[Rick Lee]

Dottore, we can all agree that our justice system has little to do with justice. In fact, it's right about as often and for the same reasons as a broken clock. But that's just all the more reason an adult, especially a well-traveled one like Polanski, should have known to not engage in such behavior with a young lady whose age was even remotely in doubt. I certainly won't defend the judge or DA in this case, and I might have also fled, were I Polanski. But I know I'd have not done what he did to get myself into trouble in the first place.

Debate and decry the law and culture in the US all you want. But messing with borderline or blatantly underage ladies is something any rational man should know not to do. Even if I leaned that way in my own country, I'd be extra careful when choosing partners in foreign countries. If Polanski is getting a raw deal, it's still a result of his own piss poor judgment.