Roman Polanski arrested in Zürich

[KRonn]

I think the best part was her using her 20 y.o. son alleged "experience" of not being able to resist advances of all these horny 13 y.o. girls.

I really wish the camera was there at his home to see his face when she was saying that. 

Lol... Like I said, people are coming out of the woodwork to say anything that they feel is some sort of vindication for RP. Perhaps they better think of what they're going to say first.     
That poor actress's son... now we have to watch and see if a 20yo son of an actress gets arrested sometime soon.   

[grumbler]

There is also the booze and hard drugs he slipped her.

True, but many Euros are perfectly okay with 13-year-olds having some wine, and those types tend to be generally less uptight about drugs as well.

[Syt]

Her friends are more equal than others

Looks like Morgan Freeman in drag.

[Caliga]

I especially liked the film critic whose deconstruction of Polanski's film proves that Polanski understands, humanizes and values women.

Why do people keep throwing up smokescreens like this?  So he "understands, humanizes and values women".... that has no impact on whether or not he drugged and raped one.

[Valmy]

I especially liked the film critic whose deconstruction of Polanski's film proves that Polanski understands, humanizes and values women.

Why do people keep throwing up smokescreens like this?  So he "understands, humanizes and values women".... that has no impact on whether or not he drugged and raped one.

Yeah last I checked misunderstanding, dehumanizing, and not valuing women were not crimes, while raping women is.

[jimmy olsen]

I especially liked the film critic whose deconstruction of Polanski's film proves that Polanski understands, humanizes and values women.

Why do people keep throwing up smokescreens like this?  So he "understands, humanizes and values women".... that has no impact on whether or not he drugged and raped one.

The irony of course is that the critic is a woman.

And she totally doesn't get why people are upset with her.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-morgan/roman-polanski-understand_b_301292.html

[Caliga]

I just don't get why the guy's friends can't say stuff more like "Roman Polanski is my friend and I respect/love him and support him, but he committed a crime and he needs to answer for it.  I'll be there to support him during his incarceration and once he's served his time."  Why does it have to be "he's my bud and he's talented so THEREFORE THSI IS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE LOOOOOOOL" 

[Martinus]

I love how it seems that the overwhelming majority of posters on all the leftist sites I frequent (HuffPo, Advocate, some Polish ones) are shooting the elites out of water over their defense of Polanski.

[Eddie Teach]

Looks like Morgan Freeman in drag.

Racist! 

[Martinus]

I just don't get why the guy's friends can't say stuff more like "Roman Polanski is my friend and I respect/love him and support him, but he committed a crime and he needs to answer for it.  I'll be there to support him during his incarceration and once he's served his time."  Why does it have to be "he's my bud and he's talented so THEREFORE THSI IS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE LOOOOOOOL" 

Because the slut asked for it.

Besides, I suspect many people in the artistic community have similar sins on their conscience - maybe not rape per se, but probably walking a fine line between consensual sex and coercion/sex-with-drugged-people/sex with underage girls.

[garbon]

If that is true, that is pretty unfair. I mean, especially in sexual cases people may often enter plea bargain even if they are not guilty, just to spare themselves public shame and humiliation (especially when they are accused of stuff like using a prostitute or public indecency, or soliciting sex in an airport bathroom), even if the case against them is dubious. If the judge can then essentially entrap them like this, this is hardly fair.

Not really. I mean in his cases he plead to only one crime when there had been heaps of charges against him.  That's pretty fair.

[Martinus]

If that is true, that is pretty unfair. I mean, especially in sexual cases people may often enter plea bargain even if they are not guilty, just to spare themselves public shame and humiliation (especially when they are accused of stuff like using a prostitute or public indecency, or soliciting sex in an airport bathroom), even if the case against them is dubious. If the judge can then essentially entrap them like this, this is hardly fair.

Not really. I mean in his cases he plead to only one crime when there had been heaps of charges against him.  That's pretty fair

Yeah I thought it works differently.

[Eddie Teach]

I love how it seems that the overwhelming majority of posters on all the leftist sites I frequent (HuffPo, Advocate, some Polish ones) are shooting the elites out of water over their defense of Polanski.

You have time to frequent other sites? 

[Darth Wagtaros]

I just don't get why the guy's friends can't say stuff more like "Roman Polanski is my friend and I respect/love him and support him, but he committed a crime and he needs to answer for it.  I'll be there to support him during his incarceration and once he's served his time."  Why does it have to be "he's my bud and he's talented so THEREFORE THSI IS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE LOOOOOOOL" 

Because the slut asked for it.

Besides, I suspect many people in the artistic community have similar sins on their conscience - maybe not rape per se, but probably walking a fine line between consensual sex and coercion/sex-with-drugged-people/sex with underage girls.

That probably wasn't rape rape.  Just rape.

[Neil]

I love how it seems that the overwhelming majority of posters on all the leftist sites I frequent (HuffPo, Advocate, some Polish ones) are shooting the elites out of water over their defense of Polanski.

You have time to frequent other sites? 

Pretending to be a lawyer on the internet is a full time job.