Thread: Polanski Freed, Extradition to US Refused

^ same as the guy in group C who fancies a shag with a 13 year old

Everyone in group C is a hypocritical ass

Great documentary on the other other night re Polanski's life.
Seems the Judge was really screwing up in a quest for media attention/approval and was even removed from the case.
He was going to ignore the conditions of a plea bargain nail Polanski to the wall just to make himself look good.

Wanted and Desired; The Truth Couldn't Fit the Headlines.. ( 2008 )

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)




This HBO documentary is not about Roman Polanski's entire life. In fact, it is to the greatest extent centered in the court case from which he fled in 1978, where he was sentenced for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, in fact a 13-year-old girl. A lot of archive footage is used and is very well-edited to paint a picture of a great director who has battled a lot of turmoils in life (most notably the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate). A lot of judicial figures are interviewed in depth regarding the court case, the very peculiar (and probably criminal) judge Rittenband, along with journalists from the time and friends of Polanski. The music - mostly period jazz - is used very nicely, often alongside period snippets from TV news. The main character is not interviewed for this documentary, and while I feel the documentary skirts away too much from Polanski's pedophile act, his victim has since forgiven him and there are a couple of interesting facts about her mother's role in the case. All in all this is a good documentary about the chilling events surrounding a human being who happens to be a world-renowned film-director. By the way, David Wells has admitted to lying in the documentary, and it's interesting to see if anything will really happen to Polanski now that he - 31 years after fleeing the USA - is arrested in Switzerland because of his outstanding punishment.

Originally Posted by sabang

^^ Good post.

There is also a form of sanctimonious condescension to the whole 'pedo' debate, which I think demeans women by always painting them as the helpless victim. Even the term 'statutory rape' is hardly neutral- isn't rape by definition an act of violence, real or threatened?

Bottom line is, I think the legal age of consent should be reduced to fourteen, which is a safe 'post puberty' age for a vast majority of women (and who cares about blokes).

Right, males are allowed to experiment , go with their dads to whore houses, etc.
but young women... gotta keep that hymen intact, 'cause......'cause......

Uh , 'cause.... why?

Blatant sexist double standards is why .


(And that hymen is already probably already ruptured with the first use of a tampon or masturbation with insertion . )

How high would the percentage be of 14 year old women looking for violent sex with random strangers or (much more likely) family members?

I hardly think it's sanctimonious condescension when talking about pedos regardless of whether 'pedo' is used as defined by law or as it is used by a bunch of amateurs.

Nobody is objecting to or even talking about 'doctor' games among adolescents or grown women going to male strip clubs/ brothels.

Originally Posted by Ripley

Blatant sexist double standards is why .

no, Ripley , the hymen must stay intact so their parents can frame some rich old guy and squeeze his wallet to the last cent.

^
Yes, a commodity. And marketed like one , too.