of course. . . because as moral as I am, a good killing is in order here. We should just kill everyone who we think breaks the law. Revenge means justice.

ThackerAgency on September 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM

Right on!
Let God sort ‘em out afterwards.
Or Gaia.
Or Obama.
Whatever.

On a happy note, Bank of America has severed its ties with ACORN.

txag92 on September 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM

On that note, I wonder if/when BofA is going to reissue their current ad campaign/s? They’re using the same graphic black-and-white type poster style that was deployed by the Obama/ACORN Left to harass Tea Parties. Not a coincidence.

Same graphics, same style, same typeface and designs, BofA’s broadcast ad campaign and those Leftwing pre-prepared signs the Leftists were carrying when they showed up at Tea Parties to harass Americans.

He’s done the crime. Now he needs to do the time.

unclesmrgol on September 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM

With a new best friend–his 6′5″, 290 lb cellmate.

BuckeyeSam on September 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Polansky’s gonna’ have problems, no doubt about it, in prison. Pedophiles in prison…grim.

He should have thought of that before he raped this girl. I wonder if there are other victims, because people who go to those extremes rarely do it “only” once.

As Roger Simon notes, the idea that Polanski didn’t know of the victim’s true age doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, since he had to get her mother’s permission for the photo shoot. Applebaum also neglects to mention that Polanski drugged her with a Quaalude and champagne, forcibly had sexual intercourse, and then sodomized her afterward. Polanski negotiated the charge down to statutory rape rather than actual rape, but the actual facts show that this was not a case of an older man with poor eyesight and judgment.

Well, Polansky’s entirely a scumbag cockroach and I’m not going to ever watch any of his films again. Disgusting pondscum inhuman lump of snot.

Sad

Rape a girl:

You’re the man

Kill a terrorist:

You hate black people or something

blatantblue on September 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM

Yeah, it really is sad and it’s the way you just summarized, unfortunately, it really is: some sort of re-emerging disappearance of qualities that have made our species human, just disappearing…

Yes, he’s a great film director. But great film director’s violate the boundaries of others just like any human being can and some do. His creative and technical talent do not excuse his criminal behavior, to put it simply.

Polanski’s crime — statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl — was committed in 1977. The girl, now 45, has said more than once that she forgives him, that she can live with the memory, that she does not want him to be put back in court or in jail, and that a new trial will hurt her husband and children. There is evidence of judicial misconduct in the original trial. There is evidence that Polanski did not know her real age.

All of that, outrageous CRAP.

It’s entirely UNBELIEVABLE that Polansky “did not know her real age” — in fact, ludicrous to even suggest as much.

That the victim’s “long since forgiven (Polanksy)” is also ridiculous in a criminal context. As in, so what, does not remove the crime committed by Polanksi.

And victims of sexual crime (and the rest) oftentimes DO “forgive” the perpetrators, because some people need to move on with their lives and forgiving awful deeds done to self or loved ones is the only way to do that; eventually, you have to let go of the suffering involved and come to some place of acceptance and “forgiveness” in order to both forget the pain involved and to avoid acting out on that pain against others.

But it has nothing to do with the responsibilities of the perpetrator, whose deed/s remain before society as to be judged based upon those deed/s.

This lady’s (WAPO writer’s, Anne Applebaum’s) mentality is disturbed.

Some excellent points made here in this article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/sep/28/roman-polanski-arrest-hollywood

Anders on September 28, 2009 at 6:31 PM

No, just the same old refuted excuses by you pro kiddie rapists.

Castrate and cut off the primary member then let him go. A little Muslim justice…/s

wepeople on September 28, 2009 at 6:36 PM

Muslim justice in this case is let the man pay the girls family a small price and stone the girl.

Don’t rule out Ahrnold simply pardoning him either.

Rocks on September 28, 2009 at 2:35 PM

No way; even Arnold isn’t THAT stupid…

How dare the justice system pursue a cretin who drugged and then used force to vaginally and anally rape a child, admitted his guilt, and then fled to avoid justice! Let there be no doubt about what he did to……

“OK lads, the ball’s in your court. Let’s see how YOU define the rule of law.”

HAH!

potkas7 on September 28, 2009 at 1:16 PM

potkas you’re so right!! The comment was that this is payback for US demanding Swiss bank accounts.
Polanski was arrested on an international warrant. He had been a frequent visitor and even owned a resort chalet. A lawyer wondered how this could happen.
Love it when Bambi &c get some payback.

Flying Royal Scots

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/sep/28/roman-polanski-arrest-hollywood

Mark30339 on September 28, 2009 at 5:17 PM

Mark, I’m going to assume you’re a decent fellow.

Did you ever, in your wildest dreams, think you’d ever be pleading for mercy for a child rapist and casting aspersions on those calling for justice to be served?

If not, try divorcing your politics from your passioned pleas: you’ll be able to see more clearly.

though not nearly as bizarre as the fact that a U.S. judge wants to keep pursuing this case after so many decades.

The Judge in the original case is dead. No judge is “pursuing this.”

This was pushed, if you will, by the LA prosecutor.

Also, we have the fact of a fugitive on the loose.

That’s an additional criminal act.

How many crimes does one get to commit because you make great films? Is there a limit? After 3 you’re arrested? 10?
50?

Ed doesn’t dispute that Polanski appears to have been a model citizen since the 1977

According to stories I’ve read (yes, shaky sourcing), Polanski was known to be cheating on Sharon Tate at the time of her murder.

Moreover, as others have noted, when he fled to France he later started an “affair” with the then 15-year old Natassja Kinski.

I’d say having sex with a 15 year old girl when Polanski was about 48 is not evidence of someone behaving like a “model citizen.”

Puritan moralist that I am.