Stakkars Roman Polanski

76 år gamle Roman Polanski ble nettopp arrestert i Sveits på bakgrunn av en 32 år gammel arrestordre (som har hindret ham fra å besøke USA (uten risiko for straffeforfølgelse) siden den ble utstedt). Mer enn dette har det vært vanskelig å få vite for den gjengse mediekonsument. For de som vil ha litt perspektiv i denne saken anbefaler jeg å lese dette

Let's keep in mind that Roman Polanski gave a 13-year-old girl a Quaalude and champagne, then raped her, before we start discussing whether the victim looked older than her 13 years, or that she now says she'd rather not see him prosecuted because she can't stand the media attention. Before we discuss how awesome his movies are or what the now-deceased judge did wrong at his trial, let's take a moment to recall that according to the victim's grand jury testimony, Roman Polanski instructed her to get into a jacuzzi naked, refused to take her home when she begged to go, began kissing her even though she said no and asked him to stop; performed cunnilingus on her as she said no and asked him to stop; put his penis in her vagina as she said no and asked him to stop; asked if he could penetrate her anally, to which she replied, "No," then went ahead and did it anyway, until he had an orgasm.

Jeg føler at denne siden av saken burde tas frem litt oftere. Den knuser ganske effektivt det lille snevet av sympati man risikerer å få for den tiltalte når man bare leser om en gamling som nå risikerer fengsel for en 32 år gammel sak.