When discussing the Roman Polanski case on the view, Whoopi was insistent upon the situation not being "Rape-rape". Apparently when a 45 year old man gets a 13 year old girl drunk, drugs her, and then has sex with her, it's not rape.
Another little gem from Whoopi's mouth was her defense of Polanski leaving the country when she said his thought process was "You know what, this guy's going to give me a hundred years in jail, I'm not staying, so that's why he left." DUH that's why he left, but since when did we encourage leaving the country or going on the run as an option for when you feel like you just don't really want to deal with your appropriate punishment?
No single part of her arguments for this man made even a little bit of sense and were ultimately just ignorant. Sherri Sheppard points out a quote from a friend of Polanksi's stating "Millions and millions of people love his work, he's a brilliant guy, and he made a little mistake 32 years ago" and questions whether anyone would be trying to defend him is he wasn't famous. OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T.
Reality check folks: raping a child is not a "LITTLE MISTAKE" just because you're famous. A little mistake is something like that atrocity Whoopi calls a wardrobe.
No single part of her arguments for this man made even a little bit of sense and were ultimately just ignorant. Sherri Sheppard points out a quote from a friend of Polanksi's stating "Millions and millions of people love his work, he's a brilliant guy, and he made a little mistake 32 years ago" and questions whether anyone would be trying to defend him is he wasn't famous. OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T.
Reality check folks: raping a child is not a "LITTLE MISTAKE" just because you're famous. A little mistake is something like that atrocity Whoopi calls a wardrobe.
