What I learned today about celebrity pedophiles

[jollyreaper2112]

If you want to get up to anything hinky with kids, you need to be a famous director. Woody and Polanski have made this clear. The Lost Prophet's frontman should have been a director and not a musician. Unless you're as big as the King of Pop and even then he had to go to court. So maybe musicians should live in countries without extradition treaties.

Murder is easier to get away with. Even a B-list actor and sports celebrity can kill two people and get away with it. But I wouldn't advise OJ do anything sexual with kids. He's not famous enough to get away with it.

And near as I can figure, you can abuse all the drugs you want as a celebrity without any legal consequences. But if you OD, that's your own damn fault.

There's a sliding scale for sexism and racism -- you can get away with it if you're charming enough about it -- but antisemitism never goes over well. Tom Cruise is just as crazy as Mel Gibson but not antisemitic. Important lesson to be learned here.

But the other takeaway: you really can't mess with the IRS. See Willie Nelson and Wesley Snipes about that. They didn't know how to cheat on taxes all legal-like. It's called sheltering if you do it proper.

For all other mortals who are neither rich nor famous, you better watch your asses.

[BainsBane]

1. It is certainly true that celebrities can get away with virtually anything

but there are some who defend run of the mill accused sexual predators as well.

[progressoid]

2. I learned about hypocrisy.

I learned today that Mia Farrow still considers Roman Polanski a close friend. That's kind of weird.

[BainsBane]

3. And what does that have to do with Dylan Farrow's molestation?

Are victims now held accountable for the sins of their mothers? It would seem so on this board. Not content to shame victims, people have decided the shame transfers from mother to daughter and somehow exonerates Allen. It does not. All it does is reveal the values of those who make such comments.

[progressoid]

8. Like the OP, I said nothing about the victims.

I am not trying to transfer shame from mother to daughter, or holding daughters accountable for the sins of their mothers, or exonerate Allen.

Simply adding to the OP's criticisms of celebrity.

[Dr. Strange]

6. Yep.

That is weird.

[TheMathieu]

4. Being famous in an artistic field is a good cover for sexual predators.

You get the defense of a certain segment of the population who usually fight to defend the downtrodden.

If it were a letter from the adopted daughter of a sleazy investment banker, this segment of the population would have no trouble believing the abuser had abused.

I, for one, always give the victim the benefit of the doubt... regardless of occupation.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. I understand what you're saying

But you should have left the King of Pop out of your speech.

[jollyreaper2112]

9. Nope

Michael Jackson is a perfect example. Even if he was functionally asexual and sleepovers innocent, no non-celebrity would have even been in his position. Normal people have other people in their lives the can tell them no. Won't put up with their shit. Celebrities live in the bubble world. Same as with nonfamous super rich people. And if the allegations against Michael Jackson were completely true, nothing would've had come of them nonetheless.

[roguevalley]

10. and even if they weren't what normal grown man sleeps with children especially those not his own?

Take him out and put anyone else in and there would be blood in the streets.

[El_Johns]

7. you really can't mess with the IRS: if you fund left-wing, black power or Muslim causes.

Right-wing causes, mess with them and you can get away with it. Offshore accounts are no problem, questionable business deals, ditto.

[Egalitarian Thug]

11. You missed the mark. You don't need to be a talented film maker, you just need to be really rich.

In all this falderal, one of the major points completely ignored is the fact that the parasite class has been doing this and far worse since forever, with absolute impunity.

Do you imagine that Lana Clarkson was Phil Spector's first victim? Check out an old film, Phantom of the Paradise, the lead bad guy is based entirely on this evil piece of shit. He was an infamous psychopath for decades and the whole world ignored it because he had that much power in his industry. The list of above-the-law parasites is long and has been written over the course centuries.

[cali]

12. what bullshit. sadly, everyday people get away with it all the time.

[jollyreaper2112]

13. Excuse me

You're saying I'm full of shit?