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Even Roman Polanski isn't as bad as the Republicans.

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-'''Roman Polanski''' is a Jewish [[Polish]]-born movie [[director]] and [[actor]].
+Even Roman Polanski isn't as bad as the Republicans.
-Polanski and his Jewish father are [[Holocaust]] survivors. His Roman Catholic mother was murdered in [[Auschwitz]].<ref>IMDb:  Biography for Roman Polanski[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000591/bio]</ref>
-He acquired fame in the 1960's and 70s for horrorful tales of the supernatural, famously ''Rosemary's Baby'' (about [[Satanism]]) and ''Chinatown'' (about [[adultery]]). His films frequently included sexual perversions, including extended scenes of [[transvestism]] in ''The Tenant''.
-In 1969, while Polanski was on a business trip to London, his 8-months pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, and their unborn baby were brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family cult.<ref>IMDb:  Biography for Roman Polanski[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000591/bio]</ref>
-In 1978 he pleaded guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a thirteen-year-old girl. He fled the country immediately afterwards and prior to sentencing to avoid imprisonment.  For almost thirty years he lived comfortably in [[France]], which refused to extradite him to the United States, where he remained free from legal consequences and unrepentant for his crime.
-Polanski has escaped from being extradited several times: May 1978 in London, December 1986 in Canada, 1988 in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Brazil. In June 1994, a request for arrest was made to France. In October 2005, while Polanski were in Thailand, a folder is passed to Interpol; no effect. In 2007, the filmmaker traveled in Israel; the Hebrew State requested more information to the Los Angeles Attorney, when the documents arrived, the filmmaker had gone. <ref> [http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2009/09/29/pour-les-etats-unis-polanski-c-est-trente-ans-de-cavale_1246741_3476.html#ens_id=1245879 Le Monde (In French)] </ref>
-In 2009, while visiting [[Switzerland]], he was seized by Swiss authorities, who, unlike the French, were unwilling to protect a [[pedophile]] just to stick it to the United States.  He will soon be returned to the US to pay for his despicable actions.
-Polanski is a prime example of [[Hollywood values]] and more than 100 film industry figures have signed a petition calling for the release of Polanski. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/09/30/hollywoodans-support-polanski-push-his-release Hollywoodans Support Polanski, Push For His Release, NewsBusters.org, September 30, 2009]</ref>
-==References==
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-[[Category:Directors]][[Category:Polish People]] [[Category:Crimes]]

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