Roman Polanski

[Sqad]

Over 30yrs ago a man of 45 yrs of age had intercourse with a girl of 13 yrs of age.

Now:
Man is 75 yrs old.
Victim is 35yrs old
Victim's mother was at the party and doesn't want the incident bringing up again.
Victim never considered it a "big deal" and wants the whole matter left well alone.

The US Government want to have him extradited and brought to trial.

What is the point I ask?

[dothawkes31]

i don't think so peri, apparently i have a calcium stone in the saliva gladn running laterally in my cheek, it's a common thing, but i'd never heard of it!!!! I have to drink plenty of water to help it work out, but it's not helping i don't think.

[pericat]

Well the water will do you good anyway but a bit of vodka might just scare it away !!

[Sqad]

dot....rubbish....you need it removing surgically....no big deal.

[dothawkes31]

well i saw my GP sQAd and he said try the water for a few weeks and then if it stayed i should go back and see him. my dentist said i should ask to be referre3d too, so i will sort it out, just been so distracted with getting back to work.

[Sqad]

dot....if it is in the Parotid duct (face swells up when you eat) it can be removed under local anaesthesia through the mouth.

If it is in the Submandibular duct (swelling under the lower jaw when you eat) then it may have to be removed via a small neck incision.

[dothawkes31]

I think it is in the higher one that feels as though it is parallel to the teeth and falls bwteen the bottom row and the top row, the actual lump does seem to have more or less gone actually but the i can feel the line of the duct, it's no longer sore when i touch it with my tongue though......lol i feel like i am at the docs!!!

[Sqad]

dot...it is a Parotid stone.......no big deal.

[dothawkes31]

ok thanks, i'll nip and see the doc in a week if there is still this stretching sensation in the cheek. thanks x

[sara3]

Polanski raped a 13 yr old. it's not about her mother, or why she was doing anything at a party. she was 13 and below the age of consent,

do we say war criminals can be let off because they say sorry and anyway, all the victims are dead?

he's a paedophile and it's time for him to do the time for his crime.

[Sqad]

sara...that would almost certainly mean a new trial and the victim does not want to press charges, plus the fact that she is now married and has three children.

Would you put her, her husband and the children through the inevitable media publicity? She doesn't want this.

[sara3]

as a rape victim she would have the right to remain anonymous. she wouldn't have to give evidence if he pleads guilty.

I'm pleased if she's made a new life for herself. some child rape victims never get over it.

[ummmm]

Dot....I've got one. I was always told that it was a 'stone in my saliva gland'

We thought I got it when I fell over at the age of 3 and smashed my face on the corner of a concrete step. It wasn't until I was in my late 20's that the dentist told me that wasn't true. That must have been the time they felt it. Mine grows or swells up every now and then and I stuggle with certain foods. The dentist tried to get me to have it taken out......I refused.

[smudge]

Does anyone remember the film 'Repulsion', directed by Roman Polanski? We went to see it in the mid 60's & it was an extremely weird film!

[smudge]

sara - you've posted what I was thinking.

[Sqad]

sara....how can she remain anonymous, the whole world and his uncle knows about it?

[smudge]

That's what I was referring to in my earlier post mel0ns. One never knows!

[sara3]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8279466.stm

the trial is done. he just needs sentencing.

[smudge]

Yeah, I particularly liked this bit sara:

'He added that the 76-year-old was "shocked and dumbfounded" by his arrest three days ago.'

I bet he left the young girl 'shocked & dumbfounded' too!!!!