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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2009-09-30 08:36 pm
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Read this

If you read only one article about the Roman Polanski debacle, make it this one. Even if you're sick to death of hearing about Roman Polanski.

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/polanski_arrest/

Every time I think Kate Harding cannot possibly be more awesome, she finds a way to prove me wrong.

[identity profile] owlmoose.livejournal.com 2009-10-01 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I agree. I feel for her, and in her shoes I probably would just want it forgotten, too. But it's not about her; it's about sending the message to society that it's not okay to rape 13-year-old girls (or anyone else, for that matter), and being rich and connected enough to flee the country doesn't *make* it okay.