Polanski Loses Support From Poland

GlobalPost:

WARSAW, Poland -- When Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss authorities on a 32-year-old rape charge, the first reaction of many Poles was to immediately leap to his defense, but in recent days a counter-reaction has begun to set in that is much less favorable to the respected director.

Polanski's detention caused a major stir in Poland, where it has dominated newspapers and television. Although Polanski -- of Polish-Jewish background and a Holocaust survivor -- left communist Poland in the 1960s, he is still seen as one of the country's major cultural figures.

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Comments

[Pancake]

11:22 PM on 10/28/2009

He is supported by poles?

[Pem3]

11:00 PM on 10/27/2009

They do not seem to like my letters I am typing on this subject I am impassioned on the child subject and it is hard to control the fingers.

[roshni]

12:43 AM on 10/23/2009

Polanski portrayed himself and this wronged sad poet and created a lot of sympathy for himself. Now that the details of his crime and emerging, people are beginning to see him for who he really is - an entitled child rap.ist who thinks he is above the law.

[cbvani]

04:24 PM on 10/22/2009

try him in poland. i like what they do to pedophiles there.

[Freenation]

04:04 PM on 10/03/2009

jail time for pervert and same for all the defenders...

[Academic]

05:20 AM on 10/03/2009

What sickening double standards. Were this man an ordinary John Doe would these so-called pillars of society - everyone from the French and polish government to the Hollywood celebrities" be treating what he did with such equanimity?

I don't think so, even though I think the issue of the warrant now has an air of stinking hypocrisy and political motivation behind it.

Professor Dr. Collymore.

[oakley9]

02:55 AM on 10/03/2009

Now please.... can we go after busheney?

[JShankel]

01:13 PM on 10/03/2009

Careful: we only get one bite at that apple. We can't just have a case. We need a case-case.

[AN2009]

01:34 AM on 10/03/2009

"For one thing, the overt support of Polanski did not mesh with parliament's recent decision to approve chemical castration for pedophiles, making Poland the toughest European country on sexual offenders."

I get the feeling those Los Angeles prosecutors would now rather have Roman Polanski sentenced in Poland.

[roshni]

12:44 AM on 10/23/2009

Fine with me.

[Pem3]

10:52 PM on 10/27/2009

What ever happened to using a claw hammer turned around, I have one to donate to the cause. Hell I'll borrow the money to get a box or two.

[mamacat]

12:22 AM on 10/03/2009

If his name was John Doe, there would be no question about whether or not he should be prosecuted. Being a famous personage is not sufficient reason to avoid being charged for serious crimes apparently committed.

[harriettubman]

07:09 PM on 10/02/2009

That's because more details about his seedy behavior with that child has come out. Gloria Allred said he was charged with sodomy; r*pe and a host of other sordid things.

[sexyrexy]

09:32 PM on 10/02/2009

really?? it was pretty out there in late 70's. early 80's.

[fabucat]

05:48 PM on 10/06/2009

You should read the victim's testimony in Michael Jackson case on The Smoking Gun. Yes, I know that MJ never was 'convicted.'

Polanski must face legal consequences, but I fear that he will be the repository of everyone's experiences with rape and sexual harassment. If Roman Polanski dies in jail, will that cure our culture's constant sexualization of underaged girls?

[martina1965]

04:29 PM on 10/02/2009

It only proves once again that, unfortunately for Polanski, his case becoming highly political and now involves international interests of different countries. It is very unlikely now that he will receive a fair and reasonable treatment. Too bad.

[bermanator]

05:05 PM on 10/02/2009

He deserves to be in prison for the rest of his life, who cares?

[martina1965]

07:01 PM on 10/02/2009

I care. And it is not up to you to decide what he deserves.

[piul05]

07:17 PM on 10/02/2009

It only proves that people jumped the gun when they came to his defense. Some didn't know the particulars of this story and decided to make it a political issue; others thought that his fame, talent and wealth trumped justice.

Well, it backfired; the combination of both the Internet and the fact that the records are now in the public domain meant that people who previously had only overheard the story now knew its sordid details.

And they are rightly appalled that he was able to live such a charmed life having committed such a heinous crime.

In fact, the only reason he was able to do so is because he received a PREFERENTIAL treatment that would not have been dispensed to the average Tom, Dick or Harry.

He should count his innings, really.

[sexyrexy]

09:34 PM on 10/02/2009

it is a political issue. why they only nabbed him now instead of then.