Why Did Roman Polanski Run Away?

Governments had taken a pass on nabbing Polanski for decades because they have nothing to gain for doing so but a thousand headaches. I don't know how far up the chain of command the decision to take him went, but someone higher should have called it off, told Polanski not to come if need be. If there was no planning, if some rouge agent decided to make the collar, the central government is still at fault, for not being aware the Polanski was coming and taking steps to avoid needing to take possession of him.

This is not a riposte to any exact post. But, O'Bill...
I often agree with you on this and that, at least at first. But you get into bludgeoning in a way that makes me look at you.

On Polanski - having been raped myself and said no and no and no and no to no avail, and dealt with the circumstances, I've no favor for even zonko'd rapists.
I'm assuming Polanski was a clever **** to a maleable young girl, or perhaps she was fully recalcitrant.

But.. I see your vitriol to him as just about drooling.

I'd be glad to see Polanski stand up in court.
I don't know about punishment, that's another story.

Blocher said, adding that's why a warning might have been better: "Then we would have been spared this whole mess."

Yes, I want rapists punished and I don't want people with extraordinary means to be above rape laws. Your attempt to impugn the victim with your apologist stance above is obscene.

Do you even bother to look at evidence that does not go your way??

We have the former Swiss Justice Minister

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Blocher said, adding that's why a warning might have been better: "Then we would have been spared this whole mess."

See my post on the last page for more education, should you happen to be teachable.

eh?

impugn the victim? the victim said no, repeatedly, I gather. That is all that matters, 13 or 83.

I'm assuming Polanski was a clever **** to a maleable young girl, or perhaps she was fully recalcitrant.

Bill, you are doing a prince thing and for some of us who have been actually raped, it is damned annoying.

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Yes, I want rapists punished and I don't want people with extraordinary means to be above rape laws. Your attempt to impugn the victim with your apologist stance above is obscene.

we did not just fall off of the turnip truck, you have personal baggage on this subject, we just don't know the exact nature of it. Did you rape some girl as a teen? Want to but feel guilty? Were you the victim of sexual taunting by the other boys in middle school? Why don't you fill us in so that we can know where all of this hate comes from.

It is not only these rape threads where you show yourself, you said several times that you could not stand guys being guys at your failed bar, that you would not tolerate them mashing on your waitresses. I assume that you would not let them flirt with the customers either, considering the business how was that ever going to work for you? Why do you hate guys so much that you would rather lose money than face up to how you are, why you are the way you are?

please separate my comments from hawk's. I'm just talking - obnoxiously, I'll admit.

You really are demented.
I've known more than a few women who've been raped by scum like you.
The person I love most in this world, among them.
I have zero tolerance for Male idiocy to women or each other
in any and every business I've ever managed. A coward like you
would be tossed in seconds if you weren't content to spread your
filth while cowering behind a fake screen name and a phony avatar.

Do the world a favor and kill yourself.

In Polanski Case, ’70s Culture Collides With Today

Published: October 10, 2009

LOS ANGELES " At the end of “Manhattan,” the celebrated movie romance from 1979, a teenager played by Mariel Hemingway delivers some good news to the 42-year-old television writer, portrayed by Woody Allen, with whom she has had a long-running sexual affair.


“Guess what, I turned 18 the other day,” said Ms. Hemingway, in what was framed as a poignant encounter. “I’m legal, but I’m still a kid.”

That was then.

Roman Polanski’s arrest on Sept. 26 to face a decades-old charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl stirred global furor over both Mr. Polanski’s original misdeed and the way the authorities have handled it " along with some sharp reminders that, when it comes to adult sex with the under age, things have changed.

Manners, mores and law enforcement have become far less forgiving of sex crimes involving minors in the 31 years since Mr. Polanski was charged with both rape and sodomy involving drugs. He fled rather than face what was to have been a 48-day sentence after he pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor.

But if he is extradited from Switzerland, Mr. Polanski could face a more severe punishment than he did in the 1970s, as a vigorous victims’ rights movement, a family-values revival and revelations of child abuse by clergy members have all helped change the moral and legal framework regarding sex with the young.