Justice

[poliphilo]

All I ask is consistency. Either the seduction of a child is the most disgusting crime on the book or it's a forgiveable peccadillo; I can live with either. What I find unacceptable is a state of affairs where it's the most disgusting crime on the book when the offender is Creepy Joe Schmo and a forgiveable peccadillo when he's an Oscar-winning film director. Justice should be impartial; that's why its personification is shown wearing a blindfold.  I don't mind excuses being made for Polanski's behaviour- for example that he was traumatised by his childhood experiences- just so long that kind of indulgence is extended to every paedophile. A person's wealth, status, talent, and popularity should have no bearing on their standing in law. 

Comments

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear!

One of my favorite comments comes from Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds), apropos the artists' petition:

"[A]s one of the creative elite, Polanski is supposed to enjoy a sort of droit de seigneur — but if you come right out and say that, the peasants will get angry."

Glenn Reynolds, of course, is firmly on the side of the peasants.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to cut the creatives a bit of slack. A lot of the people I admire have led fairly rackety lives, but I draw the line at what Polanski did. That was a crime- and a particularly mean one.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I believe that Glenn Reynolds' only child, a daughter, is about 13 now, so there are reasons the steam is coming out of his ears.