seems top heavy with Frenchies.

To tell the truth, I havn't heard of most of these morons.

Unbelievable. Every one of these brave French artists put their names to a petition to protest the arrest of a director convicted of drugging and sodomizing a 13 year old girl. Where were those same names protesting the death threats of a Danish editor who'd published a cartoon?

What you defend is what you are. Congratulations French artists. You just outed yourselves.

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by HardcoreConservative, Lillian Tynes and Ani Payne. Ani Payne said: rt @bighollywood Naming Names: The ‘Free Roman Polanski’ Petition http://bit.ly/GijHl [...]

I guess we all now know who thinks giving drugs to a 13 year old girl, rape and sodomize her and then running from his own admission is ok. With Woody Allen at the top of the list, thats rich. If it was my daughter this wouldn't be an issue, I'd of killed the son of a bitch before he ever made it to trial. Maybe there should be a petition to counter this one. Call it "Fry Roman Polanski". And maybe we should boycott the movies and music of those who want him free. Children are our future. Just because Porapeski makes movies that people like is in no way an excuse for what he did.

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Dang, thought Gilliam and Hackford marched to the beat of their own drum. Disappointing.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

American Police Force occupies Hardin Montana

http://mywhitehouse.org/2009/09/29/hardin-montana...

Also please sign our petition

http://mywhitehouse.org/dont-tread-on-me/

Not that I know any of these degenerates…Look! A new list of people that are disgusting, vile and are proud of it!

Luckily, I've never heard of most of these morally bankrupt turds. But I shall make a point of never, ever spending a penny on anything they do, for the rest of their immoral, filthy lives.

Right, because before this list came out we thought they were giants of morality.

Q: When is it okay to rape a 13 year old girl?
A: When you work for or in Hollywood.

Can we get Iran to drop the bomb on California?

A must read. It was a vile crime.

Whitewashing Roman Polanski
http://mobile.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/02/19/ro...

Is that really a cool thing to do, plug your website in posts where it's not even tangentially related to the topic?

Its disappointing to see Wes Anderson on there

I notice no Natasha Kinski. Maybe she remembers what it was like eh, Roman

Martin Scorsese this one hurts. The rest are just Libs and Euro trash.

When you put a bag over a naked terrorist's head, it's torture. Drugging and raping a 13 year old girl is ok.
Liberal celebrities are awesome.

Thanks for the list…helps when choosing what to boycott. Tangentially, we need a Polanski rating on movies.

Woody doesn't surprise me, given his past with Soon Yi. Mia Farrow would surprise me.

You know who I want to hear from? Oprah….I'm not kidding.

somehow Woody Allens signature is just so appropriate

At least Werner Herzog isn't on the list………yet. Thank God for small miracles.

As for the rest of them, if their 13 year old daughters ever get raped – NO SYMPATHY!

What is the matter with these people? Chinatown was a classic, fine. Does that give him a free pass forever?

Fortunately, I don't watch Scorsese films and i couldn't care less about French "stars" so I won't really need to boycott anyone new. I do however need to chuck my copies of Sister Act I & II. Whoopi is officially below scumsucker level. It's not "rape" rape? WTH? When is rape anything but rape? Did I miss a memo here?

I would almost feeling comfortable giving Manson a Buck Knife!

And MacKenzie too!

I'd sign that petition. And then we can post it so all these morons that signs Polanski's can see all the money that they will be loosing by supporting this douche. Going after their pocket books would be the only way to show these tools that we don't agree with the rape of 13 year old girls.

___I think what has disturbed me lately (the last 20 minutes, that is) is a point someone brought up in another thread. How was this same group able to turn on Elia Kazan if they couldn't turn on Polanski?—

That is something to think about!

Can anyone give me a simple answer as to why Hollywood supports Polanski?

Wes Anderson is putting out a CHILDREN'S animated feature next month based on the Ronald Dahl book "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and he signs a petition supporting a child rapist/sodomizer? Shouldn't there be a petition started in support of banning Wes Anderson movies???

Ya know, Ike Yurner has been woefully misunderstood by the public. Sure, he was a merciless wife-beater, but he made some timeless music.

I mean, if Hollywood can excuse Polanski, everybody should get a pass.

It's top heavy, and not only with French.

I noticed the same thing. Another example is that Darren Aronofsky is on there, but Rachel Weisz — his wife, isn't. I hope the ladies don't sign. That would be very disappointing. Both guys are directors and I wonder if they think they're showing some kind of loyalty to another director by doing that. But they don't seem to understand that they're just condoning grotesque behavior. Sad that they can't seem to tell the difference.

To most of these degenerates a 13 year old girl looks just like a 13 year old boy if she is not so well developed. I guess.

Frankly, I think we should rename it the "Celebs Who Condone Child Rape-Rape" list.

If only it were Oscar season. Guess we'll have to settle for the year's remaining film festivals to witness these career self-implosions.

Oh, you say you don't want another lifetime achievement award? No problem. We've gotta a lovely 13-year-old for you… she's in San Quentin. Come and get it.

Should Nazi war criminals get a pass too? It was so long ago.

Quelle suprise!! I noticed and thought the same thing, katy!!!

Woody Allen……….how predictable, his is the only name I recognize. Who are the rest of these people?

The girl was 13 and she was drugged. Even if she was old enough to consent, the drugs removed that capacity. This is rape of a child, plain and simple. He admitted to the crime and then fled. Anyone who supports Polanski will bear the shame of that support for life, if they are capable of feeling shame.
This is one of those instances when the divide between right and wrong, good and evil, is very plain to see.

So I guess Monica Bellucci considered "Irreversible" to be some sort of sexual fantasy? These people are sick and I'm going to have to significantly expand the list of people I won't support by seeing their movies.

I'm in San Diego, man. Ask the Iranians to aim a little higher.

I suspect at this point people are signing it because all of the "cool kids" are and God forbid if any of them miss out on the bandwagon!

This has exposed the dark, rotten core of the entertainment industry. What have we done giving such people the power to use media?

But Monica is hot. And frankly, with hot chicks, the less intelligent, the better.

Oh boy. I can already feel the minuses coming!

This is sick. Hollywood is sick and Whoopi Goldberg needs to be sent to the funny farm. On the upside,the amount of liberal outrage at Hollywood's enabling is actually pretty surprising. PuffHo apologists are getting reamed in the comments sections and virtually every other blog I've found has overwhelmingly condemnatory comments. So, this isn't even endemic to all leftards-just the celebrities…and France.
Sadly, I think Sarozky has officially forfeited all the conservative brownie points he earned mocking Obama by supporting this slime.

Oooohhh, snoopdog!

This pig raped a woman… and not only any woman, a pre-teen girl!

Not in my home, and for those who signed the petition… not in my home, either!

Immorality is a non-issue for H'wood. Their next mantra/cry will be for a change to laws where a rape victim must have at minimum four male witnesses of the crime before prosecution is even considered. It'll be credited the "Whoopansky-Sharia rape-rape act" and will be championed by progressive liberal low-lives everywhere.

I'm surprised to see that the Duke University Group of 88 haven't signed this yet.

Given the size of the list, you may as well just stop going to the movies cold-turkey. With the money you'll save, I bet you can afford some pretty swank stuff. Perhaps a horse, one of those fancy ones with the really, really long legs

Yay… <hugs copy of Resue Dawn>

*MissQuinn*

Damn!!! Monica Bellucci AND Isabell Adjani!!! I'm crushed.

Wes Anderson just finished work on a kids' movie called The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

So, parents, in case you get the idea of taking the family to see this one, remember this: Wes Anderson wouldn't mind if one of his friends raped your kid.

Thanks for a fabulous link. Excellent denunciation of poor little Roman….
If you become evil because evil was done to you, then you are evil. No one makes you be that way.
Roman believes the world owes him. Well no.

Yes, Woody Allen…isn't he the guy that married anorexic little boy bodied Mia Farrow and then years later divorced her to marry their adopted daughter?

Uh…yeah. Uh… I'm gonna need you to stop doing that. OK? That'd be great.

Wow, guess I don't have to boycott anyone else. I have no idea who 98% of those people are.

Archaic?! It's not like it's an unpaid parking ticket or a stolen loaf of bread.

Also, even if she had been of the age of consent, using alcohol and drugs to disable her before taking advantage of her would still fall under the category of rape.

That was the funniest thing I've read all day… and there have been some pretty good comments on these posts.

I can think of circumstances when setting Mr. Polanski free would make sense. If the extradition attempt is successful and we get him on a jet heading back to the US, somewhere over the North Atlantic at about 40,000 ft. we ought to have a change of heart, pop the hatch and turn him loose immediately.

Really good article. It's nice to see that some sanity still reigns in the press. I can't believe a woman would make a documentary that would whitewash Polanski's crime. But then, I'm always amazed when I see self-loathing women take their issues out on other women.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure my family doesn't see that one.

Exactly. One child molestor supporting another child molestor pervert. And all of Hollywood supports this. This crap is turning into a boiling point–we have scum actors trying to brainwash our kids with false global warming Al W.hore, demass Moore and asswhipe baby husband trying to turn our kids into little "I pledge" commie nazi brown shirts. Enough. Save your kids–boycott the scum.

Note to self:

Do not let teenage daughter near French people…ever.

"Both guys are directors and I wonder if they think they're showing some kind of loyalty to another director by doing that."

As misguided as that sounds, I hope that explains why Michael Mann's name is on the list. I love the guy and I was heartbroken to see his name up there. I thought he was one of the "good guys."

If you ask me, I don't think most of them really know just what the lurid details are about Polanski's rape charges. Chances are if you described to them, in detail, what it was in the official plaintiff transcript, I would bet that more than half of those names would disappear. I think they are absolutely ignorant about the truth. Of course, the other side isn't any more innocent in muddying the truth itself. After all, you turned Michael Jackson's good name into a child molester even though he was never convicted. A pedophile usually means they've struck at least more than twice, so can you at least clarify the specificity of it? I just don't want my tax dollars going towards another trial.

They are elitist leftists who want communism and oppression for we, the lessors, yet the richness of capitalisim for themselves. They hate we, the common people, along with 13-year-old-girls. Don't you understand? The unwashed masses of humanity disgust them; a child sodomized is no big deal to them. It's just another throw-away of human flesh.

Lawrence read you own post. That is one of the most rediculous statements that I have ever hear. The part about being stuck twice crosses the line into complete stupidity. So if you ahd a 13 yr old daughter, it would be ok to let her have a one night stand with a pervert as long as he only screwed her twice. I am sure a daugher of yours would be very pleased with that policy. Michael could not be convicted due to jury selection. He will always have pedophile attached to his legacy–sorry to bust your pervert lust bubble. Listen dip stick, we can support every left cause in the world including turtle highway crossings and ACORNophytes that refuse to work so I dont care how much it costs to put this guy away. If they don't do it, then someone will just have to take care of it for them I guess. His days of freedom and excess are over. I am amazed at how some can rationalize this behavior. And to further show your absolute lack of information there is no other trial. He has already been convicted. He will face sentencing. Duhhhhhh! Post again please we need more laughs.

They've got their little "free polanski" stickers. I want the one that says "hang polanski".______Better yet, send him to Poland…………………………….- Poland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles-

Ya, if you get them drunk and slip them quaaludes, and poke a 13 year old girl in the rear…………………….its not "rape rape", its making love to a child.

Got to keep this stuff straight.

Oh goodie! Another union for Obama to cozy up too. You know which union; The Unknown European Hollywood Perverts and Degenerates Guild, Local #1.

Our motto: Admit nothing-Rationalize everything.

Wonder how Roman going to enjoy his new room mate, Bubba.

Kazan testified before the House Un-American Activities Comittee and identified members in Hollywood that belonged to the Communist Party. In Hollywood's eyes, he turned on them first. His loyalty lay with America and not communism so he had to go.

I don't care what you say – Michael Jackson is still The King!

"No 13 year old should be subjected to what that guy did."

No PERSON should be subjected to what that guy did. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience….rape and rape-rape..same thing.

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I picked that up, too.

There are probably stories there that would make this incident pale in comparison…

Steve: How do we know that ACORN hasn't helped put up a underage brothel to "service" this list of distinguished members of the film and entertainment industry?

I mean, ACORN had to get some training or experience somewhere to be able to so quickly help our young investigative journalists, right?

The worm continues to turn…

Soooo funny!

A very L——–o ———-n ———–g L ——–i ———s——– t o f L——— o ———–s ———e——- r ' s……………………one and all. A bunch of God-less communists.

HE IS JEWISH AND SHOULD GO TO JAIL LIKE ANY OTHER CITIZEN

Wes Anderson has signed the petition. He has a new children's movie out. The Fantastic Mr Fox. In the trivia line on IMDB is this little nugget:
"Mr. Fox is seen implanting knockout drugs into blueberries for unsuspecting guard dogs to consume."

….boycott hollywood….read book…to your kids….

Of course Woody Allen would sign it, he is a child molester too.

Woody Allen, now THAT is funny!

I don't see Clint or Tom Selleck's name on that list.

Wow, that be something to see: "This is John Walsh. Tonight on 'America's Most Wanted', we go after the creeps I hate the most. We're in Hollywood to grab the scum who advocate forcible sex with children. All their fame and wealth won't help them now – they're going DOWN!"

Hollywood becomes so delusional, it distorts its interpretation of the law. Polanski needs to become someone's bride in a cell, and get a little of what he dished out, IMO.

So…
if he were Mormon or Unitarian or Southern Baptist would he be like any other citizen or would he be exempt?

Or how does Martin Scorsese defend Kazan and then do sign this?

Disgusting and reprehensible…shame on everyone of these "people"….I wonder how they would feel about THEIR 13 yr old child being drugged, raped and sodomized…but then, these are clearly people w/ no conscience…probably wouldn't bother them….you can only PRAY for their souls and the soul of Roman Polanski…assuming any of them have one!

What the hell difference does that make? Rape is rape. So people aren't allowed to show disgust if they weren't alive when Polanski RAPED a child? You're completely and utterly ridiculous.

Has this list been presented to Homeland Security? Think Janet will make an announcement? Something tells me no…………………

They turned on Elia Kazan because the harmed in that case were those in their own society. He broke their trust.

With Polanski, he raped a 13 year old nobody. That nobody and the nobodies in that underworld society have no importance or authority over the artiste society. This is as clear as it can ever get to the unwashed masses (the 80% in the middle of American society) that the hard leftists care no more about them than the ultra rightists.

These are the same liberals who preach about equality for the minorities, but they are so phony as to admit that their is a child rapist in their midst – someone they love and admire, and can't give him up.

Considering his penchant for 13 year old girls, maybe he can work out a plea deal with the Obama adminsitration to make commericals for ACORN, As sort of community service.

ya….the KING of KIDDY bed reading

Bingo!

I read the list twice and just don't recognize any of them. It looks like they are just a bunch of Frogs anyways and are important only in their own minds or something. Polanski is a pile of dung. Too bad he wasn't home when the Manson family came around, although, he'd probably join them.

If you listen to this, now you will know why Obama is connected to Acorn…
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/09/03/long-legged...
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li19mPc-R3k

How about we just have them aim at So Cal? Better yet, I have always hoped for an earthquake to crack it off and float it out into the Pacific. They could be their own little country and I'd have ocean front property!!

Stop saying that "Hollywood" supports this. There's about 20 folks from "Hollywood" who have signed the petition out of the thousands who work there in a capacity where their names are public knowledge. Hardly a significant percentage.

I live and work here and trust me, I'm in the lock him up and throw away the key camp, as well are several of my clients.

I don't see Chabrol, Resnais, or Alain Delon on this list yet. I hope that this shows their good judgment, hope but am not holding my breath

I'm disappointed that Aronofsky signed that, after all he made one of my favorite movies of all time (The Wrestler).

"Great artistic talent in any direction… is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short phase in his life; it hardly ever colors his character as a whole and has nothing to do with the moral and intellectual stuff of the mind and soul. Many great artists, perhaps most great artists, have been poor fellows indeed, whom to know was to despise. " –Hilaire Belloc

Did ACORN help set up underage brothels in the LA area so as to "service" this list of movie and entertainment "talent"?

I mean, the people in the other cities ACORN was caught helping to get brothels going for our young investigators had to have learned how SOMEWHERE, right?

Things that make you go, "Hmmmm….". Just as soon as you finish throwing up…

I'm not a supporter, I'm an observer. My position is that the man needs to come back here and face a judge's sentence. Given the history of legal chicanery in the original trial, the lack of subsequent transgressions save the bail-jumping (which is what he'd ACTUALLY be on trial for here, yes?) and the "standing in the community" factor which we all know matters in front of many judges fairly or not, the sentence is likely to be lenient; and I'm inclined to be okay with that. Let this be done with.

My disgust is with the manufactured "boooooo-Polanski-but-really-booooo-those-evil-commie-gay-jewish-liberal-Hollywood-people-we-already-hate-anyway-for-voting-Democrat" bull I'm seeing here and elsewhere on the web. Everybody turns into freakin' Rorscach when there's points to be scored. It's pathetic.

What? Not Morgane Beauverger! I mean, Yamina Benguigui I figured, but Beauverger! Disappointed:(

[...] Big Hollywwod: Naming Names: The ‘Free Roman Polanski’ Petition [...]

Shame, shame, shame – there is no excuse to support a child rapist (sodomy included). http://www.abusewatch.net

Boycott started by The New Agenda
http://thenewagenda.net/2009/09/30/boycott-please...

Um, Steven Soderbergh hasn't signed this. I probably should add "yet" since every filmmaker and their mother has signed it, but still…. I get the whole "stand by our fellow artist" BS, but this one's just ridiculous. Sigh, so many talented guys and gals who should know much better.

The King of what?

Start a petition to boycott these idiots and see how many stay loyal when you effect their wallets.
They think that making a movie mean more than a child being violated. He plead to a lesser charge,
after bargaining, doesn't mean he didnt rape her, just means he thought he wouldn't get anything, that
is why he ran.

Luc Besson for Best Director this year, even if he doesn't have a film entered.

Replace "the French" with "Hollywood" and the point is still relevant.

Sam Mendez signed it? That is the director husband of Kate Winslet. Wow! I wonder if Kate Winslet would like her young daughter having sex with an old man. Would she call it rape or rape rape? Damn, hollywood celebs are pathetic.

Good for Luc Besson and his refusal to sign the petition. (He directed The Big Blue – one of my favorite movies)

Let's see how many of our movie stars in America end up signing the petition. I detest Woody Allen anyway and it was to be expected that he would sign, given his penchant for young girls.

Money and fame buys everything so we shall see if the authorities bow down to pressure or if they really do pursue this. Rape by any other name is still rape no matter how long ago it was. Now we have DNA there are hundreds of criminals brought to justice after 20 or 30 years so what is the difference? We don't even need DNA for this one as he already pled guilty. I don't think he is being brought back for trial, it is for the sentencing
phase which he ran away from.

His movies, his characters, the themes he writes about.

In addition, back during the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006, Mann was one of a handful of Hollywood types that publicly backed Israel.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2006/08/014...

FREE POLANSKI

FRY POLANSKI

[...] my daughter” Allen to Whoopi “it isn’t rape-rape” Goldberg signing a petition for the release of Roman [...]

Lenient?

Nastassja Kinski.

They need to lock him up and throw away the key. And I'm okay with him in with Manson, too. But let them fight over the Buck knife.

And you're trying to score some points here too, laying it on thick stating everyone here is after more than Polanski's head for being that litany you gave. "…really-booooo-those-evil-commie-gay-jewish-liberal-Hollywood-people-we-already-hate-anyway-for-voting-Democrat."

The response to Whoopi negates that statement, especially after the "rape" rape idiocy.

People are fed up to fifty feet above their head with a Hollyweird that moralizes against conservative behavior, aggressively acts elitist and sanctimonious, and allows deranged, damaging behavior without any consequence at all by those with proper "ideological purity"…and brother, the time is fast approaching when that behavior is going to "come home, to roost…"

If it had been MY daughter, I PERSONALLY would have put a 7mm Magnum Remington spot through the center of his X-ring…and counted it as a mulligan to free our society from a rabid dog… so, I give out a thought for those who seem to think this isn't all that big a deal…

There have been far too many young women, (Spears, Lohan, Kinski, Garland, et. al. ), who might have been subject to such pressures in their careers, going a long way back…the "casting couch" mentality. IF Hollywood wants to be thought of as a real, professional, serious place, it is high time they dump the stupid high-school behavior and grow up…because the time is fast approaching when people will be able to create all kinds of their own content, without needing Hollywood's system AT ALL!

Hollywood will become the Betamax in a Blu-Ray world…and just as relevant…

It's very funny to read all those pathetic comments about "I've always suspected he was a mental case" or "now the mask has slipped" "I'm going to have to stop going to his movies" "Scorses, Mendes, Lynch, Monica Belucci, Harrison Ford and Ethan Coen are degenerates".
Come on people, that's downright ridiculous, they are not degenerates, but you are, brainless sheep not able to deem the good from the bad, and that's really one of the reasons why you are not among them, the "elite", the creative and ever challenging leaders of humanity. And you, who thought that you and them have always been on one side, finally realize that there has always been a gap between yourselves that cannot be bridged, now look very, very miserable.

Dangergirl, you are 100% spot on.

If he'd raped a terrorist's 13 year old daughter, would you condone it then? What, you wouldn't? You anti-American communist!!!

I've created a Petition AGAINST Roman Polanski. Please follow the link and sign it and be sure to share the link with as many people as possible. We're better than to let this petition on Polanski's outdo the common decency of Americans. Please sign and share… http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/romanpolanski

". . . the "elite", the creative and ever challenging leaders of humanity."

They're challenging all right. They challenge our police dogs and and the guys with butterfly nets. The only time they even look like leaders is when they're out in front of the the people who are chasing them down with arrest warrants.

"because the time is fast approaching when people will be able to create all kinds of their own content, without needing Hollywood's system AT ALL!"

Having seen what "the people" consider to be worthy content, you'll have to forgive me for not joining you in acting like this would be a good thing…

I just did a "Jack Webb Schools Roman Polanski on Sex with Children" video. Hope you like it. It is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZ_wEXiAoc.

Thanks.

Nick D'Orazio
http://bulletpeople.com

p.s. Thank you for posting links to my "Jack Webb Schools Obama" YouTube video. It's gotten almost a million views now.

Notice David Heyman, the producer and driving force behind the Harry Potter movies, signed. Vile. Someone who makes movies for kids with child actors defends drugging and sexual abuse of a 13 yr old girl. sick.

The victim is now a grown woman. This happened 30 years ago. She's apparently over it, forgiven him, moved on with her life. Good for her. It doesn't turn out that way for everyone. And it should have no bearing on his being brought to justice. If he were truly repentant, he would not have run from justice. I'm seeing a lot of male names on this list. Not surprising. A few names, I'm truly disappointed to see. I will never buy another ticket to any film that anyone who signed this petition is associated with. If Polanski were just a man and not the famous man he is, would you sign it? If it was your daughter, would you sign it? You people make me sick.

Thanks for posting my comment three times, but once was enough

Personally I think Polanski should be chemically castrated

[...] Here’s a link to the original Funny or Die video, which is the best representation since the Roman Polanski petition of how out-of-touch the rich and famous of La-La Land are with normal Americans. You need to watch [...]

I just think it's a shame that no one told any of those guys who got busted on "To Catch A Predator" that all they needed to do was direct a movie and some of the most powerful directors in the world would've come rushing to their aid.

If there is any question about what this pervert did, read the original 1978 grand jury testimony on http://www.thesmokinggun.com

Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie…Harrison ford(!!), Natalie Portman(Animal activist takes on a whole new meaning here!), Tilda swinton, mike nichols, sam mendes, Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Isabelle Adjani, Diane Von furstenberg…to only name the ones I remember offhand! These are people whose works I have admired, that have inspired me! From now on I will forever associate them as defenders of child rape. To align yourself with a child rapist is despicable and deplorable and unforgivable! Did they know the details ofIf there is any question about what this pervert did, read the original 1978 grand jury testimony on http://www.thesmokinggun.com

Milan Kundera, Salman Rushdie…Harrison ford(!!), natalie portman, Tilda swinton, mike nichols, sam mendes, Martin Scorsese, Diane Von furstenberg…to only name the ones I remember offhand! To align yourself with a child rapist is despicable and deplorable and unforgivable! Did they know the details of Polanski's crime against God and humanity before they said yep! Sign me up…so disheartening! Their complicity makes me physically I'll! LOCK HIM UP!!!!! BOYCOTT THESE DEFENDERS OF CHILD RAPE!!!!

I personaly think they all should be boycotted i dont want to spend my money on someone who supports the raping and drugging of children. Just my personal opinion. I just wonder if they would feel the same if it had been their child.

This guy is not only a pedophile, he's proud of it. After he skipped the country for his rape-rape of Samantha Geimer, he promptly went over to Europe and planked Nastassia Kinsky when she was only 15. In a 1979 interview he said, "Everyone wants to f— young girls!" Later he was quoted again as saying he likes "young girls, very young girls." This guy's a charter member of the child-molesters' club. His only saving grace is he's not an elitist, per se. He thinks it's *every* man's right to have sex with children. Not much saving and not much grace, though. I dunno, maybe it's because he's such a little twerp — grown up women must scare him.

Nice nod to John Ruskin who said "Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are." These people have all shown themselves to be raging narcisscists who believe that they deserve priviledge for being "genius artists". They are too obtuse to realize what they are defending. It's sickening.

I am one of the petition's signing parties. I completely understand both arguments on the conservative and the liberal side, but they are all irrelevant to the issue. They are moral arguments, they are about the original case, they are about what individuals perceive as justness or fairness in this case. But only the law is relevant here, cold, hard and neutral legal justice. The liberal argument that Polanski has some sort cinematic immunity or that his victim has already forgiven him, is inadmissable hogwash. From a purely moral perspective there is more truth to the conservative argument: Polanski is a convicted criminal, he has avoided rape charges by pleading guilty to statutory rape, he is a fugitive, and so he should be extradited and submit himself to a justified prison sentence (if the court so decides). That's all fine and correct, but it's only correct under U.S. jurisdiction. The extradition treaty between the US and Switzerland imposes US law within Swiss jurisdiction, which is a loss of national sovereignty and probably unconstitutional. Furthermore, Polanski's arrest breaks with the international ordre public, which demands an independent court to decide on the arrest, including an inspection of the limitation of actions. And in Switzerland Polanski's crime falls under the statute of limitations. He would not be convicted of the crime anymore. And an extradition treaty that is after-the-fact shall not reverse national law and retroactively reopen a case that has been dead under Swiss jurisdiction for a long time. It is clear that in the US Polanski was not convicted of rape. Still, Swiss authorities have based the arrest on national child rape laws, which is false and illegal. They claim that their recently tightened laws on child abuse should be applied and that the ordre-public-argument is therefore moot. This might be correct, and I might be wrong—I'm not a legal scholar, just a filmmaker—, but that's not for me or any of you to decide, but for a Swiss court of law, including a decision whether the execution of US law within the Swiss domain is unlawful and/or unconstitutional. So right now this is not a case about Polanski's crime. It's a case about international law, ordre public and extradition. And as long as there is a legal chance that Polanski's arrest was wrong, he will have my support. In this context he is innocent until proven guilty, irrespective of his factual guilt and conviction under US jurisdiction. For the record: Morally I think he should go to prison, because he is a criminal. And if the Swiss courts decide that he should be extradited I will be the first to concede. But that time has not yet come. And there's a chance it will never.

Kara: I don't see Harrison Ford on the list, nor Natalie Portman. Where is your list? I just posted the French petition. There's a link to the signatories on their website.

I've been looking for the REAL source for this petition. I think I just found it. It's on a French website, hence the reason for the "top heavy in Frenchies", Tennessee Jed.
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Petition for Roman Polanski

We have learned the astonishing news of Roman Polanski's arrest by the Swiss police on September 26th, upon arrival in Zurich (Switzerland) while on his way to a film festival where he was due to receive an award for his career in filmmaking.

His arrest follows an American arrest warrant dating from 1978 against the filmmaker, in a case of morals.

Filmmakers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world are dismayed by this decision. It seems inadmissible to them that an international cultural event, paying homage to one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers, is used by the police to apprehend him.

By their extraterritorial nature, film festivals the world over have always permitted works to be shown and for filmmakers to present them freely and safely, even when certain States opposed this.

The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no-one can know the effects.

Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. This extradition, if it takes place, will be heavy in consequences and will take away his freedom.

Filmmakers, actors, producers and technicians – everyone involved in international filmmaking – want him to know that he has their support and friendship.

On September 16th, 2009, Mr. Charles Rivkin, the US Ambassador to France, received French artists and intellectuals at the embassy. He presented to them the new Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the embassy, Ms Judith Baroody. In perfect French she lauded the Franco-American friendship and recommended the development of cultural relations between our two countries.

If only in the name of this friendship between our two countries, we demand the immediate release of Roman Polanski.

Pour signer la pétition
To sign petition

freeromanpolanski @ sacd.fr (hehehhehhee!!!)
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All signing parties & professional organizations here (our boycott list!):
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They say nothing about his crime other that it's a morals issue. That could be one reason why there are so many names??? Or, they're just all perverts.

I think France's age of consent is much younger than the US's. These idiots may not realize it's about rape. But when Polanski pleaded guilty the "child molestating, unlawful sexual intercourse, rape by drugs, sodomy & oral copulation" charges were dropped to unlawful sexual intercourse.

Woody Allen is a perv; David Kelly is just plain weird. I am disapointed in Martin Scorcese. ~ No Jack Nicholson signature.

Polanski Plea + link to victims transcript to Grand Jury of LA County:
<a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0…” target=”_blank”>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0…

That poor child/woman has had to live with this her whole life. And now gets to relive it. But, he deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Who even knows these people? And who cares what they think? They should all just go sodomize each other. Show some real support for their rapist hero. I think he would be touched.

A most excellent idea…….! Hollywood the bulls eye. We don't want too much collateral damage. But from the names on the list, I'm guessing most live in France. Iran can reach there no sweat I think.

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Well, I am a legal scholar, and although I am not familiar with Swiss law, I would like to point out a few errors here.
National sovereignty primarily states a country's self determination, including respect for its right to pass legal statutes and adhering to those laws. Switzerland can practically do whatever it pleases, at this stage. Since Roman Polanski is not a Swiss citizen, the Swiss could possibly have special, more restrictive laws dealing with foreigners.
Regarding rule of law when we're talking about retroactive application of national laws, a decision can be challenged in the European Court for Human Rights, provided the nation has signed that treaty. To appeal, you first of all need a court's decision that violates these rights.

Some of the Hollywood establishment want Polanski released because of his creative talent and to the hell with society and his creative pecker! Typical! One on the list was Woody Allen, need I say more. It appears that if you possess some sort of creative talent you are automatically licensed to ignore the laws developed for the protection of children. Also, if you possess this creative talent you can also skip town before a judge or your peers pass judgement on you. Hell, these people should be in Washington, opps, some of them are already there.

i thinks its bullshit.I dont think he should be free.What becasue he is a idrector we should let him be?no F that if we lock up the average joe for that.This directer should do the same. and certain celebs are helping him??? no its bullshit either lock him up or stay the hell outa the u.s.

[...] the middle of convincing America that rape isn’t rape and Hollywood had already garnered over 100 celebrity signatures calling for his release before Letterman rudely shifted the national conversation to his own sexual [...]

He was 43 when he banged this 13 year old girl.
She was under the influence when he banged this girl
She claimed rape and he plead down to sex with a minor.
When He THOUGHT that the plea was going to be renegged he committed another crime by skipping bail and fleeing the US criminal justice system.
He then hid out for 31 years, carefully staying in countries that would not extradite him and negotiationg payoff to the victim.
He has not been punished
he has been making movies all that time and hollywood loves him.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOLLYWOODS REACTION IF THIS GUY WERE A CATHOLIC PRIEST OR A REPUBLICAN?

Sounds like the local police where these petition signers live, should watch these people carefully and keep them from minors.

i think it is so ironic that woddy allen dared to sign this thing.

Folks, he was 43 and she was 13 and under the influence when he banged her. She then cried rape, he plead down pleading guilty to sex with a minor and then he fled the US criminal justice system, skipping bail when he thought the deal was going to be broken.

He banged a 13 year old girl when he

[...] the middle of convincing America that rape isn’t rape and Hollywood had already garnered over 100 celebrity signatures calling for his release before Letterman rudely shifted the national conversation to his own sexual [...]

[...] the middle of convincing America that rape isn’t rape and Hollywood had already garnered over 100 celebrity signatures calling for his release before Letterman rudely shifted the national conversation to his own sexual [...]

idiot

I find it truly disgusting that people are even mentioning the President of the United States with this rapist. This situation has nothing to do with politics and it is self serving for disgruntled Republicans to use it as such. Roman did the crime and needs to pay the crime period.

We are seeing before our eyes, so to speak, the movement of an entire layer of the upper-middle class to the right. There are those in the circles in and around Salon, the Nation and the rest of the liberal media who are merely stupid, to be frank, and easily duped. Remarkably, the anti-Polanski campaign has become yet another opportunity for liberal and ex-left elements to accommodate themselves to the right and return to the respectable fold.No one should forget that the attack on the artistic community in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the name of the “American way of life” and the struggle against “godless communism” had incalculable consequences for intellectual and artistic life in America that have still not been overcome.

When the vast majority is outraged by the bank bailout and the deepening suffering, the Polanski case conveniently diverts energy and attention away from the fundamental economic and political issues. The media coverage has an unstated subtext designed for the politically confused and uneducated: “We know you are angry about the bankers, about the politicians, about jobs, health care, education, the war in Afghanistan, etc. But you can’t do anything about those things. Here is something where you can add your voice of outrage, where you can be on the winning side and the side of the majority, and do something positive for the sake of your family, your children.”

Again, we will point out, the outraged middle class feminists and liberals demand their pound of flesh from Polanski while the real criminals in America—CIA and military torturers and killers—go free.

[...] looking at a different culture, except of course for those morons who have signed petitions (and..)  to let this scofflaw off the hook.  Afterall, what he did wasn’t serious.  It’s [...]

Sad reality is that celebrities often get preferential treatment. There are too many obvious examples, and enough douches that would argue against those examples, that I will not state any of them. I think there are two motivating factors for filmmakers to write their names in support of a child rapist. 1) the Kobe Bryant paradigm= if you love lakers, you're rooting for Kobe to be innocent. Thus, filmmaker fanboys are rooting for Polanski. 2) They want publicity/prestige/edge= as a filmmaker, currency is being in the limelight. What a perfect moment to get your name out there, even if to support heinous acts. The adage "Even bad publicity is good publicity" comes to mind. I just think many of the artists on the list are filmmakers not really doing anything that penetrates the general audience anymore. Wes Anderson's work went down hill since Royal Tennanbaum. Sam Mendes made a really crappy rom-com. Their work are no longer relevant. They need to feel important even if its self-importance, in my humble opinion.

Woody Allen vouching for you. That pretty much says it all right there.

I know! Seeing Gilliam and Wenders there is disappointing to say the least. :

Hi all. Most of these people are eurotrash who would no more leave their young daughters with Polanski as any of us would be. They sign these things so that they can show that they are above the savage, unrefined people of the US (helpful for cocktail party chatter). They really are two faced buggers but they are a good representation of the worst qualities of the european showbiz celebrity class. As for Americans that signed, just look at who they are. These people are euro wannabees.

Oops wrong aricle but it is related to Polanski. My apologies.

Its funny that we have not heard a word from Whoopi, aka Whooki, since her infamous "rape-rape" remarks. The MSM and other artists have not called her on it. Has she made any more comments since?

The problem, of course, is that these people are only just now telling us that Roman Polanski was granted one free rape. This information would have been useful in 1977.

Going forward, it would be helpful if they would tell us in advance which of their legion are so esteemed that they should be allowed to rape at will, free of punishment. Then women and children could safely steer clear of them.

Perhaps they could announce the winners of the One Free Rape Award at the annual Oscar ceremonies. Instead of a statue, they'd get a neck medallion that says "I Like Rape" which they'd wear all the time. And instead of calling it the Oscar, they'd call it the Woody.

I'm just waiting for him to slip up and go to Brazil. We all know what they do to child rapists like Roman Polanski. They chop scumbags like that into small chunks with rusty and dull knives. If they don't have knives they use their hands. Point being they get the job done street justice style.

Hey pedophile Roman Polanski, go to Brazil. I hear the weather is great this time of the year.

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GWB, Erika doesn't like conservatives. At least that's the conclusion I have come to from reading her previous posts. As with all lefties, she is trying to make you seem hypocritical while exposing her irrational thought processes. I don't think she'll be able to get a grip, at least not as long as she and her ilk can vote to get free goodies that other people have to pay for. Try and understand. Conservatives are very threatening to her because they are selfishly against this sense of entitlement, whether it be toward unions, socialized medicine, or a child's body.

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