So once again we come to the question of guilt/time elapsed and how serious it is and should we even go there.
Tthe Roman Polanski arrest askes us all to question the passage of time and justice. So many people seem to think that
Polanski’s offence was committed so long ago, and he has made so many valuable cultural contributions since, that the
matter should be dropped. What use, they ask, would it do now to send him to prison? Is it fair to the perpetrator, after all this
time?
But what of the victim?
I have been the victim in such cases, not just once. When very young and beyond my comprehenson.. Followed up by a
maternal unit who was more concerned by what the neighbours would say than what had happened to me. And then again,
beyond my control, by someone who admittedly probably had Altheimers but just the same, I was the one groped and so very
scared.
It has left me with a life long situation, damaged relionships with parental units… be a polite girl Carolyn (age 13), pour
another cocktail, you are not attractive or pretty but you are inteligent, use that. That man is very important… so I did all that.
Quite well now that I look back on it.
So do I think that Roman P should be arrested after all these years? Yes I do. He didn’t give a flying f*ck about that 13 year
old girl.Nor did the people who should have been caring for her.
He committed a crime. He pled guilty. He is guilty. He is a pervert, no matter how talented, he is a pedophile.
So once again we come to the question of guilt/time elapsed and how serious it is and should we even go there. The Roman Polanski arrest askes us all to question the passage of time and justice. So many people seem to think that Polanski’s offence was committed so long ago, and he has made so many valuable cultural contributions since, that the matter should be dropped. What use, they ask, would it do now to send him to prison? Is it fair to the perpetrator, after all this time
But what of the victim?
I have been the victim in such cases, not just once. When very young and beyond my comprehenson.. Followed up by a maternal unit who was more concerned by what the neighbours would say than what had happened to me. And then again, beyond my control, by someone who admittedly probably had Altheimers but just the same, I was the one groped and so very scared.
It has left me with a life long situation, damaged relionships with parental units… be a polite girl Carolyn (age 13), pour another cocktail, you are not attractive or pretty but you are inteligent, use that. That man is very important…so I did all that. Quite well now that I look back on it. So do I think that Roman P should be arrested after all these years? Yes I do. He didn’t give a flying f*ck about that 13 year old girl. Nor did the people who should have been caring for her.
He committed a crime. He pled guilty. He is guilty. He is a pervert, no matter how talented, he is a pedophile.
