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Originally Posted by Dottore
Thank you for the first rational response here.
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This is a subject that elicits a lot of emotional responses and not much rational thought, hence the hysteria, name calling and venomous rhetoric. Too bad, the subject deserves a rational discussion.
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And bear in mind Polanski did plead guilty to sex with a minor. And had a plea deal. And spent time in prison. And then a corrupt judge decided to reneg on the deal for his own aggrandizement because he sensed a media spectacle. That's when things went downhill, and Polanski took the only rational option open to him and fled the country. I mean you'd have to be a very highly principled idiot to subject yourself to a complete kangaroo court when there is so much at stake.
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He didn't spend much time in jail and he's no better than the rest of us who are subjected to our flawed court system but don't have the resources to flee. I think the rational, legal, and moral course would have been to stay and fight the courts like the rest of would have had to.