It can be assumed that anyone who is supporting Polanski agrees to the following:
1. 42 days is a sufficient sentence for anal rape of a 13-year-old. 2. It's OK to flee from justice if you think the judge is crooked for giving you more than 42 days for the anal rape of a child. 3. Brilliant people should be forgiven more than average Joes. 4. Fleeing to a glamourous life in your country of birth and being a famous celebrated director is punishment. Who cares if it makes the case even more sensational ensuring the victim will suffer more? 5. Child rapists don't usually repeat their crimes so he's probably OK out there despite his follow-up affair with a 15-year-old. 6. People with hard lives aren't responsible for their crimes.
In my mind, the idea that 42 days is sufficient for attaching this incident to a child's life forever is sickening. SHe forgave him for a large sum of money that came with provisions that she forgave him, I'm sure. If she is suffering from the media coverage of this incident now, it is entirely Polanski's fault. I might have a little more respect for him if he seemed to show some remorse now that he's been caught, but he just seems indignant. He is a fugitive from justice. That alone is a serious crime.
Ah yes, the horrors of being a celebrated film director in France. How could he have survived such torture? He has committed two crimes: Raping a young girl and fleeing from justice. Both deserve punishment. Rape trials are embarrassing and I can understand why it often seems better for rape victims to let the crime go rather than air those unpleasant details in public. But it's not just the victim's problem. Child rapists are notorious repeat offenders. His guilt over this rape led him straight into the arms of 15-year-old Ms. Kinski. The media circus would have ended for this woman long ago if Polanski hadn't chosen to flee justice. The rape victim has forgotten? Hardly. Such violent acts pay out long past the actual crime. She has forgiven him after a large payout and would rather not talk about it again. Understandable, but there are other teenagers in the world who need protecting. It's not about her. It's about the foundations of our justice system. Polanski should have faced the music and sued the judge. It would have all been over long ago. He raped a girl and was getting off very lightly considering. I resent every filmmaker who expressed their support for him. He did not have sex with a young girl. He raped a young girl. Nothing "French" about that.
1. 42 days is a sufficient sentence for anal rape of a 13-year-old.
2. It's OK to flee from justice if you think the judge is crooked for giving you more than 42 days for the anal rape of a child.
3. Brilliant people should be forgiven more than average Joes.
4. Fleeing to a glamourous life in your country of birth and being a famous celebrated director is punishment. Who cares if it makes the case even more sensational ensuring the victim will suffer more?
5. Child rapists don't usually repeat their crimes so he's probably OK out there despite his follow-up affair with a 15-year-old.
6. People with hard lives aren't responsible for their crimes.
In my mind, the idea that 42 days is sufficient for attaching this incident to a child's life forever is sickening. SHe forgave him for a large sum of money that came with provisions that she forgave him, I'm sure. If she is suffering from the media coverage of this incident now, it is entirely Polanski's fault. I might have a little more respect for him if he seemed to show some remorse now that he's been caught, but he just seems indignant. He is a fugitive from justice. That alone is a serious crime.