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> On Sep 29, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
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> There's nothing so-called about it. Polanski pleaded guilty and the facts
>> are hardly in dispute.
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> I don't get the cultural elite's reaction. So it's not under dispute that
> the guy drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl, right? Call me a hardass, but
> that sort of thing deserves some serious time. Running off to Paris for 35
> years is hardly a substitute. Am I wrong?
> Doug
The only counterargument I can think of is that the victim apparently considers any further engagement with the matter traumatic. But it's an outrage against common security, not a tort. This is the whole reason we have the state engaging in retribution in the first place. Lock him up; the only miscarriage of justice here is that he got to have an acclaimed and prosperous career for all these decades.