The most ironic thing about all this is the Polish government's response

The day before Polanski was arrested, the Polish prime minister announced there would be a vote on whether to introduce chemical castration for convicted sex offenders. There is cross-party consensus on the need such a stiff penalty, though incidentally it would be the first country in Europe and one of very few in the whole world to adopt such a punishment. Fair to say that it would be a 'hard line approach'.

The next day, Polanski is detained in Switzerland and the foreign minister's says give the guy a break, he's already suffered by not being able to pick up his oscar in person. Although of course under the newly proposed legislation in Poland, Polanski would be pumped full of oestrogen.

Posted By: King, Sep 29, 11:43:03