tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post1942146088063471119..comments2023-10-05T07:11:05.917-04:00Comments on Art at the Auction: What Counts As "Rape-Rape"?petplutohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-4067043921837182462009-09-30T21:44:28.370-04:002009-09-30T21:44:28.370-04:00I was under the impression that the girl said it w...<i>I was under the impression that the girl said it was consensual, but I guess that's just what Sharon Tate's sister said.</i><br /><br />If you want to, read the Grand Jury testimony:<br /><br />http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html<br /><br />It's more than abundantly clear that this was rape under pretty much any definition devised.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-50328924874795226862009-09-30T21:36:22.916-04:002009-09-30T21:36:22.916-04:00Really? I was under the impression that the girl s...Really? I was under the impression that the girl said it was consensual, but I guess that's just what Sharon Tate's sister <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/sharon-tates-sister-sex-w_n_304042.html" rel="nofollow">said</a>.<br /><br />I think we disagree over the burden of proof with regard to rape trials, but it doesn't really matter in this case. <br /><br />If it <i>was</i> forcible rape, Whoopi Goldberg's statment is even more absurd.mikhailbakuninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158822054353654203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-9839834732439487152009-09-30T17:45:02.916-04:002009-09-30T17:45:02.916-04:00This was clearly statutory rape, and Polanski shou...<i>This was clearly statutory rape, and Polanski should've been arrested a long time ago.</i><br /><br />It is also clearly just rape, no matter the victim's age, because she was given drugs and alcohol and did say no before, during, and after the assault.<br /><br />The fact that there is no way to create a "he said-she said" surrounding the statutory part and people I would normally respect (like Scorsese) are lining up to defend him considering both that and the grand jury testimony just makes it all the more appalling.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-86469445011335700652009-09-30T16:10:17.958-04:002009-09-30T16:10:17.958-04:00This was clearly statutory rape, and Polanski shou...This was clearly statutory rape, and Polanski should've been arrested a long time ago.<br /><br />It's not really <i>surprising</i> that Woody Allen would be in Polanski's corner . . . but Whoopi Goldberg? Weird.<br /><br />Hollywood really <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/09/29/hollywood.embraces.polanski/index.html?iref=newssearch" rel="nofollow">needs to get its shit together</a>.mikhailbakuninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158822054353654203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-15778826479209482362009-09-29T21:38:51.842-04:002009-09-29T21:38:51.842-04:00In other news, I love Kate Harding.In other news, I love Kate Harding.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-76589841895207174432009-09-29T21:30:51.803-04:002009-09-29T21:30:51.803-04:00How can anyone think he shouldn't be punished?...<i>How can anyone think he shouldn't be punished?</i><br /><br />You know, I was typing up a snarky reply, because the reasons given as to why he shouldn't be punished are just *so* ridiculous, but all together, they're just sick.<br /><br />In truth, I can't understand how anyone could. It is just so profoundly disturbing.petplutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053307189721906583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961006065192244756.post-85715320150536174912009-09-29T19:26:05.553-04:002009-09-29T19:26:05.553-04:00Broadsheet had a good post on this:
http://www.sal...Broadsheet had a good post on this:<br />http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/polanski_arrest/index.html<br /><br />The way people have reacted to this is really disgusting. How can anyone think he shouldn't be punished?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233884811870938830noreply@blogger.com