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Posted by: Alric Knebel at February 21, 2008, 7:54 am

Topic: Italian film festival to honor Polanski Forum: groupsrv

Jared wrote: Quote:On Feb 21, 10:45 am, Alric Knebel wrote: Some tight-asses might want to construe it that way. But it was consensual. Period. Some woman get married in some cultures at that age. You can get married in this country at 15. I'm siding with the right-wing nutters on this one. It's called the age of consent for a reason, and a thirteen year old can't give it. Polanski was 44 at the time. What countries is that acceptable in? Not many First World ones I suspect. It's irrelevent anyway becasue she denies giving consent. The "age of consent" is merely a LEGAL concept. Quote:More interesting to me is how that affects our viewing of his films (which I like). I suspect if we chucked out the work of every artist who was a scumbag we'd have a lot less art. He's not a scumbag. He had sex with a minor. He broke the law. I've broken the law before, too. --
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