Reply #15: well maybe you need that sarcasm smiley

[marions ghost]

to make it crystal clear.:) The way you wrote it implies that his "artistic temperament" is being used as a cover for his crime. Please don't continue to spread that lie.

Read it again. Polanski = artist with delusions of grandeur = unpunished rapist

The literal minded WILL take you literally.

It's because he is a CELEBRITY and gets away with it OJ style, not because he is an artist, or demands consideration because of being an artist. What a bizarre thought--and yet it has caught on. This IS perpetrating the notion of "artist" as a kind of antisocial weirdo stereotype. I'm not saying you intended this--just that it shows a certain lack of sensitivity (very common even in people who are progressives).

Rape of the political system is generally seen as a lesser crime than what Polanski did. I'm saying that we should treat white collar crime as we do rape. Yes, Polanski should do time, but it's this kind of "violent" crime that gets all the press, not what the hijackers of government & business have done. We have all been violated by our leaders. Just making a general statement about hoe people get so worked up about these things while huge crimes go unpunished.