He definitely didn't deserve to be presumed a pedophile, but I don't know that I would go so far as to say he was for sure 100% innocent.

And as someone who never really liked the guy and only really liked a few of his songs, I'm far from just a fan throwing blind support for the guy.

@mafoo,

Being labeled a pedophile can ruin someone's life and you really need to be damn sure before you go tossing the label around.  There was never any hard evidence in Jackson's case but Polanski flat out admits to it.  So they are different cases entirely and honestly bringing up the Jackson case just dilutes the discussion and detracts from it rather than actually making a point like you were trying to do.

You're much better off just making your case about Polanski directly imho.

I'm not the biggest fan of Michael Jackson either. I just find it annoying that people keep calling him a pedophile.

Well, when little boys can describe your penis to detail, I find it hard to think none of them ever saw it.

And while I think Roman Polanski needs to go to jail for what he did, I would not call him a pedophile. Here is a picture of him with the girl he raped, around the time he raped her.

She looks just like Natalie Portman when she was 25. Does it make you a pedophile to want to have sex with Natalie Portman because she looks like a 13 year old?

200 years ago it was common place to be married and sexual active at 13-14. Today, your considered an outcast to humanity of you do it.

Why I think it's disgusting, and something no one should do, and the things he did diverse jail time, I would not call him a pedophile for it. A rapist, yes.

hundreds of millions of people wanted to fuck Britney Spears when she was 15. Doesn't make them all pedophiles.

EDIT: you look at this photo of a 15 year old Spears and think anything sexual, your a pedophile. Go turn yourself in.

I bet you think OJ didn't kill his wife either :-p

(NOTE-- I don't care about what MJ was one way or the other, just felt like piping up since this topic keeps appearing on my hot topics)

Yeah everybody misuses the term pedophile pretty terribly. Technically he would definitely fit more under the term ephebophile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia

Ok, now Im gonna say the truth about the world, women at 16-17 are in the prime of their beauty. One thing is what the law says and the other what reality and nature does xD

Mildly on topic, you guys know the legendary song Girl from Ipanema?

It's 'bout a 15 year old.

he should serve the time for the crime, fame has nothing to do with it