Pedophile Fan Club
[tweetmeme source="Wuzhatnin_com" alias="http://bit.ly/bCsk0Q"]Update: Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Pedro Almodovar have all joined the roll of the proverbial Pedophile Fan Club started by Roman Polanski or Polanski PFC. This is a classic demonstration of how people can lose their objectivity with celebrities. How can anyone defend a pedophile who fled justice? No doubt these are some of the very people who are still complaining about how O.J. Simpson escaped justice. People should boycott movies by these poor misguided souls. I guess they agree with Zsa Zsa Gabor when she said that the rich should be judged by a different standard. According to them, we should not allow the fact that someone is an admitted child predator keep them from making movies.
Proud moment. Who knew?
Many African Americans feel a touch of regret these 14 years later, over having supported O.J. during his murder trials. When asked why they did, the average response includes:
- Prior to the murders he was a cultural icon and hero.
- Questionable police work by the investigators.
- The law says you are innocent until proven guilty.
These 3 factors allowed his fans some modicum of hope that he had not committed the crime. After he began to exhibit the behavior patterns of a guilty man following the trial and after making no effort to find the “REAL KILLERS,” his former supporters slowly came to grips with the reality that supporting him had been a mistake. This was followed by regret because no one actually wants the guilty to go unpunished. The point: Clinging to hope when a person’s guilt is in doubt is understandable. But Hollywood…what’s your excuse???
HE DID IT.
HE ADMITS IT.
So what’s your excuse for supporting him? How about a new law? Child rape is illegal unless you make a hit movie. Then it’s all good. Should we just line up the rest of our kids so he can pork them too? Sheesh!
Dude! Here’s a new members to the club:
Henning Molfenter, Studio Babelsberg producer
You people are cruel. Don’t you think anyone ever deserves a second chance? There are hardened criminals out there and you want to imprison a man in his 70′s because of a mistake he made 30 years ago. Can’t you appreciate the artistic genius of his work?
Oh my heart bleeds…
Sharon,
Second chances should be earned, not given based on something as trivial as celebrity status. The long-established manner in which a person who has committed a serious crime may earn redemption and thus, a second chance, begins with serving whatever sentence the presiding judge prescribes in a court of law. Polanski refused to do that. What he is asking for, is a pass. I say screw that!
Hey Sharon,
Sometimes a “hardened criminal” is the worst kind. In fact, I think that’s how he got in trouble in the first place.
According to CNN, you can now add Penelope Cruz to the PFC.