quote:Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen: however, what most disturbs about your perceptions on many an accused, famous individual is that you most always belittle their accusations and/or crimes and/or wrong-doings in favor of playing the devil's advocate. not that you excuse their actions, but you certainly come across as accepting of them.
I accept that Polanski did what he did. I don't accept that those actions should deter me from appreciating his work, or that those actions were severe enough to suggest that everyone should refuse to involve themselves with him in any way. Did he serve substantial time in a federal prison(which, he had reason to be against; he was imprisoned in a Nazi work camp during World War II, which I'm sure you can imagine was a less than fun experience)? No. However, his actions did not go completely unpunished.
quote:you were so busy denying rumors about kobe's rape charges you never seemed to fully acknowledge the committed act of adultery.
If I didn't acknowledge that, it's only because adultery isn't a criminal activity. However, it also isn't something I support or am in favor of in any way.
quote:you've defended kurt kobain without ever really sympathyzing with what he left behind.
That's not true at all. I sympathize with his family very much, as I know many families who have gone through similar ordeals. I just also sympathized with Kurt, who clearly had issues.
Conversely, it seemed that you did not sympathize with Kurt whatsoever, despite admitting that you've never contemplated suicide and don't know what that kind of depression feels like(at least, that's what I recall you saying, if you didn't I take it back).
quote:you're clarifying and making techinical woody allen's actions, without recognizing he's married to a girl who once called him "dad" (and who no longer speaks to her mom, because of him).
No, I recognize that. However, it seems that that's all you seem to recognize.
Is it really wrong to fall in love with somebody who considers you a father figure, when the person is legally an adult? I don't know. I don't think that's really for me to decide. Or you. This wasn't his birth daughter(infact, she was never even his step-daughter, as he never married Mia Farrow), so there's no fear of birth defects if they were to have a child. They have no reason to not be together if they truly love each other, and they seem to. In the end, if you're with the person you love, what should the judgements of the outside world mean to you?
I'm focusing on the big picture. You're focusing on one part of that picture.
quote:here you are, detailing roman polanski's "did"s and "did not"s, seemingly excluding and evading the fact that he's a convicted criminal that then fled the country as a fugitive.
Again, if I avoid it, it's because it has nothing to do with the topic at hand. I don't think that should affect my opinion of a movie, or piece of art.
quote:you are allowed to disagree. but put a little less devil in your advocate.
That's the best compliment you've ever given me. Thanks.
quote:Originally posted by bsams: He is absolved of the evil because of what happened to his wife, i dont think so......
No, he is absolved of evil because you never had the right to proclaim him as such in the first place.
