Originally written by Jacek K. on October 5, 2009 8:33 PM Dura lex sed lex...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/08/sex_scandals/

Polanski's a one-dimensional villain to almost everybody except his 1977 victim, now a 45-year-old mother of three who's forgiven him. She thinks even the seven weeks he served undergoing psychiatric evaluation were excessive. Samantha Geimer has long argued that charges should be dropped.

Should her wishes be honored? Not necessarily. However, it also shouldn't be forbidden to wonder why she thinks that way. Wasn't her life irretrievably ruined by the famous director's crime? Evidently, Geimer doesn't think so.

I don't think he is necessarily a one-dimensional villain. he did a bad thing and he should pay for it somehow. Yes, I think he should be sentenced, but before deciding what sentence he should get, they should take into consideration all factors. Unfortunately in such cases, it could be a long sentence. Unfortunately, for him. 

Originally written by Jacek K. on August 26, 2009 9:09 PM And here is The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad, unveiled and depicted (14th c.)!  http://www.lacma.org/khan/4/popup3.htm

In the past, and still today, pictures of the Prophet Muhammad have been produced, and are still produced, by Muslim artists for Muslim patrons. How do these images fit with the presumed existence within the Islamic world of a doctrine prohibiting all representations of living beings?

http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/seeing-and-believing?page=0,1