NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A “SITUATION”!

LOVE Skins! Skins, The IT Crowd, The Inbetweeners,Nighty Night, Peep Show… they all need a seat at the Videogum table.

From Wikipedia:

“In a 2003 interview, Samantha Geimer said, “Straight up, what he did to me was wrong. But I wish he would return to America so the whole ordeal can be put to rest for both of us.” Furthermore, “I’m sure if he could go back, he wouldn’t do it again. He made a terrible mistake but he’s paid for it.” In 2008, Geimer stated in an interview that she wishes Polanski would be forgiven, “I think he’s sorry, I think he knows it was wrong. I don’t think he’s a danger to society. I don’t think he needs to be locked up forever and no one has ever come out ever ? besides me ? and accused him of anything. It was 30 years ago now. It’s an unpleasant memory … (but) I can live with it.”

Gabe: Yes, what he did was bad, and wrong, and harmful. But if even the girl he raped can find a sliver of compassion for Polanski, maybe you can too? People do terrible things, but people are also able to move past them, pay for them, learn from them, and move on as better human beings. I understand that you want to make a strong moral stance against rape, which is admirable, but the lives of ex-offenders are no picnic, in large part as a result of people who believe they are taking a moral high-ground. If you are going to have compassion for humanity, allow that to encompass even people who do bad, wrong, harmful, and terrible things.

THAT BEING SAID, this does not apply to anyone else on the list. They’re pretty much awful human beings.