The Swiss appear to be caving to the demands of award wining director and convicted child rapist Roman Polanski. While he awaits extradition to the United States for drugging and then raping a 13-year old girl in 1977, he will be allowed to post bail of 4.5 million Swiss francs ($4.49 million U.S.) and stay under house arrest in his chalet in the resort of Gstaad.
The Swiss have to know that the chances of him staying in his chalet while he awaits extradition is zero. He ran from justice once before and he will run from justice once again. It’s what he does.
The only thing I hate more than Roman Polanski are the people in the entertainment industry that defend Polanski because, well, he’s a good movie director. As if that fact could negate what he did in 1977. If there was anything we should all agree on, you’d think it would be that a 44-year old man drugging a 13-year old girl so that he could sodomize her, is wrong. That whoever did something like this should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
It seems insane to me that people can disagree on this.
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I’m sure the Catholic Church would welcome him with open arms. I mean, isn’t raping children one of their specialties.
God Bless America, land of the the morally corrupt! We’ve got all the greedy, rapists, and religious wrapped into one!
@Ryan: I think that’s an negative stereotype. Most Catholic priests are good people that do good work. They sacrifice a lot and get little in return.
I thought Catholic priests got a guaranteed trip to Heaven in return?
@Lee B.: Yeah, but it’s not like they’re living in luxury here on Earth. They do get to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, so maybe it’s not that bad.
Good people.
“Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland’s government concluded Thursday.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ireland_catholic_abuse
@Ryan: I just don’t see how it makes sense to judge a large group of people by the actions of a small few. The vast majority of Catholic priests are not pedophiles, much like the vast majority of Muslims aren’t terrorists.
@Rick: I think the fear (speaking only for me) is that just like with terrorists, perverted teachers or scout leaders- the numbers of people in these positions committing the abuses that we know about may just be the tip of the iceberg.
@Lee B.: I hear ya, but I think it’s important to not judge an entire group of people by the bad acts of a tiny few.
Except of course when it comes to Jimmy Buffet fans.