Polanski

So many people seem to be defending this man.  In doing so – they automatically dismiss his victim – a 13 year-old girl, traumatized; betrayed by both family and a man she thought she could trust.  But then Roman Polanski is and was a genius – and she was just some 13 year-old girl – disposable, as all girls seem to be in this culture.  Why send him to jail after all this time?  Who cares?  Well for one – I do.  As a rape survivor - I'd LOVE to see my rapist go to jail - even after 30 something years.  So my sympathy is four-square with the victim here – whether she ‘forgives’ him or not.  And I understand why she’s saying that.  Poor girl’s been told all her life that SHE ruined Polanski's life.  That SHE ruined HIS - not the other way around.  So now all she wants is for the whole thing to just go away.  I get that.  I do.  You try and rationalize it.  It a survival mechanism.

 

But he deserves to answer for this – even after all this time.  And for those who say what he did is analogous to consensual teen sex – they’re wrong.  Read the trial transcripts.  This is not a 19 year-old and a 16 year-old having sex in the back of daddy’s car.  This is an adult drugging and raping a child.  How she presented herself doesn't matter.  At 15 I looked 20 - but my rapist knew exactly how old I was.  He should have.  He was the brother of my best friend. 

 

It’s actually kind of odd that I’d take this tack; considering.  You’d think I’d be one of the first in line to excuse him.  After the rape – I only dated much older men.  My rapist was college aged – young.  Young men only seemed interested in one thing from me.  Sex.  Nothing but hot breath and grabby hands.  But older men……they never took advantage (except for one – and he changed my dating criteria).  But for all the rest of my teenaged years – I dated men in their 30’s and 40’s – men who took time to know me.  Men who never sexually aggressed.  Men who waited for me to make the first move.  That they all believed I was years older than my actual age is also relevant.  They thought they were asking a woman in her twenties out – not some 16 year old.  By the time they found out the truth – they were already involved. 

 

So I don’t have any bad memories of this.  Through them, I learned to not fear sex – and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for that.  I told them I’d been raped – and they understood.  Gentle was the word of the day……sex was not the core of the relationship – I was.  My wants and needs became paramount.  I was treated with reverent respect.  But age does not always connote wisdom – a circumstance I discovered by encountering the wrong man.  Polanski’s victim discovered that too – that fame and age could be a deadly combination.  I shed my mistake w/o lasting damage.  I wish I could say the same about Polanski’s victim.

 

So I say this needs to be dealt with.  Finally.  Polanski needs to serve adequate time.  No muss, no fuss - straight to jail, no frickin' bail.  He did this again, BTW – had sex with a minor.  Nastassja Kinski became involved with Polanski at age 15.  One in what has been a rather long line of ‘Lolita’s’.  It seems Polanski likes to have sex with underage girls.  That’s a predator in my book.  Doesn’t matter what he does for a living, or how many awards clutter his mantle.  This isn’t the 1800’s.  Artists don’t regularly take teenaged mistresses - and even then it was wrong, societal proclivities notwithstanding.  And let's not forget the girl’s mother is all of this.  She served her daughter up en brochette to a man she knew was only interested in sex.  It's clear from the transcripts and at the time reporting that she envisioned fame for her daughter (and herself) - no matter the sacrifice.  I wish like hell she'd been charged as a co-conspirator - but that's my outrage talking.  After all - parents are supposed to protect their children - not throw them in harms way.

 

No – it’s prison for Polanski.  Turning him loose now will only add to that poor woman’s misery.  She will forever believe she was to blame for all this.  I say let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream – and throw the key away while you’re at it. 

Comments

[Jude]

Definitely throw away the key, he's a pervert!

[JACK KNIGHT]

NOW LETS NOT GET CARRIED AWAY NOW HUN . I ONCE HEARD OF A POLICE 911 CALL THAT SAID (OH GOD POLICE POLICE THERES TWO PERVERTS IN MY HOUSE COULD YOU TAKE THEM OUT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING)....FATJAX