A polite request

[fox1013]

If you believe that people are being unfair to Roman Polanski, because I guess raping a child is only a problem for humorless feminists or whatever, kindly GTFO of my LJ. I don't have a ton of standards around here, but that one's pretty solid.

FFS, people.

[Context is the Kate Harding article everyone's linking to, because everything else makes

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[musesfool]

What the fuck is WRONG with these people? I mean, seriously? SERIOUSLY?

[fox1013]

I wish I knew.

Because then I would have it eradicated from the population. >:(

[fox1013]

SERIOUSLY.

[sparky77]

I've taken down three posts on this subject just because it makes me so mad, I'm not sure I can discuss it a remotely rational manner.

[fox1013]

I think the option of rational left the station a long time ago. Somewhere around when people were DEFENDING the RAPE of a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL.

[sparky77]

I'm just kind of stunned at all the fail going on from people I thought were smart. I mean Whoopi Goldberg and her "It wasn't rape rape." FAIL. SO MUCH FAIL!

[wanderlost]

But but but... His wife and baby were murdered! Don't you know that having terrible things done to you completely excuses you from doing terrible things to other people?

Oh, and my two favourite excuses: It's been 30 years since it happened and it's not like he's done it since!

Humanity disappointments me more often that not these days.

[fox1013]

Lately I've been drifting more and more from "violence is not the answer" to "maybe society just needs to be punched!"

[nicole_anell]

*throws arms around you*

I had an argument with my mother about this the other night, but today she told me she realized she'd been wrong -- I think she finally read an article or something that mentioned the Quaaludes and the fact it wouldn't have even been consensual if she was 35, let alone a 13-year-old girl.

[fox1013]

Seriously. SHE WAS DRUGGED AND SHE STILL SAID NO, PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT AMBIGUOUS IN THE LEAST.