Let's get back to basics 1) Polanski acknowledged the fact that he had sex with a minor (of 13) in 1977.
2) Polanski's wife was murdered by Charles Manson's gang in 1969. 3) In 1977, he voluntarily spent 48 days in a mental hospital, as ordered by a Californian judge, to ascertain his true mental status. 4) In 1977, he pleaded guilty to "unlawful sex" but declared that "he did not know the true age of the young girl when he had sex with her". 5) "When I understood that I could not get an impartial trial in California", says Polanski, "I decided to move to France on 1st February 1978". 6) He subsequently renounced his American citizenship and adopted French citizenship. 6) In 2003, he received an oscar for his film "The Pianist" (a film on the Holocaust), but was unable to come to the US to claim it. 7) The victim, Samantha Gardner, has publicly forgiven him and has withdrawn all charges. 8) This caused the Californian judge, Espinoza, to amend the charges in the international warrant to one of "misdemeanour". 9) Switzerland and France are presently engaged in a "war of words" over tax evasion. Obama seems to be taking the side of Switzerland and of minimising the risks posed by tax evasion. This is in line with major US interests who have voided last week's G20 summit in Pittburgh of any "punch". ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
