Polanski case highlights shift in views on sex with minors - Ha...

LOS ANGELES >> At the end of "Manhattan," the celebrated movie romance from 1979, a teenager played by Mariel Hemingway delivers some good news to the 42-year-old television writer, portrayed by Woody Allen, with whom she has had a long-running sexual affair.

[Mokebla]

The man is a pedophile, book'em Dano and put him on the register. He's not above any law. He'll b someones girl friend in the big house :-)!

[Rico from East Los]

Why is it that any other minority would be in the electric chair already yet the law is still playing around with this gringo?

But we are supposed to believe in equality and justice in our Judicial system.

Total bullshit. The man is a danger to children, WTF?

[two sickos]

Didn't Woody Allen have an affair with his adopted teenage daughter and is now married to her? Why wouldn't he support Polanski, he's a sexual deviant too.

[alice]

Hollywood's immorality is famous. The junky foilms they put out are an embarrassment.

[raymond]

Have things really changed that much? Many people here in America are still strong in the feeling that tricking or drugging a young person for sex is completely unacceptable.

Sounds reasonable; eh?

[alice]

Hollywood's sewer ethics hurt America.

[nnifer]

What????????

[I Hate Minority Racists]

Rico from East L.A., if you have such a racist attitude toward whites, you owe it to yourself to get out of my country and go back to Mexico.

[Senor]

I Hate Minority Racists wrote:

Rico from East L.A., if you have such a racist attitude toward whites, you owe it to yourself to get out of my country and go back to Mexico.

Gringo why is it that you white people think you own America? When someone says something bad about a white child molester you tell us to leave the country and go home. We are home gringo dis place was our home(USA) before it was your home. Senor you are the one that should go home. Adios Amigo do not let de door hit you on de way out.

[the thai kid]

Senor wrote:

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Gringo why is it that you white people think you own America? When someone says something bad about a white child molester you tell us to leave the country and go home. We are home gringo dis place was our home(USA) before it was your home. Senor you are the one that should go home. Adios Amigo do not let de door hit you on de way out.

senor its mexican trash like all your drug murders that have ruined your country....your people invented the swine flu....... yes we own america you my friend are lucky to have the freedom to come to this country legally....what the hell did your parents do as immigrants for this great nation of many ......roman polanski took this girl and sexually assaulted her while doing a photo -shoot and got chicken and fled america thus becoming a fugitive from american justice...and tell your fellow mexican countryman to keep the drugs and illegal aliens out of this great nation...THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[Poi]

Hollywood and the left are mostly sick and perverted drug addicts.

[Yeah]

Poi wrote:

Hollywood and the left are mostly sick and perverted drug addicts.

You think you have the market cornered on being "righteous?"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568509,00...

Bankruptcy Filing Delays Delaware Church Sex Abuse Case
Monday, October 19, 2009

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — A sex abuse case against Delaware's Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and a former priest will be delayed after the church filed for federal bankruptcy protection on the eve of proceedings.

"..He added that the diocese hoped the bankruptcy filing "will enable us to fairly compensate all victims through a single process established by the Bankruptcy Court."

The bankruptcy filing lists the diocese's assets as being between $50 million and $100 million but said its estimated debt is between $100 million and $500 million. Lawsuit plaintiffs as well as banks and pensions were listed as creditors.

Monday's case would have been the first to come to trial under a Delaware law that created a two-year "lookback" window that allowed claims of abuse to be brought regardless of whether the statute of limitations had expired. More than 100 lawsuits were filed before the period ended this summer, with four being settled...."
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And perhaps a bit more history...

http://www.counterpunch.org/sexabuse.html

"The Case of Father Jerry

In 1996, a senior official in the Catholic church confided to a friend of CounterPunch, the Catholic church in America had thus far paid out $500 million to settle priest abuse cases. On July 24, 1997, a Dallas jury imposed a $119.6 million in overall damages - the largest penalty ever levied on the Catholic Church - for what was described as "grossly negligent handling" of the sexual abuses perpetrated by one priest. If the Dallas verdict holds up on appeal, the National Catholic Reporter reckons the estimated amount of pay-outs related to clergy sex abuse will approach $1 billion.

Many of such cases never reach the court filing stage and of those that do, the vast majority never go to trial. Often the testimony of the victims is so powerful that Church officials move immediately to negotiations for a settlement. We've also been told that the go-ahead for pay-outs often amounting to millions of dollars comes from Rome...."
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Looks like the head office also approves of payoffs.

So tell me. Which is worst...

Having consensual sex?

Or sex abuse of a minor or abuse of power, be it against a male or female?

[Tom Petty]

Polanski should just come live in Hawaii and be a little patient. The age of consent here is 14.
Grass on the infield?
Play ball!

[Dr Roy Schneemann]

Michael Jackson was innocent and was judged by many (wrongly).
Polanski is guilty and must be judged!!!(5 Mln $ for the child (woman) and 1 year prison to think about this).