Rape is Rape

It is always shocking to hear when a child is raped. It is one of the most horrible acts a human being can commit on another human being. Yet recently it seems that rape is being defended especially by certain Hollywood celebrities. The case of Roman Polanski. Why should he be able to walk freely when he has never paid for his crime? It might have been a long time ago, but just because he admitted to doing it doesn't mean justice has been served. When any other person commits a crime they are not let off the hook by simply apologizing. Every one pays for their mistakes and celebrities should not be different.

Celebrity adoration has gotten out of control. It is perfectly fine to respect a celebrities work, but like Lisa Respers France said in  her article about Polanski on CNN it is not his art that committed the crime it was him. I will always love his movie The Pianist , but what he did to that 13-year-old girl I will never forget. Rape is Rape is Rape whether she was drugged or agreed to it. She is 13 and is not capable of making those types of decisions. It is said that she took drugs herself and that led her to have sex with him. If this is true then he should be charged with endangering a minor along with statutory rape. If I was given drugs by anyone when I was 13, my mother and the law would have made sure that person was in jail and not drugging other minors. WHY? Because this is unacceptable in our society. Children should not be given drugs and children should definitely not be taken advantage of.

I have lost respect for many celebrities who are defending him, including Penelope Cruz who wants him to stay in France because he is a French citizen. So let me ask you this..If I was a 50 year old French citizen who came to the U.S. on vacation and had sex with a 13-year-old girl, I should be free to return to France no questions asked. It would never happen.


In all of this madness, I was at least glad to see that some celebrities have a consciousness and that our police department was dedicated enough to make him serve his time no matter how long it took them. This is what I expect from a police department...determination to get the criminal to do the time he deserves. Because Polanski was a criminal in 1977, is one now and will continue to be one until he is either acquitted or serves his time.