[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Several of the prosecutors in the > case, in the years since, have gone on the public > record saying that *after* the deal was agreed to > they were actively lobbying the judge to do just > this. I could be wrong, but I believe only one f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-02 Thread ShempMcGurk
Sigh. Why even try to respond to Barry "Zelig" Wright who was probably right there in the court and was privy to the negotiations of the plea bargain. Barry has his facts and logic all distorted and I've already responded to those points and I, for one, am not going to waste my time again. ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-02 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Does Polanski's case make his films any less worthy? He IS one of our > great filmmakers. No, it doesn't. Chinatown still remains one of the best American films ever made. Also loved Tess and The Pianist. Neve was much a fan of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > That they would even allow a plea bargain in the case of > a child being drugged and raped makes me believe that he > was being given severely preferential treatment. And, it > wouldn't surprise me if Salva's year long sentence we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-01 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Alex Stanley wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > >> I agree with Turq and others that he got a bad deal. > >> > > > > After drugging a 13 year old girl, eating her out, and fucking her > > vagi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-01 Thread Bhairitu
Alex Stanley wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> I agree with Turq and others that he got a bad deal. >> > > After drugging a 13 year old girl, eating her out, and fucking her vaginally, > he shot his load into her asshole and only served 42 days in jail be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-01 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > I agree with Turq and others that he got a bad deal. After drugging a 13 year old girl, eating her out, and fucking her vaginally, he shot his load into her asshole and only served 42 days in jail before escaping to 30 years of freedom i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-01 Thread Bhairitu
dhamiltony2k5 wrote: >> Does Polanski's case make his films any less worthy? He IS one of our >> great filmmakers. > Benefit from the crime? He should not. > Shun, shun his movies entirely until fugitive Polanski returns to justice, > sentence is given, he has served it and he has reformed. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for the Polanski ranters

2009-10-01 Thread dhamiltony2k5
> > Does Polanski's case make his films any less worthy? He IS one of our > great filmmakers. > Benefit from the crime? He should not. Shun, shun his movies entirely until fugitive Polanski returns to justice, sentence is given, he has served it and he has reformed. Is outrageous behavi