Woody Allen Defends Roman Polanski
Speaking to French radio station RTL, Woody Allen defended fellow director Roman Polanski, who is fighting extradition charges that stem from his long-ago arrest for sexual assault. "It's something that happened many years ago," said Allen. "[Polanski] has suffered...he has paid his dues...he's an artist, he's a nice person, he did something wrong and he paid for it. [His critics] are not happy unless he pays the rest of his life. They would be happy if they could execute him in a firing squad." No word from Polanski, but we imagine it's something along the lines of "Psst! Stop trying to help!" [Yahoo! News]
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Fall on the floor shocking to see that. Next the Woodster will defend Romand's casting himself opposite love-interest actresses 40 years his junior.
Isn't that just precious.... One pedophile Woody Allen defending another pedophile Polanski. These two short eyed men should be in the same cell so they can share Kiddy Porn.
what a freaking maggot
I agree with all of you.... Can you even think of it.... these men had sex with GIRLS!!
In Hollywood you are supposed to have sex with BOYS!!
These guys are SO old and out of touch with what's accepted today.
What is the world coming to?
I agree with Woody. News flash: Men like young ladies! Get over it.
One freakish pig defending another freakish pig who is also a criminal on the run....go figure!
Agree with Woody also. By the way, Soon -Yi, who is not Woody's biological daughter, was an adult when that relationship started. Polanski was being railroaded when he fled imminent prosecution. It's been a long time, he's been punished. Judge not, haters.
Your victims you louts pay do for their ENTIRE lives and yes you should be put before a firing squad and shot once for each victim. As someone who has endured this form of targeted attention and who is now decades later undergoing many a surgery to repair the damages to a body far to young to be exploited or USED in this manner; I can say with some degree of knowledge and affinity - WE PAY EVERY DAY - with our bodies, with our blood, with our souls - with pain you can't even begin to imagine ... and yes you should indeed be terminated like dogs as you are not human beings - you are only working at being human. Pedophiles defend pedophiles and birds of a feather will always be spotted in groups; ODDLY they seldom find a lone pedo when they do look; wasn't it Woody who was known to be dipping it in his own daughter? So I'm sure Roman is not only grateful for the defense but masturbates weekly imagining such illicit contact. These men should never be permitted to make a movie of any sort, you want to demoralize and show them the truth of a loss of life then do ... take their livelihoods and that by which they have come to define themselves; and ruin LIVING for them the same as they have ruined the lives and careers of so many young women. No need for jail time - you simply revoke their licenses to work in their given fields at all, ever: even as a gaffer. Avoiding jail is NOT punishment it's avoidance ... and Stockolme syndrome is a recognized condition which the victims often display in an effort to self-preserve and avoid the loathing, it doesn't make what they did right - it simply makes the targets avoid acceptance and seek support for the abuser in a bid to "rectify" what they know is completely unjust and yet never sees justice. THE MOST UNDER PROSECUTED CRIME EVER - is sexual assault upon minors and it needs to be properly chased and prosecuted no matter to whom or where it happens. STOP being human - and learn to be a human being ...
lols obviously you come from a 3rd world country where teachers can molest students and anyone living with a 12 year old is free to do as they please with them so long as they aren't blood kin?
In civilized countries if you are acting as a parent, teacher, social worker, doctor or otherwise IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY OVER YOUTH (meaning someone younger than and looking up to you as the authority figure) even if the child is adopted or the patient is an adult: you are the trusted authority figure and this sort of thing is sick and criminal. Hopefully one day you will realize what being in a position of authority means and the RESPONSIBILITIES which come with it and that day comes, before you reproduce and then find a new man because after all your child is now free to be his dick bait by your advanced logic darling.
And while you are at it why do we even BOTHER with legal sex age laws I mean every person born with the anatomy should (by your logic) be using it by what age 3? I hope you learn the truth of this the hard way - it seems to be the only way sympathizers "get it" - or are you too a Stockholm syndrome person ... ?
when did you last dip it in a 13 yr old, or rub one out thinking of such? see if the cops were smart someone like YOU who posts stuff like THAT should be flagged and watched intently for child porn as I'd put forth and freely suspect you too have this mental condition which requires intense supervision and a complete and thorough mental evaluation - it's called CHRONOPHILIA btw look it up.
Isn't that the catholic church you're thinking of there - the ones being sued daily and losing everything? So how is Roman (hands) and Woody (pecker) any different and why shouldn't THEY loose everything too, after all they TOOK everything and then paid their targets out to remain silent; and RAN AWAY because they KNEW what they did was wrong. If they had of ever believed they were innocent why do they RUN - why do they HIDE - why do they decry so loudly - lol ... take a basic psych course.
... You see jokes of this sort are only funny until it happens to you or its close to home - your niece, your daughter, your grandson, your cousin ... and then suddenly you are the joke. Be careful what you crack off about it has a way of coming home to roost.
I agree with 'Warren Currier'. What ever happened to the good old days when men in Hollywood slept with BOYS and other MEN?
'Woody' and 'Roman' (no doubt their real names) are old and out of touch with reality.
Had they had same sex encounters, this wouldn't be such a big deal.
What happened between Mr. Polanksi and the young girl was beautiful. why are people marring the innocense of those long lost experimental years with inhumane ideals of what maturity is. The girl herself has freely admitted that Mr. Polanski was a terrific lay, so what is the problem. Yes, we men are extremely turned on by young flesh -- the innocence of youth and the excitement of carnal initiation. Any man that tells you the opposite, while being ethically correct, is lying to you. Hooray to Mr. Polanski for showing a willing young supplicant the ropes and damn the naysayers who are jealous of his oft gossiped about girth and stamina. Seriously, his wife (Sharon Tate) was executed in the most horrific way a few years before -- this was a way for the poor man to revalidate himself sexually and gain entrance into that wonderful psychological territory of youthful hedonism, abedded by the then-curious use of envelope stripping narcotics. So both he and his 'victim' were almost Adam and Eve like, enjoying eachothers bodies....and fully supported by the girls mother who was flattered that such a talented (and hung) director would want to make love to her precious offspring. Hooray to all involved for letting this happen -- the mom, the girl, the 70's and most of all Roman. We must cherish and preserve these magical moments and resist persecuting the innocent who were merely indulging their bodies for a fleeting moment of god given time. Live and let live.
Please inform me if the firing squad will be televised. I wouldn't want to miss that.
Samantha was willing to remove clothing to advance her career, and purposely hid her topless modeling activities with Roman Polanski at the first photo shoot from her mother knowing that her mother would have immediately terminated Samantha’s modeling "opportunity" with Roman Polanski if she had known what was going on.
Samantha’s mother Susan Galey was lax in leaving her underage daughter unattended with Roman Polanski for a photo shoot, and the mother’s negligence in regards to her daughter was compounded by her daughter Samantha’s deceit, who by purposely concealing her topless modeling activities with Polanski from her mother, for the sole purpose of advancing Samantha's modeling career, blocked her Adult mother Susan Galley from intervening sooner to stop Samantha's sexual collision with Roman Polanski before it occurred.
This seems to have been a trap for Roman Polanski, with both mother and daughter contributing to the sexual collision, with everyone involved being tempted by different rewards.
A troubling question is this, was only Roman Polanski’s action illegal in California in 1977? Since everyone involved contributed to this problem, I am not sure why was this case not tossed out a long time ago.
Every young girl and mother should be aware that if girl tempts a man by being topless, and deliberately hides this from her mother, and the young girl goes back for more there may be trouble, much more than she bargained for. After all men are only human.
Samatha said"On Feb. 20, 1977, Polanski took me on our first photo shoot in a hillside area just a few blocks from my house. We shot a roll of film; then he asked me to take off my shirt and took topless photos while I changed. I let him do it, but I felt self-conscious. I was thinking, "I shouldn't be doing this," but I was a kid, so I thought if it wasn't okay, he wouldn't tell me to do it. If I'd told my mom, she would never have let me go with him the second time. When he made another appointment a few weeks later, she had no reason to suspect anything. I didn't want to go, but I still thought it would be a good opportunity."
Link: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20124052,00.html
you are a disgusting pig who believes everything is beautiful as if you were living in an Alice in Wonderlandesque world...you should be lined up in front of the firing squad with the other peds...
Woody Allen is wrong. Polanski never paid for it. Polanski skipped before paying for it hence the reason why he's a fugitive. The judge never sentenced him. There's no way around that fact. Sentencing is what officiates 'payment' and Polanski made sure not to be around for that. Woody Allen is dead wrong. Polanski never paid for it.
This article might as well be titled Son of Sam defends Manson. Not a lot of credibility from a guy who diddled his adopted daughter before officially making her his girlfriend when she was finally of age, when he's defending a guy who was found guilty of drugging and then sodomizing a 13 year old.