Roman Polanski arrested!

I heard something about the country was thinking of having him chemically castrated??

No idea, heard that from a passer by so I don't know if it's true

So it was true.
Yeah, its the type of thing where if you disagree people yell "ZOMG YOU WANT PEDOPHILES TO RUN AROUND!!!"

Strangely enough, this happened only two days after Susan Atkins died.  And last night, my girlfriend and I watched a history channel docu-drama on Manson.  And this morning we read about Polanski's arrest.  The guy has had a tragic life, from his mother being murdered in a nazi concentration camp, to his pregnant wife being brutally murdered.  While that in no way justifies sex with a minor, whether consensual or rape, that was 30 years ago.   There is no evidence that the man currently poses any threat to young girls.  The only thing I can think is that this is political in some way.  Why can't they let the man live out the last few years of his tragic life in peace?  After all, even the victim no longer wants him to be prosecuted, and this will put her in the limelight again.  Something I know she would wish to avoid. 

They arrest people in Switzerland??

I don't know all the facts, but if he raped a girl (forcibly rather than consensual statutory), I'd say roast him.

What difference does 30 years make for a forced rape of a 13 year old girl?

It's about time,the man deserves it.

The Doctor wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: The Doctor wrote:   After all, even the victim no longer wants him to be prosecuted, and this will put her in the limelight again.  Something I know she would wish to avoid.  She tried to drop the charges before the arrest because thanks to his cowardice she's had to suffer for a decade. I'm pretty sure she'd rather see him go to jail than go free now that we've finally gotten around to arresting him.    I give you this in response:   The victim recently filed court papers seeking dismissal of the case against Polanski.   In her declaration, Samantha Geimer said, "I am no longer a 13-year-old child. I have dealt with the difficulties of being a victim, have surmounted and surpassed them with one exception. "Every time this case is brought to the attention of the Court, great focus is made of me, my family, my mother and others. That attention is not pleasant to experience and is not worth maintaining over some irrelevant legal nicety, the continuation of the case." Full story here: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/12/polanski.case/index.html

No, I think I'd get drunk with power and start arresting people for wearing Nickelback shirts. I saw someone in class wearing one! I would have said something if I weren't a coward.

Finally, geezus.
Some of my female friends were raped at an even earlier age than that, and it's seriously screwed with them. They have been unable to go throughout the years without thinking about it.
I say the guy rot in jail for the rest of his life, 30 years ago or not,  but I'm possibly biased since rapist are some of the people I hate most on this earth seeing how they have affected people that are very close to me.

Ridiculous. Hasn't he suffered enough already? Putting him in jail won't do anything good for anyone.