I think it's important for people to work on themselves and find redemption...thru their art, thru suffering and repentance, thru being forgiven, thru being allowed to change and grow and not having people say 'you did a bad thing, therefore you are unforgiveable and unredeemable'....
but with this Polanski guy...he doesn't seem to feel he did anything wrong, either in drugging and raping a young girl("hey, everyone wants to fuck young girls" was basically his explanation of the situation) or in evading law enforcement and avoiding sentencing/incarceration. So...I guess that's whats missing, for me to be able to empathize or forgive this man.
We all make mistakes, we all have bad judgement, we all do stupid things that hurt other people. But very few of us rape (or commit other crimes), avoid the law, and have no visible remorse for it. for me I guess that's a crucial difference.
I'm not a literary historian, but I'm pretty sure there have been authors who wrote about rape, and did not actually commit rape in RL. There are movies about any number of gruesome horrific acts, and the screenwriters, actors and directors didn't actually do any of that in RL. Polanski had (and continues to HAVE) access to any number of artistic outlets for working thru his life's traumas, and his criminal desires...so there's no excuse or justification for taking it out on a child in RL. Not for him or anyone else.
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I think it's important for people to work on themselves and find redemption...thru their art, thru suffering and repentance, thru being forgiven, thru being allowed to change and grow and not having people say 'you did a bad thing, therefore you are unforgiveable and unredeemable'....
but with this Polanski guy...he doesn't seem to feel he did anything wrong, either in drugging and raping a young girl("hey, everyone wants to fuck young girls" was basically his explanation of the situation) or in evading law enforcement and avoiding sentencing/incarceration. So...I guess that's whats missing, for me to be able to empathize or forgive this man.
We all make mistakes, we all have bad judgement, we all do stupid things that hurt other people. But very few of us rape (or commit other crimes), avoid the law, and have no visible remorse for it. for me I guess that's a crucial difference.
I'm not a literary historian, but I'm pretty sure there have been authors who wrote about rape, and did not actually commit rape in RL. There are movies about any number of gruesome horrific acts, and the screenwriters, actors and directors didn't actually do any of that in RL. Polanski had (and continues to HAVE) access to any number of artistic outlets for working thru his life's traumas, and his criminal desires...so there's no excuse or justification for taking it out on a child in RL. Not for him or anyone else.