Exactly. “I’m not telling you what to do with your own money” – It’s an important distinction that is all too often missed when people share their point of view, speaking generally of course.

Within reason, I don’t project my morals on others. For example, I don’t litter, but because someone else litters doesn’t mean I immediately hate them, I just disagree. But, it’s only my responsibility to do what’s right for me, not dictate others.

When people have two apposing views, it doesn’t automatically mean that one view must be wrong and one must be right. Like John said, “Just a personal choice.” and I respect his opinion and reasoning.

“I won’t.” isn’t the same as “You can’t.”

Do I like Rosemary’s Baby? Yes, I do. The same way I like Jeepers Creepers. Do I support or care for Roman Polanski? No I do not. Again, not about the movies, it’s about the people. I’ll never say I dislike Jeepers Creepers, since that’d be untrue, all I’m saying is that now that I’m aware of what Salva did, I have personally chosen to no longer support his films. That’s all. Just a personal choice.

Along this line of thinking, it would be more evil to buy an Apple product than to buy this movie. Apple is affiliated with not only the suffering of just one, but the suffering and death of many. Granted, it’s easier to demonize specific and direct grotesque acts than to look at the wide scale effects of evil caused just by the neglect of corporations.

There are those that refuse to shop at Walmart, buy Apple products, buy or eat anything that’s come from an animal and so on and so on. I mean, I’m sure some people have to maintain lists of where it’s safe to even go and where it’s safe to buy from. And even so, even places on so-called safe-lists, all that means is that something unsavory just hasn’t been discovered about them yet.

Hell, even participating in the monetary system at all, is an act of evil. Money is evil, money causes divorce, crime and violence, that’s a statistical fact.

Where does it end? If you look hard enough, there’s probably an “evil” producer, writer, director, actor, whatever attached to every film ever made, even the ones we love most. A lot of people think Hollywood as a whole IS pure evil.

I enjoy Roman Polanski’s films and I don’t feel guilty about that, and he fled the country over almost the exact same thing.

I’ve seen too much of our biased media news, legal system, social stupidity, political correctness, people spreading false rumors, to take anything at face value. I’m not interested in celebrity gossip, I don’t know these people in real life and it’s none of my business.

I’m not defending Victor Salva, but I’ve never even met the guy, nor do I know anything about him whatsoever first-hand. What he has or hasn’t done isn’t really even appropriate for me to judge. It’s not my place to defend or forgive the man.

Of course, I don’t condone the harm of an innocent, no matter what the context, but I’m also not concerned with the fact that just because Jeepers Creepers is one of my favorites and that I’ll definitely be seeing Jeepers Creepers 3, that that in some way means I support raping people, that’s a straw man argument.

With all that said, we do as individuals, manifest negative experiences and associations with things over time. There are websites and services that I refuse to use, places I refuse to go, products I refuse to buy etc, but based on personal experiences, not other people’s experiences.

Whatever your personal views, any article that makes you think is a good article. Thanks John.