On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't help but believe this situation is another indication of the > double standard between the famous and the rest of us. A priest rapes > a kid, even after 30 years, the priest is tagged and labeled and sued > and chastised. A school teacher rapes a kid, same deal (though, oddly, > a different double standard applies here inasmuch as there seems to be > less of a social stigma if the teacher is a woman and the student is a > boy). Here's a case where a famous guy rapes a girl, avoids arrest for > decades, and now wants a get-out-of-jail-free card. > > Famous people can drive drunk on repeated instances (Paris Hilton, > Keifer Sutherland, Flav A Flav) and be forgiven by society. They can > commit fraud (Martha Stewart) and be forgiven by society. And recently > we've learned of two NFL players who've killed (one killed dogs, the > other a human being) and be forgiven by society. > > Not one of us nobodys could avoid full prosecution for these crimes. > At the very least, we'd lose our jobs, the respect of our friends, the > ability to maintain a high paying career, and probably a great deal > more. If he is guilty, and it would appear he has admitted guilt, then > the very least he can do is serve the same sentence for the crime that > you or I would, combined with the maximum sentence for evading > custody. Anything less, and our justice system has one more reason to > be ashamed of itself.
I don't think you could be more wrong about this if you tried, Kevin. If almost anyone else other than Roman Polanski had been in that exact situation, he would have been treated much less harshly. Polanski was threatened with a far more severe and more punitive sentence than was called for, and that is why he fled. It is interesting you compare him with how priests have been treated - most of the priests who have abused boys (and even more than have abused girls) over the years have never faced any charges. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
