More Polanski

Phase I: A number of outspoken, incensed jews, dismayed at the arrest of Roman Polanski, spring to his defense peddling patently lame arguments. Their op-eds as well as hard news accounts emphasize Polanski’s status as a holocaust survivor. His crime and flight are minimized. It’s “ancient history”. The expense too great. “We demand the immediate […]

Polanski’s Defenders’ Apologists

Curiouser and curiouser! A defense of Applebaum’s defense of Polanski. Doug MacEachern : Polanski, “Patterico” and Applebaum: Personally, I don’t think Ms. Applebaum wrote a very good column in the first place. And her self-defenses against [Patterico, AKA Patrick] Frey’s increasingly contemptuous attacks were weak. And, for that matter, Frey dug out a legitimate news […]

The Outrageous Defense of Roman Polanski

When news of jewish director Roman Polanski’s arrest broke two days ago I excerpted the following details from an early article, Festival says director Polanski in Swiss custody – Yahoo! News (* – see endnote): A native of France who was taken to Poland by his parents, Polanski escaped Krakow’s Jewish ghetto as a child […]