tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073549918197668252.post7957777951710296461..comments2023-08-07T07:05:08.597-07:00Comments on DEATH BY NOODLES: Admiring the artistic rapistDEATH BY NOODLEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00011175111458597684noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073549918197668252.post-63875391932321302572009-10-02T14:53:09.616-07:002009-10-02T14:53:09.616-07:00It's a question of VALUES - Hollywood and the ...<i>It's a question of VALUES - Hollywood and the European intelligentsia do not have any.<br />They are moral midgets and ethical invalids.</i><br /><br />Child molesters hardly fill me with good feelings, but I think the case has become a little more complicated due to the unusual circumstances-- not because he's such a great director, but because of how much time has passed, because he previously acknowledged his guilt and seems to have some understanding of why it was wrong, and also because the victim has repeatedly stated that she thinks he has "paid his debt" and wants to see the whole thing over with. Should he have run? Absolutely not. Was it appropriate to have sex with a 13-year-old? Clearly not. Decades later, when even the victim is calling for clemency, should he be imprisoned? I'm not so sure.<br /><br />Unfortunately, this is not as cut-and-dried as "child molesters bad, liberal European & Hollywood defenders worse." There may actually be a valid point lurking underneath their insufferable egos.Friar Yid (not Shlita)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10311439778319103094noreply@blogger.com