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Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends
The Nation ^ | October 01, 2009 | Katha Pollitt

Posted on 10/01/2009 5:52:32 PM PDT by RobinMasters

If a rapist escapes justice for long enough, should the world hand him a get-out-of-jail-free card? If you're Roman Polanski, world-famous director, a lot of famous and gifted people think the answer is yes. Polanski, who drugged and anally raped a thirteen-year-old girl in 1977 in Los Angeles, pled guilty to the lesser charge of unlawful sex with a minor and fled to Europe before sentencing.

Now, 32 years later, he's been arrested in Switzerland on his way to the Zurich film Festival, prompting outrage from international culture stars: Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodavar, Woody Allen (insert your own joke here), Isabelle Huppert, Diane von Furstenberg and many, many more. Bernard-Henri Levy, who's taken a leading role in rounding up support, has said that Polanski "perhaps had committed a youthful error " (he was 43). Debra Winger, president of the Zurich Film Festival jury, wearing a red "Free Polanski" badge, called the Swiss authorities action "philistine collusion."

Frederic Mitterand, the French cultural minister, said it showed "the scary side of America" and described Polanski as "thrown to the lions because of ancient history." French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Doctors Without Borders, called the whole thing "sinister."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofdeath; doctors; drswithoutborders; evilpeople; pervertpower; perverts; withoutborders
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That would be funny-funny, if it weren't so true-true.
1 posted on 10/01/2009 5:52:33 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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Ping.


2 posted on 10/01/2009 5:52:55 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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Here’s a question for you hollywood wierdos. How many other 13 year olds did he rape? Was one of them your daughter? Do you even care??


3 posted on 10/01/2009 5:55:29 PM PDT by taillightchaser (When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
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Okay, not all liberals are defending the pervert. Good for them.


4 posted on 10/01/2009 5:56:48 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: taillightchaser

5 posted on 10/01/2009 5:57:25 PM PDT by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

Isn’t it interesting that the rich always have a lot of “friends.”


6 posted on 10/01/2009 5:58:10 PM PDT by Brilliant
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The end of the world must be near if the nation published something I agree with.


7 posted on 10/01/2009 5:58:15 PM PDT by gthog61
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To: RobinMasters

This is probably the first time I’ve ever agreed with Katha Pollitt about anything.

My life these days is one minor shock after another. :D


8 posted on 10/01/2009 5:58:52 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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Polanski ... drugged and anally raped a thirteen-year-old girl in 1977 ... pled guilty to the lesser charge of unlawful sex with a minor and fled to Europe before sentencing ... Bernard-Henri Levy ... said that Polanski "perhaps had committed a youthful error "

Amazing. I know from personal experience what youthful errors are, and his actions were not an "error". They were an intentional and selfish choice to follow evil and harm a young child.

9 posted on 10/01/2009 6:01:55 PM PDT by TurtleUp ([...Insert today's quote from Community-Organizer-in-Chief...] - Obama, YOU LIE!)
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Terrific.


10 posted on 10/01/2009 6:05:32 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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To: TurtleUp

Very well put.

I am also getting tired of hearing Polanski “had sex “ with this child. No! he raped the child. Having sex with someone implies consent...not repeated sexual acts when the person says “Take me home” repeatedly.


11 posted on 10/01/2009 6:07:19 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends

My hope is that he gets to meet these kinds of "friends":




Waitin' fo yo Mr. Polanski!

12 posted on 10/01/2009 6:11:45 PM PDT by meandog (GWB IS the reason for BHO!)
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So 43 is youthful, He’s evaded justice for 32 years and the idiots defend him! If he came from a trailer park and committee the same crime they would sip their wine and say off with his head!


13 posted on 10/01/2009 6:13:15 PM PDT by thomas16
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Frederic Mitterand, the French cultural minister, said it showed “the scary side of America” and described Polanski as “thrown to the lions because of ancient history.”

And the French were concerned with the ancient history of Klaus Barbie for what reason????


14 posted on 10/01/2009 6:15:05 PM PDT by DMZFrank
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>"thrown to the lions because of ancient history."

You mean like 89 year old John Demjanjuk? He was already tried in Israel, now Germany gets to take their shot at him.

If only Demjanjuk knew 'all the right people' the MSM would be screaming DOUBLE JEOPARDY like howler monkeys on crack.

At least the l'affair Polanski has forced members of the liberal secular elite pro-rapist crowd to self-identify. Makes it easier to take names and make lists....

15 posted on 10/01/2009 6:20:09 PM PDT by Palin Republic (Palin - Bachmann 2012 : Girl Power!)
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Debra Winger, president of the Zurich Film Festival jury, wearing a red “Free Polanski” badge, called the Swiss authorities action “philistine collusion.”

Look for Goliath’s people to protest the comparison to Polanski as a philistine.

And BTW, does Debra Winger still count?


16 posted on 10/01/2009 6:20:51 PM PDT by Sir Clancelot
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To: RobinMasters
If a rapist escapes justice for long enough, should the world hand him a get-out-of-jail-free card? If you're Roman Polanski, world-famous director, a lot of famous and gifted people think the answer is yes.

Should say "a lot of famous and gifted people ALL OF WHOM ARE LIBERALS think the answer is yes."

17 posted on 10/01/2009 6:21:19 PM PDT by TChad
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If fate had played out differently, and Roman Polanski had given a Quaalude to (for example) six year old Barack Hussein 0bama before raping him anally, each and every one of these Polanski-apologists would be screaming for *JUSTICE*!!!!
18 posted on 10/01/2009 6:24:39 PM PDT by mkjessup
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Did John Evander Couey has an opportunity to sign the petition to free Polanski before he died?


19 posted on 10/01/2009 6:33:15 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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Debra Winger, president of the Zurich Film Festival jury, wearing a red "Free Polanski" badge,

Dumb C*nt doesn't even realize that the little twit plead guilty.....these clowns just can't help themselves - they're "artists".

20 posted on 10/01/2009 6:35:39 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Mmm mmm mmm - Barack Hussein Obama (repeat endlessly))
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