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samvara ([personal profile] samvara) wrote2009-10-08 07:30 am

Jay Smooth on Roman Polanski

Weirdly, Emma Thompson signing the save Polanski from justice petition distresses me more than say, David Lynch or Martin Scorsese.

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[personal profile] copracat 2009-10-08 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Jay Smooth: a philosopher you can respect.
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Re: OMG, he's awesome

[personal profile] sajbrfem 2009-10-08 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
OMG I am in love! So much good stuff--I think I just spent an hour watching him on youtube!
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Re: OMG, he's awesome

[personal profile] sajbrfem 2009-10-08 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
can you see stuff if I embed it on my journal? (or, you know, are you actually needing to work :))
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[personal profile] cesy 2009-10-08 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Emma Thompson signed it? *is disappointed*

[identity profile] e-dan.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't been tracking blog responses to this issue - what's your take in some sort of a nutshell lovely? (the broad issue, that is, not the video)
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Public endorsement of rape culture by people who don't know better and should :(

[identity profile] e-dan.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I was interested in this line from an ABC article a week ago (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/28/2698544.htm):

"The woman named as the victim in the 1977 case has joined defence lawyers in urging the dismissal of the case."

[identity profile] e-dan.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok, got more detail on this one:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26135023-2703,00.html
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'm with Jay Smooth on that one