quote:Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen: i can't believe you can follow "i accept what he did" with defense of his actions.
When I say "I accept what he did", I mean I accept that he had sex with a 13 year old girl. I don't defend that. At all. It was wrong, and he deserved punishment for it.
quote:a convicted rapist. a convincted pedophile. a fugitive. at what point, and to what extent, do they flash in your mind as "bad things"?
Immediately. When did I ever say they weren't "bad things"?
quote:if you shopped at a deli cuz they had the best frickin sammidges in the world, and then found out that the guy who made them was a convicted rapist and pedophile, who, years ago, left his country to avoid jail time... would you still shop at the deli?
what if it was a house-call plumber? or a banker? a gas station employee? a teacher? your daughter's teacher?
No to all examples, though they are bad comparisons. These are personal services, something movie directing does not imply. I wouldn't want to have contact with the guy, quite honestly, and I wouldn't want my family to either. I don't think the man is mentally stable.
At the same time, I'm not going to hold it against his friends and family if they choose to see him. They're his friends and family.
quote:falling in love with someone you not only consider a father figure, but refered to as "father" is unhealthy. the "father" acting on that is wrong.
to not see that is disturbing.
Now wait. I said quite clearly that I don't agree with it. Don't confuse that fact.
However, I don't think you have a right to say it's right or wrong, just as you don't have the right to say homosexuality is right or wrong, or that Thomas Jefferson having a relationship with one of his female slaves was right or wrong. Perhaps now the notion that these things can be equated seems preposterous to you, but they weren't then. It's bashing an alternative lifestyle, passing judgement on it simply because you don't agree with it.
That's pretty narrow minded. Infact, it's almost bigotry.
