[lbo-talk] Polanski

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 29 18:54:32 PDT 2009


On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:


> On 9/30/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>>> There's nothing so-called about it. Polanski pleaded guilty and
>>> the facts
>> are hardly in dispute.
>>
>> I don't get the cultural elite's reaction. So it's not under
>> dispute that
>> the guy drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl, right?
>
> It's not under dispute that he had sex with her. That's what he
> plead guilty to.

What one pleads guilty to and the facts of a case are two separate things. My understanding is that no one disputes that he gave the girl a 'lude and raped her. Am I wrong about that?



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