More things that don't excuse raping a minor:

1. The system trying to bring you to justice is dysfunctional
2. Someone wants to "start a political career" by taking you down
3. The Swiss can't decide whether or not they want a statute of limitations on offences related to paedophilia
4. You make movies that reveal a world which doesn't make sense
5. The charges ( Read more... )

FRIAR BARNARDINE. Thou hast committed--
BARABAS. Fornication: but that was in another country;
And besides, the wench is dead.

Marlowe, The Jew of Malta
I don't see it as my task or as my right to dispense moral instruction, but this Polanski business is like the Pole Star of moral navigation. You don't even need a compass. Here's a brief list of ( Read more... )