| Posted by: moviePig at February 22, 2008, 8:02 am | | Topic: Italian film festival to honor Polanski Forum: groupsrv | | On Feb 22, 10:23 am, RichA wrote: Quote:On Feb 21, 7:58 pm, Alric Knebel wrote: Agent Smith wrote: George Peatty <peattyg47-1...@copper.net> wrote in news:incor3p0mf653btpsptb53rfqihvhh0ne7@4ax.com: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:28:49 -0600, Alric Knebel <al...@cableone.net wrote: I disagree. First of all, his "crime" was with a willing participant in his act. Had he raped the girl, that would be hypocrisy. But all these laws about sex are just ridiculous. If someone consents, in my opinion, it's a done deal. There are some who would argue that given the age of the child, it was impossible for her to consent in any legally meaningful sense. Therefore, the act was not consensual .. I'm surprised to see that we have a pedo in the group. You'd expect this to happen in the groups where nutjobs and pedos routinely hang out and try to reationalize their urges. But you don't expect it to happen in a quiet backwater like this place, where people usually confine their conversations to film. Are you calling me a pedophile because I think a lot of these cases are overblown? No, calling you dangerous because you don't appear to be able to understand the concept of informed consent. Regarding 'informed consent', more likely it's you who don't understand the difference between a "concept" and a "definition". Afaics, nobody's arguing that Polanski didn't break the law. What's being questioned is whether we should *automatically* regard him as vile, perverted, repugnant, and all the other immoderate adjectives we use to comfortably distance ourselves from Evil. (How old was Natalie Portman when *you* first saw her as hot?) As a practical matter, we very likely do need the laws that establish simplistic, easily understood boundaries regarding consensual sex. But we can also remain aware that that's all they are. -- - - - - - - - - YOUR taste at work... http://www.moviepig.com |
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