Yay for rapists.

Guy should be locked up.

@samuelrichardscott

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Every time there's a Polanski thread the R or P word will always be brought. Yeah i consider what he done to be wrong.

But i feel it distracts from the fantastic films he has made when someone brings it up every time his name is mentioned. It's like if someone made a thread about John Lennon and then someone posted yay for deadbeat dads.

All seems a bit childish.

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Every time there's a Polanski thread the R or P word will always be brought. Yeah i consider what he done to be wrong.

But i feel it distracts from the fantastic films he has made when someone brings it up every time his name is mentioned. It's like if someone made a thread about John Lennon and then someone posted yay for deadbeat dads.

All seems a bit childish.

Not for the people they hurt, these individuals think only of themselves.

If justice had been served, he would not have been in any position to make a film, good or bad.

Some people will never get beyond that, like it or not.

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So if the victim of a crime or the family of a victim doesn't think someone should be prosecuted for a felony, it is your belief that they should not be punished?

That how it works everyday... How many times we have commited illegal acts and wasn't prosecuted because the victim forgive us? For me it happens in the 40 years of my life for offense like assault, vandalism and robery. Never got on trial for anything of that, just pay a financial reparation to the victim and that was fine with them and me. Not everything need to go on trial, in fact the victim usually is serve better without it them with it. I was also the victim at some occasion and never use the law way but use the forgave and be compensated way...

Of course I ain't high profile and none of the victims were, so no one needed to use those cases to get free publicity to get a reputation...

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Every time there's a Polanski thread the R or P word will always be brought. Yeah i consider what he done to be wrong.

But i feel it distracts from the fantastic films he has made when someone brings it up every time his name is mentioned. It's like if someone made a thread about John Lennon and then someone posted yay for deadbeat dads.

All seems a bit childish.

Not for the people they hurt, these individuals think only of themselves.

Oh for goodness sake, even the person he hurt has come out and said let it die...often.  It doesn't change whether his film is any good or not.

So if the victim of a crime or the family of a victim doesn't think someone should be prosecuted for a felony, it is your belief that they should not be punished?

An interesting take on justice!

There are crimes against society and there are crimes against individuals.  I don't see what's so interesting about it.  If the individual is satisfied, then that's the end of it, same goes for society.  Of course I'm just simple that way.  I see it as no different as the case that never even makes it to court because the victim chooses not to press charges.  I can't say what goes on in their head, but if they're okay with it, we move on.

Now what I think is interesting is how people who couldn't possibly be more removed from the event get themselves involved as if somehow they're the victims.

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Now what I think is interesting is how people who couldn't possibly be more removed from the event get themselves involved as if somehow they're the victims.

Because by not facing up to their crimes and being punished for them they are free to do it again, and guess what, it might be YOU or YOUR daughter that gets raped just because some do-gooder thought they were giving someone a second chance. How about a second chance for the person who becomes a victim after theat person re-offends? How would you feel if you or a family member was raped up the arse because someone else forgave and that meant they couldn't go to jail?  It's OK though, because he's made some good films.

If it was up to me, he would be hung, strung and quartered.

The voice of reason Sam

I was backing you pretty much 100% till the hung strung and quartered bit. That kind of contradicts  the whole point of justice. And i don't think any one should forgive him because he has made a some good films.

You know love the art hate the artist?