Petitions For Dummies

[snurri]

I was going to say something about the Polanski thing, but silk_noir pretty much said what I was going to. I'll just add that I'm appalled by how many people whose work I respect are willing to go on record as saying rape is acceptable. (Many of the names in her post come from this petition; others have made some other public declaration of support for Polanski.) I don't care if you respect Polanski's work, you still have to acknowledge that he committed a heinous crime. People ought to think twice before putting their name to a document which endorses that.

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[bibliogrrl.livejournal.com]

I love you.

Er. I shouldn't make broad declarations before I have coffee.

Instead, I'll state how sad I was to find Terry Gilliam and Wes Anderson on that list. Ugh.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

And Guillermo del Toro. That's maybe the one that disappoints me the most.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

So disappointing, especially Gilliam, but I wasn't the least bit surprised to see Woody Allen on the list.

I'm in the same boat as far as people already having said what I want to say. Greg Grunberg's reaction.

Steph had an interesting thought about it, too.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Good for Grunberg.

Yeah, I was thinking "But I still love Chinatown" and then I remembered that one of the primary mysteries concerns a man who raped his daughter. Uff.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting the list; I hadn't seen it before.

Tilda Swinton. Jesus H. Christ on a stick.

And Woody Allen! I was so shocked and oh wait no I wasn't.

The Cohen brothers are who broke my heart, though.