About another group of entitled white assholes whinging and crying and pissing tears to get their own way?
Roman Polanski raped and violated A CHILD.
That is a vile act. That is an immoral act. That is possibly an anti-social act. And it is also an illegal act.
And all this hue and cry is, is yet another set of hot air trying to get a white man off the consequences of his actions. In other words, I agree with this Salon Article.
And I would very much like to point out that if Polaski was a non-white male, it wouldn't matter how many years had passed. For his violation of not just a white woman, but a white girl-child, for drugging and sodomizing her - a helpless white girl-child, he would not have escaped justice for the past 30 years.
Even in 1977 and 1978, someone would have shot him, or beat him near to death. He would never have had the chance he did to plead guilty. His guilt would have been assumed and white outrage would have been FELT on his body.
If Roman Polanski was a black man, there would be NO QUESTION as to why even 30 years later the case was still being pursued.
If Roman Polanski was a black man there would be no consideration given to whether the child's mother was a pushy stage mother; to whether the child had really said no; or even to her own current wish to avoid media attention.
This is a list of the Film Industry / Hollywood types who're signing a petition to free him. It's pushed me to simply give up on the Western American/European Film Industry. I've already discussed all the racism going on in 'Hollywood' and now here comes sexism at absolute full strength, intertwined.
Roman Polanski RAPED AND VIOLATED A CHILD.
A CHILD.
And I note that no one is wondering about what other opportunities he may have had to do this in the past 30 years; how many other children he may have harmed - what sense of power over them he may have wielded knowing he'd already done it once, got caught and escaped. I am surprised and disgusted to learn he's fathered two children of his own. And I note no one is wondering what he may have taught them.
Roman Polanski SEXUALLY VIOLATED A CHILD
He is a SELF CONFESSED CHILD RAPIST.
He has NOT DENIED HIS ACTIONS.
He is A SEX OFFENDER.
He is someone who should be on the list that people check to find out how safe their neighbourhoods are. He is someone who has violated society's most precious resource - its children and who then FLED JUSTICE and FLED SOCIETY'S SANCTIONS AGAINST HIM.
If you can cheer when Batman brings a man back from Tokyo to face Gotham's court systems, then you better as hell recognize that POLANSKI is a real life similar criminal.
For the record, by the way, the whole Spiderman, Chameleon, rape of Peter Parker's roommate? The reason that representation is so despicable, is because shit like that helps foster a climate where people make excuses for rapists. A petition to free Poleaski is Rape Culture displayed at its finest.
And right now I seriously wish this world had a Marv or a John Hartigan to take away Polanski's weapons.