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Old 10-06-2009, 09:26 AM   #11
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The list of supporters giving Polanski their impassioned support read like a Who's Who of the cream of the movie-making world. It included, among many others, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Harvey Weinstein, Pedro Almodóvar and Ethan Coen.
I shouldn't, but whenever I see celebrities supporting a criminal it makes me think of the Norman Mailer/Jack Henry Abbott disaster. I don't think much of the opinions of most celebrities.
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Old 10-06-2009, 09:30 AM   #12
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didn't woody allen marry his 16 year old adopted daughter? Of course he is going to support this shit.
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Old 10-06-2009, 09:33 AM   #13
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There are times when you have to consider the welfare of the individual over retribution, or demonstrative justice by The State.

If you'll stop the pile-on for 10 seconds to re-read my original post on the subject, you'll see that I "question" the automatic assumption that he should be brought back to face his sentence, in this specific instance.
When someone who fled American jurisdiction to escape prosecution or sentencing is captured in a country with which America has an extradition treaty I would hope there is an automatic assumption they be brought back. It is not the State Department's job to decide outcomes for criminals. That job is for the courts.
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Old 10-06-2009, 10:12 AM   #14
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And he should have been extradited back then, but he wasn't. Whose fault was that; the victim's?

Hell, this case dates back to when I was in high school.
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Old 10-06-2009, 10:20 AM   #15
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I don't think much of the opinions of most celebrities.
Me either
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Old 10-06-2009, 10:44 AM   #16
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And he should have been extradited back then, but he wasn't. Whose fault was that; the victim's?

Hell, this case dates back to when I was in high school.
Both Poland and France refused to arrest him for extradition. Should he be rewarded because he avoided countries that may have arrested him for extradition for a long time? I don't really understand what you would expect the American government to do?
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Both Poland and France refused to arrest him for extradition. Should he be rewarded because he avoided countries that may have arrested him for extradition for a long time? I don't really understand what you would expect the American government to do?
All of this debate as if I made an absolute claim, because I QUESTION an automatic assumption? Jeez.
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Old 10-06-2009, 10:54 AM   #18
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He admitted guilt then fled.


What don't you agree with???
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Old 10-06-2009, 11:01 AM   #19
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The girl also doesn't care because she settled out of court for an undisclosed settlement. She got paid and might have signed something where she couldn't publicly call for this man to burn.
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Old 10-06-2009, 11:10 AM   #20
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All of this debate as if I made an absolute claim, because I QUESTION an automatic assumption? Jeez.
I know you didn't make an absolute claim, but your question leaves one as the only alternative. If America decides not to extradite Polanski all that is left is to release him. That begs another question. Should Polanski be rewarded for remaining a fugitive for so long?
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