Comments on: Polanski, Polanski, Polanski

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:22:59 +0000

To tinfoil hottie:I think we can all FIRMLY establish that Chris Rock is a thoughtless,stupid,insensitive,misogynist A-HOLE of the highest order!! And I fail to get all the praise this pissant recieves for being such a ‘great political and social comedian’[GAG!]he’s a buffoon and not funny for CRAP so I’m right there with you on that one. And for the people making the Micheal Vick analogy let’s not kid ourselves it’s ALWAYS like that all celebrities are not and I repeat NOT created equal despite what some think. Another example look at Marv Albert he was accused of biting a woman on the back because she refused sex and then sodomizing her. Now not only was he NEVER vilified by the media,his colleagues,his former bosses,his finace,the feminist community or the system itself but people made it seems as if it were a:her fault b:she was just out for money/attention/publicity and c:it was a ‘goofy’ accusation. How much cash money you want to be NONE of the above would have been uttered if that were a black male athlete or more specific Mike Tyson or Dennis Rodman or Barry Bonds. Who apparently was behind 9/11 according to the always objective and never biased media I have YET to hear any criticism to the WHITE males who were also on the infamous ‘Mitchell report’. In fact if you put all those names together it still wouldn’t equal HALF the vitrol Mr. Bonds got gee wonder why THAT is let’s cut the crap the media and segments of the public are racist to there very core so being complete hypocrites and turning a blind eye and deaf ear when it’s a white male under fire is nothing new for them they do it all the damn time. Well NOT THIS TIME JACKHOLES!

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:16:15 +0000

EMMA!! OMG!! Sorely disappointed. What a let down.

I have been thinking about this since this Polanski thing exploded. Anybody else noticed that whenever you seen a pic of the guy smiling it’s that slimy, smarmy, smile? Am I projecting or is anyone else getting a whiff of a whole “SUCKERS!” attitude just reeking off the man?

By: aleks

aleks — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:52:38 +0000

NATALIE PORTMAN!? I loved you and you betray me like this.

By: aleks

aleks — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:16:31 +0000

I ain’t sayin’ Polanski’s warden should lock him in a cell with large men who are serving life sentences and love their teenage daughters. But I’d understand.

By: MomTFH

MomTFH — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:06:34 +0000

I have not read every comment on here (sorry! would love to!) but I just wanted to make sure you knew Jay Smooth has an awesome vlog about this topic in which he specifically gives props to Kate. I hope lots of people have already linked to this or passed it along. But, just in case they haven’t:

By: Ailbhe

Ailbhe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:33:29 +0000

Ah, no. Ah, surely not. *No.*

Not Emma Thompson.

By: moosemuse

moosemuse — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:57:16 +0000

This is a kind of a sour note to delurk with, but I just learned (via Shakesville) that Emma Thompson has signed the rape-is-a-ok-if-someone-we-like-does-it petition.

I think my day is ruined.

(And of course mad love for this blog, its bloggers, and its community.)

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:27:28 +0000

Totally onboard about the whole Polanski thing.

Have you heard about the Safeway Amendment on one of the health care things?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113549864

By: Private Jane

Private Jane — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:13:15 +0000

It took me a while to come back to this, because I wanted to double check my facts. The rules I was citing were in place in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) at least since 1981 and to my best knowledge since 1973, when a major overhaul of the penal code was implemented. My copy of the penal code was bought befor the reunification and contains the 1981 version. Nowhere does it request the girl to be “unblemished” and the 1968 version of the GDR penal code I dug up does not speak of it either.

$182 of the FRG penal code, which Meems cited, is titled “seduction” – it’s not the general paragraph dealing with sexual acts between adults and children or adolescents, it deals with a special case, and at the time we’re discussing pertained only to sex between an adult and a girl between 14 and 16 years of age. For this special case there was the exception that even if the sex was consensual, if the girl feels she had been taken advantage of, she (or her parents/legal custodians) could still file charges. If the adult was not yet 21 the court could decide to drop the charges. In the FRG penal code 18 to 21 years of age is a transition phase where it’s up to the court to treat you as a minor or as an adult.

By: jerriselaina

jerriselaina — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:46:12 +0000

Kate-

Just wanted to thank you for putting all this stuff together into one place. I did a post of my own about the whole unholy unrighteous mess and I linked heavy-dutily. I appreciate the thought you’ve put into this whole thing.