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French morals, American justice
Margaret Wente
May. 19, 2011
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Me too. The American system is infinitely more fair. In France, it�s unimaginable that an immigrant hotel maid of no status could lodge an assault complaint against an ultra-alpha male and be taken seriously. It�s inconceivable that the French police would pull that man off a plane moments before it departed or pack him off to a dingy jail cell like a common criminal. Good for them. If DSK had made it out of the country, it�s uncertain they�d have been able to extradite him.
Of course, it�s up to the American justice system to prove Mr. Strauss-Kahn�s guilt or innocence, a job at which it is generally quite good. According to press reports, his lawyers won�t deny there was a sexual encounter in that $3,000 hotel room. Instead, they�ll argue that it was consensual.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn�s sexual history was no secret among the French ruling class. But they didn�t care, and the media studiously ignored it. It would have been considered in grotesque bad taste (and possibly illegal) to bring these matters up. Besides, a certain amount of libertinage has always been admired among the political class, as a sign of vigour.
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