Comments on: Whoopi Goldberg on Polanski Crime: “It Wasn’t Rape-Rape”

By: NO_MO_BAMA

NO_MO_BAMA — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:14:11 +0000

TOYS”R”US UNVEILS ANNUAL TOY GUIDE FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED KIDS

With Support from Whoopi Goldberg, 2009 Guide Offers Toy Suggestions and Safe Play Tips for Children with Special Needs

WAYNE, NJ (August 20, 2009) – Toys”R”Us, Inc. today announced the release of the 2009 Toys”R”Us Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids, an easy-to-use toy selection guide that matches specific skill sets with a wide range of everyday playthings. Released annually, this complimentary resource will be available in Toys”R”Us and Babies”R”Us stores nationwide and online, in English and Spanish, at Toysrus.com/DifferentlyAbled. Whoopi Goldberg, mother and grandmother, Oscar®, Tony, GRAMMY® and Emmy® Award-Winner and child advocate, is featured on the cover along with Grace Kurowski, a five-year-old girl from Skillman, NJ.

I’m not into the whole boycott thing but people REALLY need to tell Toy r US what they think of a “child advocate” who thinks
it’s no big deal to forcibly rape a 13 yo CHILD!

For more information please contact:

Toys”R”Us, Inc.
Adrienne Giordano
Phone: (973) 617-4383
Email: Adrienne.Giordano@toysrus.com

Meryl Schrank
Phone: (973) 617-5634
Email: Meryl.schrank@toysrus.com

By: Isaac Pigott

Isaac Pigott — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:41:31 +0000

I wonder if Mel Gibson would have the fraternity of Hollywood directors coming to his defense.

(Although I’m not sure Woody Allen is in a position to criticize Polanski that much…)

By: Seattle Dave

Seattle Dave — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:35:48 +0000

@ Keeva: “Allegedly intelligent”? Who ever alleged THAT?

By: Martiniman

Martiniman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:35:11 +0000

I don’t think anybody has ever mistaken Whoopi for a genius, and this confirms why.

By: Peter W. Davis

Peter W. Davis — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:24:17 +0000

When I was a boy the State of California, along with most other states, still had the death penalty for rape. I am not going to bemoan the passage of lighter sentences since then but I would also not cry too long and loudly if Polanski got extradited to California and got shanked in jail, either.

As for Whoopie, just how MANY times did her Momma drop her on her head when she was a baby?

By: Ben Linus

Ben Linus — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:37:11 +0000

Rape is the worst thing you can do to a woman. I don’t know what the hell is wrong with Whoopi Goldberg, what Polanski did IS the definition of drug-facilitated date rape.
We all know if this was some conservative person, Whoopi wouldn’t be going out of her way to defend him and redefine rape.

By: Jelperman

Jelperman — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:52:11 +0000

Amen to that!

FUCK YOU, WHOOPI GOLDBERG!

By: CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:28:47 +0000

Now if any show needs to be boycotted this is it!!

By: Pam1151

Pam1151 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:54:46 +0000

I totally agree with both of you. I couldn’t believe Whoopie said that. She has daughters and I just can’t believe anyone, let alone someone who has daughters would say this. I don’t watch The View unless there is someone on I want to see but I will bet she will be backpeddleing this soon. I personally think they should put him in jail for the rest of his life. The only one thing I will say is that it was 30 years ago and in those days even the judicial system didn’t really recongnize rape the same way it does today. Many women had to suffer until it became a crime with any kind of substantional punishment. The girl (now grown) says she forgives him but she would have had to deal with it and learn to forgive in order to get through her life in any way with a healthy mind. Having said that, I don’t mean he should be forgiven when it comes to the law. I am glad the laws have changed for the better and bless all of the women that had to go through hell to get it that way.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:18:30 +0000

If drugging and sodomizing a 13-year old girl is not “rape-rape” then what is? I guess it’s only rape if you kill her afterward. That scumbag pleaded guilty to the crime and then left the country. I don’t get how being on the run for 30-years means we should forgive and forget. Hopefully, some prison time will save us from having to endure another shitty movie like “The Pianist”.

By: ChuckfromTacoma

ChuckfromTacoma — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:26:08 +0000

To have a forty something year old man give a thirteen year old child prescription drugs and champagne, and have anal sex with said child while she is semi or unconscious and not acknowledge that it is rape is nearly as repulsive as the crime itself. To have the women of the view protect this piece of slime is unconscionable. How do you tastefully put that the guy ejaculated in the butt of an unconscious 7th grade child? I can’t think of a way, but it has to be known to evaluate the seriousness of his crime.
The man plead guilty to a lessor charge to avoid the embarrassment of trial. Being the wealthy slime that he is, he ran to Europe to live happily ever after. His ego caused him to mess up and go to a jurisdiction where he can be extradited. He is still the rich guy that has the means to fight a prolonged legal battle.
He owes a debt for his evil crime and as Keeva said, Polanski needs to be punished for the rape plus needs to pay for the flight to avoid paying his debt to society.

By: Keeva

Keeva — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:55:32 +0000

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. A group of allegedly intelligent women sitting around grasping to justify drugging and forcibly sodomizing a 13 year old girl, and then further justifying fleeing justice.

To make it worse, they then try to somehow blame the mother in a twisted version of “she was asking for it.” Whoopi Goldberg should be ashamed of herself at the tortured language she used to try to minimize this crime. Aren’t these the same women that lament the treatment of 13 year old girls in third world countries? Apparently, wealth and fame excuse anything in the gospel of Whoopi.

This is never OK. Not 31 years ago, not today, not 31 years from now. Not in the US, Europe or any other civilized part of the world. Polanski needs to be punished as he should have been before he fled the country to avoid paying the penalty for his crimes.

It is a disgrace that the “Hollywood” set has decided to try to defend this disgusting little man. As if all the talent in the world somehow excuses this nauseating crime.

And they wonder why “Hollywood” is so widely disrespected.