Comments on: Roman Polanski: Scumbag

By: Shales Defends Polanski: Hollywood 13-Yr. Olds Are Different | linkthe.com

Shales Defends Polanski: Hollywood 13-Yr. Olds Are Different | linkthe.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:13:18 +0000

[...] Roman Polanski: Scumbag (themoderatevoice.com) [...]

By: JeffersonDavis

JeffersonDavis — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:21:01 +0000

Good point, roro. It's a big difference between individuals and groups.
However, more and more, the individuals are becoming groups within “liberal” corporations or “conservative” corporations that have their individuals' work emedded with a liberal or conservative message.
Examples: Publishing houses, National Endowment for the Arts, News networks, etc.

Heck…. Even Progressive Insurance bankrolls many liberal political entities – that's why I dropped them.

By: TheLid

TheLid — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:54:30 +0000

The Guy Drugged and had sex with a thirteen-year-old. Jazz I believe scumbag is way too nice of a term for him

By: Former Hollywood Director, Roman Polanski — Finally Arrested For Raping 13 Year-Old Girl 32 Years Later — Hollywood, Predictably Goes Berzerk | THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:20:12 +0000

[...] notable blogger reactions (Surprisingly, mostly Right): Michelle Malkin; Jazz Shaw of The Moderate Voice; Allahpundit of Hot Air; Jay of Stop The [...]

By: kathykattenburg

kathykattenburg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:45:21 +0000

It was removed before I could see it and laugh at it! Wah!

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:21:39 +0000

I'm glad to see him face charges. Would it be off-topic to suggest that “not looking back” is not a valid excuse for those who have committed past crimes to avoid prosecution?

By: ordinarysparrow

ordinarysparrow — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:07:44 +0000

If Roman Polanski's life could be put into a movie review;

Roman Polanski shows us the tragic man afraid of the light . . .a blind character that did not learn where others or even his own safe boundary resided. . .then fatefully towards the ending he is given an opportunity to learn that life is not accountable to him, but he is accountable to life. . . he is left facing the glaring lights. . .

And thank you Jazz for seeing past the glitter. . .

By: Father_Time

Father_Time — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:55:31 +0000

My daughters are grown now, but I can tell you this; If Mr. Polansky had done what he did, to one of my daughters, I would have hunted him done and cut his throat.

Thats how I feel about it.

By: roro80

roro80 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:27:27 +0000

Well sure, I try to give my consumer dollars to those I also like personally, but at the same time, I feel like art is a little different than, say, what online bookseller you generally buy from. Particluarly considering how perfectly unhinged most of the world's artistic (or otherwise) genuises are. Examples: Picasso was a jerk and a womanizer and a pervert. Dali was totally nuts. I find the personal politics of authors like Rand and CS Lewis to be repugnant and off kilter, respectively, but I still find the stories they write to illustrate those pretty fascinating. So, yeah, I guess I'm lining the pockets of people whose personal lives I strongly dislike, but at least they're just individuals, and their work is unique. I do take a harder line supporting companies whose policies/politics/practices I dislike, as it's pretty easy to find a different company filling the same market.

By: WaPo’s Applebaum Excuses Polanski, Fails to Note Her Conflict of Interest | linkthe.com

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:24:18 +0000

[...] Roman Polanski: Scumbag (themoderatevoice.com) [...]

By: tidbits

tidbits — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:01:52 +0000

Thank you!

And, thank you as well for the earlier cmment about journalistic ethics related to Applebaum purportedly advocating for Polanski without revealing a conflict.

By: archangel

archangel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:54:41 +0000

some comments have been removed. This may interrupt flow of subsequent remarks. Sorry to be late on the scene to not have stopped this at the first post OT. The TMV comments rules are that commenters stick to the topic of the post. All the moderators would appreciate it if all commenters would follow TMV rules without having to be reminded. It makes for civil debates and discussions at TMV, and allows those of us who write here, to write more rather than having to take time to re-warn the same people again and again.

If you see comments in violation of TMV policy, you are welcome to call it to our attention or ignore it (we'll get to it,). It's tempting to take such on with counter-barrages, but that's not debate or discussion... and the one who rolls it out to begin with, seems to crave exactly that. I'd just suggest, ignore it, and one of the 'tmv sweepers' will come along soon.

Thanks
dr.e

By: Zzzzz

Zzzzz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:54:30 +0000

Folks with money and connections never think the others in their click ought to face prosecution for their crimes. I, on the other hand, think that Polanski should spend the rest of his life in jail.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:42:43 +0000

I too don't understand statements from those such as Mitterand who claimed Polanski's arrest was a gross injustice. It seems in Mitterand's mind that if you make good movies, you can sleep with 13 year olds? My only understanding at all is that because Polanski's mother was murdered by Nazis and his wife was murdered by the Manson cult, that's enough suffering for him. I can agree that such things should be taken into account in his sentencing, but he still must be sentenced.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:21:38 +0000

Yes, Polanski is a scumbag. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

While this sorts itself out he could very well be in jail longer than the original plea sentence. Plus wouldn't more charges be brought against him for fleeing the country? Once a sentence is passed on him, he may be let go for time already served.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:24:02 +0000

Obama says he was unaware…

daveinboca is trying to hijack this thread… it seems that has become his standard (one-and-only?) M.O.

By: VeratheGun

VeratheGun — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:14:50 +0000

Actually, daveinboca, it speaks volumes about what kind of person you are, that you post something completely unrelated to the discussion at hand.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:06:48 +0000

Obama says he was unaware ACORN was getting public funding and Steve K. swallows that whole. Speaks volumes about the kind of person he is.

I've got some wetlands 10 miles west of Boca I'd like to sell to Steve K because he seems the type to buy it.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:04:05 +0000

It was six months between Obama's decision not to prosecute CIA interrogators & lawyers and the subsequent reneging, and six months between the promise to keep the Missile Shield intact and that reversal—–so if Obama/Holder passes that six month wobble point, time will give the big reveal.

Obama makes Kerry a runner-up in the Guinness flip-flop sweepstakes.

By: JeffersonDavis

JeffersonDavis — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:54:26 +0000

Ah! There's the rub!

But if you stuck to your principles and did not give the scumbags money, they wouldn't be rich and famous.
Catch 22 huh?

That goes for us all, of course. I personally try my best to avoid movies with certain actors and entertainment with certain belief systems that go against my own. I don't always succeed, but I try.

That seems to be yet another portion of the cultural and spiritual death we are experiencing in this country.