I used a corrupt cop as an analogy, not because I think the rest of the world should dance to America's tune. The fact remains that Switzerland has a legal extradition treaty with the U.S. that required them to act. Your only argument against extraditing Polanski seems to be that Switzerland is evil.

Inequities in extradition agreements is, again, a wholly different topic. I'm familiar with the McKinnon case, and it's pretty ridiculous, but U.S. authorities are just as overzealous in going after U.S. teenagers who hack government computers.