Criminal Justice

I don't know whether any of you are following the Roman Polanski affair, it is too sickening to talk about, but here I found some great writing at Brittania Blog, and pass it on to you:

"More evidence: A number of Hollywood figures spoke up in defense of confessed and convicted child rapist Roman Polanski. (I believe he has worked in some capacity in what these folks invariably call “the industry.”) Whoopi Goldberg took the high intellectual ground in pointing out that different cultures have different standards. As for her own standards, she reassured us: “Would I want my 14-year-old having sex with somebody? Not necessarily.” I can’t think how it might come to be a matter of necessity, but it is comforting – though perhaps not to that particular 14-year-old – that Ms. Goldberg can at least conceive of circumstances in which she would not want her child to have sex. Being drugged beforehand by a middle-aged gargoyle might qualify, but I don’t know.

Joining Ms. Goldberg in support of sex with minors was Woody Allen. You don’t often find a joke where the set-up and the punch line are the same sentence."