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In reply to the discussion: Why do people keep saying "Mia defended Polanski"? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)and abused and have gone on with their lives with far fewer resources than Dylan has. What they did have was the ability to not allow anything to prevent them from living full lives, a lack of any need for revenge and a real commitment to devoting themselves to those they love rather than to those they hate.
You speak of her as if you know her, so maybe because of that you are more personally concerned.
There are millions of other people right now, who are being seriously abused, traumatized, killed even, and many of them are suffering because of our Government's policies. I feel far more concerned about those people due to the fact that their suffering is directly related to our failure to stop the policies that caused these horrific abuses.
I just can't devote energy to something like this when there is so much more that requires the kind of energy some people are willing to devote to it. Sorry. I read as much as I could about it, found nothing to make me feel I need to get involved, and I'm sure Dylan's book will make a fortune.