Re Lüko's comments re Polanski. I find it remarkable that self-styled human-rights campaigners Levy and Kouchner come out in defence of a child-rapist, not least because they have self-righteously posed as defenders of Enlightenment Decency against barbarism; does anyone else remember their pronouncements during the Yugoslav wars?
I think that it's that they instinctively come to the defence of someone who is a creative artistic genius. I can't see them providing such eloquent defences of, say Gary Glitter, the plebeian British popular music singer who was convicted of child prostitution in Vietnam. It's caste snobbishness; were it a lumpen hooligan who had committed the crime rather than Polanski, our cultured johnnies would be demanding that his wedding tackle be chopped off with a rusty sickle. If you're an iconoclast, on the other hand, the artistic pseuds will make excuses for almost anything that you do. Paul F ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
