Swiss Refuse to Extradite Roman Polanski

After a ten month house arrest which had much of Hollywood's panties in a wad, the Swiss have decided they will not extradite Roman Polanski. Their rationale is opposition to the "intricacies" of United States extradition law and that Polanski has moved respectfully through Switzerland in the past.

Presumably, the latter rationale means the director has not rugged and anally raped any thirteen year old Swiss girls. Unfortunately, he has done that in the United States ad ought to pay for it. The social contract demads it.

I would speculate the opposition to United States extradition law is European thumbing of their noses at the United States in general. The idea that Polanski has been a model visitor to Switzerland does not say much for them. This is the land of suicide tourism where people can go to take their own lives unhindered by any counseling or sense of morality. To a culture of death, what is the rape of a young child thirty years ago, particularly by such a gifted filmmaker? Obviously, a child’s innocence is inconsequential compared to the immortality of great “art” like Chinatown and Death and the Maiden.

You have to wonder now if more resourceful members of NAMBLa are not considering setting up shop in Switzerland now.