I wonder if the Swiss were ever really going to take the US extradition request for Polanski seriously. The movie director wasn't held in prison, you see, but had been released to house arrest in his chalet in Switzerland. Life must be like a game to Polanski. Has he ever paid for this crime?
Clearly, the world is telling us that this lamb sacrificed on the alter of pop creativity is justified. So, of course, let him be released to his chalet. We wouldn't want him to feel discomfort or hang around real criminals. And anything he wants...including more thirteen year old girls, I suppose...can be brought straight to his door. An important man like him should be comfortable.
And he doesn't have to worry about losing this game. His target (the thirteen year old he raped so many years ago) appears not to be important enough for society to bother. Besides, it's her fault for being so gorgeous, anyway. So. She's his 'get out of jail free' card.
Must be nice. I'd say I'd love a 'get out of jail free' card (something that exonerates me from any one specific crime I choose to commit on children) but the thought of it makes me sick.
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