the media attention. Before we discuss how awesome his movies are or what the now-deceased judge did wrong at his trial, let's take a moment to recall that according to the victim's grand jury testimony, Roman Polanski instructed her to get into a jacuzzi naked, refused to take her home when she begged to go, began kissing her even though she said no and asked him to stop; performed cunnilingus on her as she said no and asked him to stop; put his penis in her vagina as she said no and asked him to stop; asked if he could penetrate her anally, to which she replied, "No," then went ahead and did it anyway, until he had an orgasm.
The media circus is unpleasant. It's absurdist. The way the media functions in this day and age is often depressing, disheartening and aggravating. But what's more absurdist and disgusting is the Polanski apologist crowd. The idea that we should forget he pled guilty to raping a child because he's made great movies or suffered during WWII is fucking obscene. I would like to know how many of these celebrities would be signing a petition if Polanski was a Nazi war criminal or stole their retirement savings. Does anyone honestly believe we would let Bernie Madoff run away to France for thirty years?
Roman Polanski raped a child. Let's just start right there, because that's the detail that tends to get neglected when we start discussing whether it was fair for the bail-jumping director to be arrested at age 76, after 32 years in "exile" (which in this case means owning multiple homes in Europe, continuing to work as a director, marrying and fathering two children, even winning an Oscar, but never -- poor baby -- being able to return to the U.S.). Let's keep in mind that Roman Polanski gave a 13-year-old girl a Quaalude and champagne, then raped her, before we start discussing whether the victim looked older than her 13 years, or that she now says she'd rather not see him prosecuted because she can't stand the media attention. Before we discuss how awesome his movies are or what the now-deceased judge did wrong at his trial, let's take a moment to recall that according to the victim's grand jury testimony, Roman Polanski instructed her to get into a jacuzzi naked, refused to take her home when she begged to go, began kissing her even though she said no and asked him to stop; performed cunnilingus on her as she said no and asked him to stop; put his penis in her vagina as she said no and asked him to stop; asked if he could penetrate her anally, to which she replied, "No," then went ahead and did it anyway, until he had an orgasm.
The media circus is unpleasant. It's absurdist. The way the media functions in this day and age is often depressing, disheartening and aggravating. But what's more absurdist and disgusting is the Polanski apologist crowd. The idea that we should forget he pled guilty to raping a child because he's made great movies or suffered during WWII is fucking obscene. I would like to know how many of these celebrities would be signing a petition if Polanski was a Nazi war criminal or stole their retirement savings. Does anyone honestly believe we would let Bernie Madoff run away to France for thirty years?
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No one in their right mind would want this sort of madness. But then, it wouldn't be happening if Polanski hadn't fled in the first place. It wouldn't continue to be brought up every time he gets nominated for an award or someone makes a documentary if he had accepted the punishment for the crime he took a guilty plea for in the first place.
People don't get so outraged about the resolution of other old crimes - the recent case of that kidnapped girl found living in the backyard springs to mind. Or twenty, thirty year old homicides. There was recently a man arrested for a string of killings going back close to forty years. In my mind, raping a child stands as probably one of the single worst things a human being could ever do.
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I don't know anything at all about the history of flight risks, but I wonder if Polanski is the bad example the system learned from. The judge knew better than to let Madoff out on bond, after all.