The Privileged Few

Roman Polanski....what part of drugged, raped & sodomized do people not understand? 13 years old yet. He admitted it. Plea bargained and took off before sentencing because he thought a cranky judge might try to impose a stiffer penalty than what he & his attorney weaseled.

And Whoopie. "It's not rape rape?"

Ahhhh, c'mon girlfriend. Let's have a couple of minutes of silence for a true, what the ???? moment. Yes, I've heard that many men have fantasies about having sex with very little girls young women. Does this mean you would have volunteered your daughter???

So, let me see if I understand. If one has money, a certain amount of talent, a foreign country that won't extradite, can avoid capture for x amount of time, or simply have the ability to lie like a dog, then all bets are off. You win. You're special. There are no consquences for your actions. Congratulations, you are not one of Leona Helmsley's "little people."

And our victim. She wants the publicity to go away. Wants to get on with her life and has been "compensated" already and is more than willing to forgive and forget. Great. Good for her. I know I'd like it to go away too if I were her. Forgiveness is hers to grant.

But not justice.

Justice should be served. Justice must be served. This isn't OJ and the Civil Court. Polanski was convicted in Criminal Court. You know, we can't catch them all. We don't catch them all. Not by a long shot. But when we do they should line up with the rest of the little miscreants and take their medicine. Regardless of sex, creed, color, religon, political persuasion, sexual perversion or Hollywood connections.
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