It’s weird. I can’t get hugely worked up about the controversy. But then again, I’m really at a loss about why there’s a controversy in the first place. Yes, I know the girl-now-woman Polanski raped has forgiven him (thanks in part to an out-of-court settlement). But so what? You could think the underlying crime wasn’t that big a deal (not my position by any stretch), but how can anyone forgive Polanski’s flight from justice? I don’t care what your ideology is, that just makes no sense if you believe in the rule of law at all.

Update: Patterico’s post on Polanski is worth reading (warning, some graphic descriptions at the end).