tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post5764453981555502209..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: In which I predict that Philip Roth will come out of retirement to fictionalize Woody Allen's latest troublesPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-63028514492043088902014-02-09T15:35:43.238-05:002014-02-09T15:35:43.238-05:00"The thinking here being that Allen is unscru..."The thinking here being that Allen is unscrupulous enough to molest a young child, but not unscrupulous enough to explicitly lie about it?"<br /><br />Good point.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-23894519391435453172014-02-09T11:36:53.398-05:002014-02-09T11:36:53.398-05:00"One commenter notes the line that jumped out..."One commenter notes the line that jumped out at me as well: "After all, I was a 56-year-old man who had never before (or after) been accused of child molestation." Not accused, not the same as never did it, hmm? ...he doesn't exactly deny ever molesting a child - he more denies ever having been caught." <br /><br />The thinking here being that Allen is unscrupulous enough to molest a young child, but not unscrupulous enough to explicitly lie about it? <br /><br />Wouldn't it feel a bit odd for an innocent person to say, "I have never molested a child"? It would almost feel like admitting guilt, just because, normal people don't need to say such things.caryatisnoreply@blogger.com