In the news this week, I read with some pleasure of the arrest of Roman Polanski by Swiss authorities. An Associated Press story yesterday quoted the Swiss Directors' Association as saying his arrest was “not only a grotesque farce of justice, but also an immense cultural scandal.” I concur. It is indeed a grotesque that a man could drug a 13-year old girl, rape her, and escape his just punishment for decades, while enjoying a lucrative public career in a nation that claims to follow the canons of civilization.

The same AP article quoted the French Culture Minister, who said that France's Prime Minister “is following the case with great attention and shares the minister's hope that the situation can be quickly resolved.” I also have a hope: that Mr. Polanski be quickly extradited to the United States, to serve his sentence for the crimes originally committed, and be tried as well for his flight from justice.

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