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149. Interesting - but is this how racism works?
I posted this thread recently http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... but oddly am not able to reply. Why?

Racism is when someone of a specific ethnicity is handled with kid gloves while others would be handled differently. The Polanski situation is about pure racism.

The select few get immunity while most others would get imprisonment and extradition. There is no other answer why a scum bag such as Roman Polanksi was given immunity for an egregious crime when he has given nothing to society at large. Money and power shouldn't mean immunity.
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  -Switzerland won't extradite Polanski to the U.S. IDemo  Jul-12-10 07:09 AM   #0 
  - So I guess Switzerland is a great place to hide drug money and pedophiles.  marmar   Jul-12-10 07:10 AM   #1 
  - Laundering pedophiles doesn't work  pinboy3niner   Jul-12-10 07:15 AM   #2 
  - Excellent post.......  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:07 AM   #46 
  - Except this wasn't pedophilia, which is a psychiatric condition...  TreasonousBastard   Jul-12-10 07:51 AM   #12 
  - Fine....A great place for hiding men wanted for having illegal sex with minors.  marmar   Jul-12-10 07:57 AM   #14 
  - Please, keep facts out of this  Bragi   Jul-12-10 07:59 AM   #15 
  - He drugged and raped a minor -- how is being against that "self righteous?  LostinVA   Jul-12-10 08:17 AM   #24 
     - No-one is speaking in favour of the crime  Bragi   Jul-12-10 08:32 AM   #34 
        - You are. nt  Romulox   Jul-12-10 09:10 AM   #50 
        - When and where? /nt  Bragi   Jul-12-10 09:11 AM   #53 
           - Throughout this thread.  Romulox   Jul-12-10 09:16 AM   #59 
        - Self delete  LanternWaste   Jul-12-10 01:37 PM   #112 
  - OK........Pederast.  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:10 AM   #49 
  - I imagine for the same reason...  LanternWaste   Jul-12-10 01:38 PM   #113 
  - Tell that to the people involved with the Catholic Church Pedophilia cases.  happyslug   Jul-12-10 02:05 PM   #122 
  - Not just drug money. Corporate money and Nazi money.  onehandle   Jul-12-10 08:17 AM   #23 
     - But the US would never dirty its hands like that, huh, cowboy?  Heidi   Jul-12-10 02:15 PM   #126 
  - Just saw it live on Swiss TV.  Heidi   Jul-12-10 07:19 AM   #3 
  - Good for the Swiss  Bragi   Jul-12-10 07:22 AM   #4 
  - Sorry, no  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 07:31 AM   #5 
  - great point  davidinalameda   Jul-12-10 07:36 AM   #6 
  - Even if she was of the age of consent it was still rape. nt  SunnySong   Jul-12-10 10:29 AM   #88 
     - Since drugs were used  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 01:46 PM   #116 
     - even better point  davidinalameda   Jul-12-10 03:53 PM   #132 
  - Implying that she apparently holds no grievance at this point  Bragi   Jul-12-10 07:38 AM   #7 
  - She isn't the one bringing the charges, the State is  LostinVA   Jul-12-10 08:23 AM   #29 
  - That's not the actual sequence of events that happened.  TheWraith   Jul-12-10 09:42 AM   #76 
  - Show me the law that requires a judge to follow the report?  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 12:03 PM   #105 
  - Such is the peril of plea bargains  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 01:55 PM   #120 
  - Wrong place ... n/t  cosmicone   Jul-12-10 02:30 PM   #129 
  - +1  Mad_Dem_X   Jul-12-10 10:17 AM   #86 
  - Shocked me too  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 01:53 PM   #119 
  - So......  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:16 AM   #58 
  - Exactly!  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 01:58 PM   #121 
  - Hmmmm....  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 01:51 PM   #118 
  - this doesn't have anything to do with a statute of limitations.  harmonicon   Jul-12-10 08:23 AM   #28 
  - Thanks  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:17 AM   #60 
  - i thought that he was  cstanleytech   Jul-12-10 11:38 AM   #100 
  - Read the plea testimony--the judge was crystal clear.  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 12:07 PM   #106 
     - Except  cstanleytech   Jul-12-10 03:56 PM   #133 
        - Here's the bottom line  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 05:15 PM   #142 
        - Maybe, maybe not.  cstanleytech   Jul-12-10 09:50 PM   #150 
           - True, but I still hold  Kelvin Mace   Jul-13-10 07:51 AM   #154 
        - Well, I myself always trust news articles over actual court transcripts.  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 05:39 PM   #143 
           - Actually it could be argued by his lawyers that it "had"  cstanleytech   Jul-12-10 09:53 PM   #151 
  - True  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 01:45 PM   #115 
  - see there was an arrest and conviction statue of limitations never applied  grantcart   Jul-12-10 03:03 PM   #131 
     - Thanks for the clarification  Kelvin Mace   Jul-12-10 04:48 PM   #138 
  - Yes, you he can go around and rape more teenage girls.  Odin2005   Jul-12-10 07:42 AM   #9 
  - Yeah sure, that nails it  Bragi   Jul-12-10 07:48 AM   #11 
     - Your putting "victim" is scare quotes shows how much concern you have for rape victims.  Odin2005   Jul-12-10 08:00 AM   #16 
     - Yeah, right  Bragi   Jul-12-10 08:30 AM   #33 
        - LOL, out justice system is broken because we throw pot smokers in jail.  Odin2005   Jul-12-10 08:35 AM   #36 
        - No one receives "justice"  ProudDad   Jul-13-10 05:58 PM   #164 
        - I would rather be a tea bagger  The Green Manalishi   Jul-12-10 08:56 AM   #41 
        - Hear, hear Bragi...  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:10 AM   #52 
        - So what is your position???  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:24 AM   #64 
        - The rec for his "time" was probation...  Hepburn   Jul-12-10 09:49 AM   #81 
           - Show me where the judge is obliged to follow a probation report reccomendation?  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 11:57 AM   #103 
        - Calling out DU'ers as tea baggers?  Darth_Kitten   Jul-12-10 04:52 PM   #140 
     - You really need to quit putting "victim" in quotes -- she was a victim  LostinVA   Jul-12-10 08:24 AM   #30 
     - Agreed  Bragi   Jul-12-10 09:10 AM   #51 
     - the guy has already been prosecuted.  harmonicon   Jul-12-10 08:25 AM   #31 
     - A "working justice system!"  Bragi   Jul-12-10 08:39 AM   #39 
     - IT IS NOT VENGEANCE.......  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:20 AM   # 
     - Your In-Quotes "VIctim" Was a Scared 13 Year Old Kid  NashVegas   Jul-12-10 10:04 AM   #85 
  - Why is "victim" in quotes -- he drugged and raped her!  LostinVA   Jul-12-10 08:20 AM   #26 
  - Why would anyone have the right?  yava   Jul-12-10 10:15 PM   #152 
     - The problem with our society  Kelvin Mace   Jul-13-10 08:06 AM   #155 
  - "this ancient demeanor"? You must've meant "ancient MISdemeanor", but that, too, is wrong.  Romulox   Jul-12-10 09:05 AM   #44 
  - Couldn't agree more, Bragi, even though  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:07 AM   #45 
  - Right, it's only a raped and sodomized girl.  Darth_Kitten   Jul-12-10 04:55 PM   #141 
  - WHAT ???  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:13 AM   #56 
  - Absolutely. He did ply a 13-year old girl with champagne and Qualudes and anally rape her  Nye Bevan   Jul-12-10 09:38 AM   #72 
  - Yes, we need to remember that. : )  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:43 AM   #77 
  - What is the precise and relevant amount of time after a rape one should "move on?  LanternWaste   Jul-12-10 01:40 PM   #114 
  - Something illegal took place...time doesn't make it vanish n.t  TK421   Jul-12-10 04:41 PM   #137 
  - Let's hear it for child rape?  Darth_Kitten   Jul-12-10 04:51 PM   #139 
  - Yeah, child-rape is soooo not a big deal.  proteus_lives   Jul-12-10 06:35 PM   #145 
  - BOO on Switzerland!  Odin2005   Jul-12-10 07:41 AM   #8 
  - 'The Justice Ministry also said that NATIONAL INTERESTS were taken into consideration...'  onehandle   Jul-12-10 07:48 AM   #10 
  - Here's a possibility  Bragi   Jul-12-10 07:55 AM   #13 
  - Ah, yes, punishing rapists is so cruel, isn't it? /sarcasm  Odin2005   Jul-12-10 08:00 AM   #17 
  - That's not what they said. nt  onehandle   Jul-12-10 08:01 AM   #18 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:08 AM   #47 
  - I don't agree with this decision; however, if some good can come of it,  closeupready   Jul-12-10 09:18 AM   #62 
  - I've seen enough of your anti-Switzerland screeds to take your  Heidi   Jul-12-10 08:03 AM   #19 
  - Switzerland is the world HQ for money-laundering, Nazi gold, and child molesters.  Romulox   Jul-12-10 09:09 AM   #48 
     - I do not for a moment doubt the parts about money-laundering and Nazi gold.  Heidi   Jul-12-10 09:17 AM   #61 
        - As a next door neighbor (in France)  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:49 AM   #80 
           - Harboring a racist who fled after a guilty verdict  DatManFromNawlins   Jul-12-10 10:45 AM   #90 
           - See post N° 35 to get some perspective on  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 11:05 AM   #95 
           - French, are you? Ira Einhorn eliminated any moral superiority  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 11:46 AM   #101 
  - " The Swiss are all about the Swiss. Nobody else counts."  depakid   Jul-12-10 08:06 AM   #20 
     - Exactly. (nt)  Heidi   Jul-12-10 08:07 AM   #21 
  - I don't understand  Bitwit1234   Jul-12-10 08:11 AM   #22 
  - Because he was found guilty  revolution breeze   Jul-12-10 08:19 AM   #25 
  - Because he was sentenced, and then fled  LostinVA   Jul-12-10 08:28 AM   #32 
  - I wouldn't send a dog to a U.S prison  Bragi   Jul-12-10 08:36 AM   #37 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:12 AM   #54 
     - So....you would not send a serial killer to a US prison??  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:38 AM   #73 
     - For kicks, you should read up on the extradition of Charles Ng  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 12:19 PM   #107 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 10:29 AM   #87 
     - Your experience is academic or practical?  LanternWaste   Jul-12-10 02:29 PM   #128 
  - Because some people can't let it go. The victim would rather...  TreasonousBastard   Jul-12-10 08:44 AM   #40 
  - It is JUSTICE, not rage.  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:34 AM   #69 
     - Whose justice? It's become a symbol, with a megaphone, for...  TreasonousBastard   Jul-12-10 09:59 AM   #84 
  - He pleaded guilty......  backtomn   Jul-12-10 09:30 AM   #68 
  - hey Switzerland:  melm00se   Jul-12-10 08:22 AM   #27 
  - Hey America- and Americans- if you care so much about children  depakid   Jul-12-10 09:12 AM   #55 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:26 AM   #65 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:35 AM   #70 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:39 AM   #74 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:44 AM   #78 
              - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:48 AM   #79 
                 - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:54 AM   #83 
                    - Alert! Alert! Alert!  Romulox   Jul-12-10 04:31 PM   #135 
     - Hear, hear depakid.  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:27 AM   #66 
     - Not germane to the discussion at hand  Kelvin Mace   Jul-13-10 07:48 AM   #153 
     - And you know that the posters in favor of extradition  LanternWaste   Jul-13-10 05:46 PM   #159 
  - Americans don't want justice. They want punishment.  go west young man   Jul-12-10 08:35 AM   #35 
  - Very well said! /nt  Bragi   Jul-12-10 08:37 AM   #38 
  - .  t0dd   Jul-12-10 09:01 AM   #42 
  - What are you? Some sort of killjoy?  Heidi   Jul-12-10 09:03 AM   #43 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 09:13 AM   #57 
  - How sadly true, go west...  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:29 AM   #67 
  - Wish you'd start another thread just with this post... n/t  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:42 AM   #75 
  - Dude, it's rare posts like yours that I still read DU. Sometimes a good face-slapping really...  Poll_Blind   Jul-12-10 02:13 PM   #125 
  - So you want a child-rapist to go free?  proteus_lives   Jul-12-10 06:37 PM   #146 
  - Stop making so much sense. We don't allow that here.  Vidar   Jul-13-10 03:43 PM   #157 
  - I wish I'd seem at least a modicum of objectivity in your post...  LanternWaste   Jul-13-10 05:48 PM   #160 
  - Absolutely true!!!  ProudDad   Jul-13-10 06:00 PM   #166 
  - After due consideration and even in the face of  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:20 AM   #63 
  - Hard to know where to begin  AngryAmish   Jul-12-10 09:35 AM   #71 
  - See post N° 35 for rebuttal...  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 09:52 AM   #82 
     - Someone else's slurs against an entire populace aren't a rebuttal.  Heywood J   Jul-12-10 10:36 AM   #89 
        - Whatever...the Swiss have ruled,  Surya Gayatri   Jul-12-10 11:00 AM   #93 
           - Yes, the Swiss have ruled.  Heywood J   Jul-12-10 11:13 AM   #96 
           - "Whatever" the great ending to a coward's missive...  LanternWaste   Jul-13-10 05:50 PM   #162 
  - Yeah right...  The Croquist   Jul-12-10 10:51 AM   #91 
  - Horse-shit!  proteus_lives   Jul-12-10 06:38 PM   #147 
  - Raping a minor should result in the punishment of living in Europe for 40 years?  LanternWaste   Jul-13-10 05:49 PM   #161 
  - Good !!!!  UndertheOcean   Jul-12-10 10:54 AM   #92 
  - A Swiss official said the US cannot appeal the decision.  dipsydoodle   Jul-12-10 11:01 AM   #94 
  - Unlike Polanski,  Heywood J   Jul-12-10 11:14 AM   #97 
     - I trust you noticed which section  dipsydoodle   Jul-12-10 11:30 AM   #99 
        - Yes. He's a director, so it would be relevant  Heywood J   Jul-12-10 02:09 PM   #124 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-12-10 11:16 AM   #98 
  - Ira Einhorn. Trust me, the French are no better. n/t  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 11:47 AM   #102 
  - Maybe they just love the law  dipsydoodle   Jul-12-10 12:58 PM   #108 
     - Paperwork held up Ira Einhorn????  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 01:08 PM   #109 
     - It something to do  dipsydoodle   Jul-12-10 01:33 PM   #111 
        - Google is your friend. n/t  msanthrope   Jul-12-10 01:47 PM   #117 
     - Easier to let another nation take the fall  Heidi   Jul-12-10 02:06 PM   #123 
        - True enough in all points.  Nihil   Jul-14-10 11:11 AM   #169 
  - disgusting.  rollin74   Jul-12-10 12:01 PM   #104 
  - You're partly right  ProudDad   Jul-13-10 06:02 PM   #167 
  - Kobe just got a fucking parade in Los Angeles.  U4ikLefty   Jul-12-10 01:12 PM   #110 
  - Read post # 35:  Poll_Blind   Jul-12-10 02:15 PM   #127 
  - Payback for UBS n/t  cosmicone   Jul-12-10 02:31 PM   #130 
  - California's got a massive budget deficit and other problems far worse than Polanski.  alp227   Jul-12-10 04:07 PM   #134 
  - So...this thread really boils down to two or three misanthropes defending rape  Romulox   Jul-12-10 04:37 PM   #136 
  - What utter shit. Justice means little to the rich and famous.  proteus_lives   Jul-12-10 06:35 PM   #144 
  - whoo hoo maybe this story can die a natural death now  pitohui   Jul-12-10 06:40 PM   #148 
  - Interesting - but is this how racism works?  howaboutme   Jul-12-10 06:41 PM   #149 
  - Wow, if I'd never heard of Polanski, and all I had to go by were some of the responses in this  JoeyT   Jul-13-10 08:21 AM   #156 
  - Anyone defending this pedophile has no business calling themselves progressive  SpartanDem   Jul-13-10 05:35 PM   #158 
  - Victim was just a girl anyways.....  Darth_Kitten   Jul-13-10 05:59 PM   #165 
  - +1,000,000,000,000,000,000  Odin2005   Jul-13-10 06:15 PM   #168 
  - WoooHooo!  ProudDad   Jul-13-10 05:54 PM   #163 
 

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