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The Polanski conundrum - when is pedophilia forgivable?
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Not only that, but anyone who has had any sort of institutional connection with the pedophile at the time when they committed their crime(s)should be held partly guilty as well.
So not only do we have vigilantes driving pedophiles out of their suburbs when they are released from jail, but we even drove a Governor-General from office because when he was Archbishop he was deemed not to have shown enough empathy with victims of pedophiles in his church.
This morning news comes that Roman Polanski has at long last been arrested for a pedophile offence that he admits committing (although the ABC this morning referred to it as an allegation). To date I have heard no-one suggesting that this is a good thing.
Rather we have had quotes from organisers of a film festival saying they are shocked and a friend of his saying that this is madness. Combined with a rundown of some of his cinematic successes.
Hopefully this reportage will change during the day and the history of a man who preyed on younger women will be laid bare and his arrest welcomed. Or will it? Is my original assessment of the horror in which pedophilia is held wrong? Is it OK in certain circumstances or for certain types of people? Or is there a social statute of limits so that if it happened long enough ago it can be excused?