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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:10 PM Original message |
Did Roman Polanski's rape of an underage girl make you boycott.. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. The important thing... |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. At least Mel Gibson faced the music... |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I think I saw a different Passion movie than you did, Sparkles... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I think that modern secular viewers are more likely to sympathize with... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. The "Jewish" characters are not all Jews. |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Then Jesus was a terrorist, wasn't he? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. I agree with Spar\les -- I saw it that way, too |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I agree |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
71. I saw it.. and I can safely say that not only was the movie |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Little kid? |
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QuestionAll... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. taking a kid to that movie is just plain stupid. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. who cares...? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I agree... |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Man, if everybody were to boycott movies based on the behaviour... |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, but Mel's crappy movies have made me boycott anything |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You didn't like Braveheart? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I am an historian by training, and Braveheart was very bad |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Bingo -- it appalled me when I say it |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
81. As historians, |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think "rape" is the word I'd use. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Again...he's hiding in France right now.. |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. If I were him, I'd hide, too. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Destroyed his Career - what the hell is that Oscar with his name on it |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. He still makes good movies, no doubt about that... |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
64. Heck, if I was a male arrested in the US, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Age 13 makes it rape. Period and ipso facto. |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. That's for a court to decide. Is so, fatso |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Polanski escaped the Holocaust |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Does that change the fact that he committed statuary rape? |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. what if it doesn't? |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah, point is that he hasn't made a decent movie in years. |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. How many rock stars do you suppose have had sex with underage girls? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. 13??? I can think of only one: Bill Wyman. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. Wow, he raped a statue? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. He Committed Rape, Period |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Why does such a term - "statutory rape" exist then? -nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. To Differentiate Consensual Under-Age Sex from Non-Consensual of Any Age |
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DianaForRussFeingold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. I believe it was a setup! Maybe another media distraction |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Woody Allen's actions sure as hell did! |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He's still a great film-maker. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sorry, I missed the child rape movie. |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Whatever. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Oh...snap! n/t |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Fine then.... |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Snap... and Bu-u-u-urn!! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Farrow Was SUCH a Hypocrite |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Zingo-Wingo! |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. That would be "Manhattan." n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes and I also boycott Woodie Allen movies ever since he had sex with his |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Soon Yi was never Woody's daughter |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Same here |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. that's the beauty about boycotting.... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. The difference between Polanski & Woody Allen & Mel Gibson: |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Not trying to pick a fight, but... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. If I can read Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that lesbians should have a |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Your Dean rapes little girls? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #48 |
82. He's not American and it's not illegal where he goes in Asia. |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. DINGDINGDING! |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. Feel free to watch whatever you want |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. You know somebody that goes to |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. I just think it's funny the right wing media clowns went on and on... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. A great movie is a great movie |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. No, you must deny your own pleasure so that your empty theatre seat... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. I can't give up Fearless Vampire Killers |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
31. His movies did that all by themselves. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. No, & I'll continue to see Gibson's films & listen to Jerry Lee Lewis |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
41. I tend to not want to view "the art" of pedophiles... |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. Actually, yes |
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julialnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'll tell you one difference to me |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
50. Not really, but I can't stand to look at Woody Allen anymore |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. Gibson used his art to incite hatred against Jews. Did Polanski do that? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #55 |
78. No, but I see a common point between Woody Allen and Polansky, the two |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Huh? Your post was unintelligible. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. I made the argument about Polansky without even |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. I love Polanski's films |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. Thing is, one usually does not have time to check out the |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
60. No, But Then Again, The Specific Details Weren't So Widely Known |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yes I do boycott Polanski's. Not going to boycott Gibsons though |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
69. Polanski's victim is a misguided idiot |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. No! I have said before that actors are neither heroes nor |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
76. Yes. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
77. I would not boycott his movies for that, but I hate his views and they |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
79. He has essentially made only one movie... |
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