September 29, 2009
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FREE ROMAN POLANSKI: It will save us money.
Yes, and I’m not just talking about the small costs of flying him back, setting him up before a judge, and then incarcerating him for the 12 minutes that the LA system could probably hold him. It establishes an important precedent: France wants our child molesters.
Think of all the money we’d save, not having to incarcerate them, track them and re-arrest the ones who don’t learn their lesson. Child molesters are simply sentanced to live the remainder of their lives free. In France, which may or may not be a punishment all on it’s own, but it’s an individual basis kinda thing. They’d be put on a plane, sent to Paris or Lyons or what not, and that’s the last we have to deal with them, they’re the gendarmes’ problem now. Of course, this might endanger France’s children, but apparently living in France cures you of that, we’ve got one test case, that’s good enough.
On the other hand, if we do keep our child molesters, we could open up a new revenue stream: Fail to extradite French theives who’ve not harmed anyone. “Oh, we want our Mona Lisa back” would cry Paris, and we’d respond with “But why? It’s not like he hurt anyone, like raping a 13 year old kid…” Free Mona Lisa! WOOT!
Now I shall stand by and be pilloried. Oh, how will I survive without the respect of Hollywood?
