This is the best “Roman Polanski mess summary” I’ve heard so far

I’ve had a few people say to me, “what is this drama with Roman Polanski?” Many people don’t even know what makes him famous (which you can find through IMDB if you’d like, he does not have a large body of famous work, mind you, but a few stand-outs).

Ultimately, I feel precisely the way this guy does. I think it’s a fair summary worth listening to, especially if you aren’t sure whether he’s being accused of rape, statutory rape, or indecent sexual conduct.

Signing petitions to “Free Roman Polanski” is dumb at best, and, frankly, unamerican in that we were founded on the concept of the Rule of Law. A case could be made for us failing at the Rule of Law at every turn and that being truly “American”, but like human beings in general, our society regularly fails our ideals, and but that makes them no less important to reach for.

~ by Skennedy on October 8, 2009.

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6 Responses to “This is the best “Roman Polanski mess summary” I’ve heard so far”

  1. Yeah, JSmooth is kinda my hero.

    jer_ said this on October 8, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    • Ditto. He is my go-to person on intelligent discourse on current events. Even when I don’t know much about what he’s talking about, I come away having learned something.

      minkrose said this on October 9, 2009 at 7:54 pm

  2. “Anything that happens to Roman Polanski will not be any worse than what he deserves”

    Well, considering he deserves to be locked up and the key thrown away, nope, probably not.

    elisethestrange said this on October 8, 2009 at 9:58 pm

  3. Thank you for posting this.

    moiracoon said this on October 9, 2009 at 1:42 am

  4. Excellent listen. Thanks for posting this.

    urban_exotic said this on October 9, 2009 at 1:53 am

  5. Hells yes. Thanks for this.

    shadowspar said this on October 9, 2009 at 5:30 am

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