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

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Nor should their race. R. Kelly wasn't cut any slack by the mainstream media for his escapades with underage girls.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Quite right.

I don't altogether understand why Polamski is getting so much support- or indeed why he has had a career all these years.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

That's a mystery to me, too. I suspect that if it was nearly anyone else, or if this had happened to the daughter of one of his high-profile defenders, he would have landed under the jail, post-haste.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes.

There's something similar going on with Phil Spektor. That guy was clearly a menace to society, but because of his "talent" his wacko behaviour was indulged and excused.