I'm guessing that for the most part they are completely misled as to the nature of the crime and the so-called miscarriage of justice -- there's so much misinformation out there, particularly as a result of the documentary.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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bon bon - Sep 30, 2009 8:36:20 am PDT #4277 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 30, 2009 8:36:25 am PDT #4278 of 30000
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I was heartbroken by a quote from Whoopi Goldberg saying he should be forgiven. I know people aren't their roles, but she played Celie in The COlor Purple for gosh sakes.
I may be a bit irrational about the whole thing, because my cousin was raped and sodomized from the time she was 12 until she was 16 by her own father, and when he told her she was "too old" and he would have to move on to her sister she told my mom. There was a lot of court battle/time, but he got a very light sentance and also used to call and tghreatgen my mother (she was a social worker so she was obligated to report, although I am sure she would have anyway).
le nubian - Sep 30, 2009 8:42:15 am PDT #4279 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I knew about Woody Allen and I just shook my head. Of *course* he would support Polanski (I have a very low opinion of Allen, btw). I did not know about the others, though.
Wow.
Polter-Cow - Sep 30, 2009 8:49:44 am PDT #4280 of 30000
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tommyrot - Sep 30, 2009 8:54:38 am PDT #4281 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wankers.
Daisy Jane - Sep 30, 2009 9:01:13 am PDT #4282 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I was heartbroken by a quote from Whoopi Goldberg saying he should be forgiven.
That and differentiating between "rape" and "rape-rape."
Culture of Rape? You're soaking in it.
erikaj - Sep 30, 2009 9:01:18 am PDT #4283 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
They know him and don't want to think one of "theirs" could do anything perverse. Nobody does, but that's the thing, isn't it? Dude, I love "Chinatown" too, but that "free pass" thing? Is supposed to be a metaphor, full stop. It's supposed to "forgive" him "Goonies 3" or a twenty-year-old model girlfriend, not real crimes. I understand that, I suppose, but I would hope I'd never sign on for such a thing. WTF is that? The thin fuchsia line?OTOH, if somebody argued that "Chinatown" is no longer great because its director is a "baby-raper", I'd be right there with Cuaron et al. I dare them to ask David Simon for a signature on that...the servers might be down for a while while their ears stop ringing.
P.M. Marc - Sep 30, 2009 9:01:46 am PDT #4284 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm guessing that for the most part they are completely misled as to the nature of the crime and the so-called miscarriage of justice -- there's so much misinformation out there, particularly as a result of the documentary.
Agreed.
erikaj - Sep 30, 2009 9:03:10 am PDT #4285 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I haven't seen it.
Scrappy - Sep 30, 2009 9:11:21 am PDT #4286 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, I am sure there are those who have not even read the girl's testimony and those who would say we are "only" getting her side of the story. I know, given the atmosphere of the '70s and the fact that he had just gone through the horrific murder of his pregnant wife, I was inclined to think it was not a terrible crime. I recall getting the impression that they were both high and that he thought she was of age and that her mom pimped her out. But that isn't what happened at all--what happened was rape.