I have a very hard time believing that even among the Hollywood beautiful people in the anything-goes 1970s, that drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl who repeatedly said "No" would be an accepted more.
Again, also trying to tap into a 70s mindset, it might as easily been seen as part of "the game" with men thinking that even when a girl/woman said "no" she really meant "oh yeah, I really want it, I'm just trying to tease."
Again, just speculation on my part based on what I know and have read of the time period.
My biggest issue is that they're continuing to make the victim a victim, when she clearly no longer wants to be seen as such.
No, HE is. His actions kept her in the limelight. He's at fault.
Okay, yes, from this standpoint, I definitely understand where you're coming from. It just keeps feeling to me that she's ready to let it lie but it won't go away because individuals who are beyond her control won't let it lie. And perhaps it shouldn't. But it also puts her in a similar position of not having any power over her own destiny that's as demoralizing as the inciting incident itself. As I've said over and over again, I just don't know. And yes, I have my own reasons for putting myself in her shoes and empathizing with her mindset.
Again, also trying to tap into a 70s mindset, it might as easily been seen as part of "the game" with men thinking that even when a girl/woman said "no" she really meant "oh yeah, I really want it, I'm just trying to tease."
The age of consent was 16. 13 year olds didn't get to tease. Period.
20 dead? Yikes.
Yeah, there are tsunami warnings all over the Pacific, including Calif./Oregon coast.
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Good thoughts for a great offer, Dana!
You know, I am sorry I waded into this one. I'm honestly not trying to defend the man--what he did was reprehensible and I can honestly say that if anyone did anything like that to Abby, it would be me in prison. Period. No questions asked. However, I do think that while at one time this might have been a black and white case with very clear parameters, the passage of time has added layers and rendered those parameters somewhat moot. Or at least, shaded them with a whole lot of gray. And where the majority of those shades of gray come in for me are not so much for Polanski, but with respect to the victim. If she said, "Yes, please, convict him, bring him to justice," as the adult she is now, I'd be there waving a flag and saying, "Hell yeah." But she's said repeatedly now, as an adult, that she doesn't. Prosecuting Polanski may be the right thing to do by the letter of the law, but is it the right thing to do for the victim.
I'm going to leave it alone now. Promise.
Got the job! It's all good!
