Colin, > No matter how awful someone's life was/is, the raping and drugging of a > child(if true) is NOT excusable or defendable. Unacceptable bahaviour is > unacceptable no matter what.
I also take a hard line on this one. The victim gave a number of interviews a few months ago since it was the 25th anniversary of the event and I suppose because Polanski came into view again with the movie. She wants to put it behind her at this point. It was true what he did but at the time she and her mother were accused of lying and just out to make money. He did admit it at the time as part of a plea bargain. Here are parts from one of the recent interviews from ABCNews: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmerica/GMA030130Geimer_Polans ki.html "Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse as part of a plea agreement and he went to jail for a short time in order to undergo psychiatric evaluation. When Polanksi realized the judge intended to sentence him to more time behind bars, he fled to France." For years Polanski insisted Geimer had agreed to everything that happened that day, but several years ago he softened his tone in an interview with ABCNEWS. "I know now it was, it was not the right thing to do," he said in a 1994 interview with ABCNEWS' Diane Sawyer. "But I was, there was no premeditation, you know, it was something that just happened." The article I read recently had excerpts from the formerly sealed court transcripts and I did not recall all this detail back in 1977. Reading it now has an impact and seeing the wild cheering at the Oscars really appalled me. I don't know what the group should have done at the Oscars. I'm not saying they should have booed him or sat on their hands, but I think they took it just a bit over the top to the point of repulsiveness IMO. Kakki
