On Sep 29, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
> Of all the comments being thrown around about Roman Polanski, this
> one is bugging me most:
> "Whatever you think about the so-called crime, Polanski has served
> his time. "
> Harvey Weinstein
> There's nothing so-called about it. Polanski pleaded guilty and the
> facts are hardly in dispute.
>
so-called, because the "crime" was *statutory* rape of a sexually
mature girl aspiring to the career of a Hollywood "model." No injury,
no victim, no crime.
> Smoking Gun put the guilty plea up today or yesterday.
It was a plea bargain for no jail time. The prosecutor and judge pulled a bait-and-switch on him, so he scrammed.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos