Quote Originally Posted by Drago View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Oggie View Post
Celebrities can get away with a lot more than us normal people, they can go much further. It seems that only Gary Glitter has truly passed the threshold and become a universally hated celebrity... others will always have sympathizers, seemingly regardless of the severity of the crime.

It's pretty messed up all right. Here in Ireland a few years ago the husband of a famous TV chef (Darina Allen) was charged and pled guilty to having almost 1000 pornographic images of children on his PC. What did he get? A slap on the wrists; Community service, a €40,000 fine (nothing to millionaires) and placement on the sex offenders register (Ooooh, that'll show him!)
He basically got off scot-free because of celebrity status.

It seems that artistic genius can almost be interpreted as a type of get out of jail free card, as sympathizers usually use that as an excuse for having an imbalance in judgment.
Now lets have a show of hands from people who think that, although he murdered two innocent young girls, Ian Huntley was a fantastic janitor... a genius at cleaning if you will.
Doesn't sound right, does it?

very good post Oggie! poloanski raped a 13 yr old the end! he should be in jail! all these actors & actresses who work with him should be ashamed of themselves! they should refuse to work with him!
100% right my friend. The likes of whoopi goldberg and debra messing need a good slap and an introduction to the real world. Just because a certain amount of time has elapsed dont mean shit. Should the authorities not have chased down that b*****d who killed the 3 civil rights workers in mississippi in the 60s just because it was so long ago? Or Gary Ridgeway because he hadnt murdered in years. Murder is murder, rape is rape and personally i wouldnt waste the price of a bullet on him. Throw him into a room full of angry women