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I've spoken about this in other people's posts but I need to say it in my own too.
I am sickened and horrified by the reaction of many public figures the arrest of Roman Polanski. That film makers, writers, actors, and artists I admire are coming to his defense, demanding his release from custody, and referring to his rape of a 13 year old as a "case of morals" appalls me.
He doesn't deserve to be given special circumstances because he survived the holocaust, lost his wife, is a great director, or because it happened 30 years ago. He raped a child.
People who write about it better than me:
And the Best Child Rapist Award Goes To... - Letters From Hollywood: Roman Polanski's Rape Of Child No Big Thing - The Fall of Roman: I Rest My Case - Why Robert Harris' NY Times Pro-Polanski Op-Ed Is an Offensive, Self-Serving Disgrace - Not on, Hollywood - The Defenses to the Polanski Arrest Are Irrelevant - People who have signed the free 'Roman Polanski petition'
Sign the 'Art Does Not Excuse Rape: Polanski Must Face Justice' petition. It's not much but it's something.
I am sickened and horrified by the reaction of many public figures the arrest of Roman Polanski. That film makers, writers, actors, and artists I admire are coming to his defense, demanding his release from custody, and referring to his rape of a 13 year old as a "case of morals" appalls me.
He doesn't deserve to be given special circumstances because he survived the holocaust, lost his wife, is a great director, or because it happened 30 years ago. He raped a child.
People who write about it better than me:
And the Best Child Rapist Award Goes To... - Letters From Hollywood: Roman Polanski's Rape Of Child No Big Thing - The Fall of Roman: I Rest My Case - Why Robert Harris' NY Times Pro-Polanski Op-Ed Is an Offensive, Self-Serving Disgrace - Not on, Hollywood - The Defenses to the Polanski Arrest Are Irrelevant - People who have signed the free 'Roman Polanski petition'
Sign the 'Art Does Not Excuse Rape: Polanski Must Face Justice' petition. It's not much but it's something.
