Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Previously Thought

Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by ebg13 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:23AM (#20809278)

The digging is skilled, but the assumptions that go with them don't appear to be supported?

> "John Brockman knew. Here he is with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s rape victims on one side, and alleged abuse coordinator"

Being photographed with someone isn't the same as knowing that they're being raped. Is there more to that?

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Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by larrywright on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:30AM (#20809359)

You wouldn’t find it odd that someone who had no children of his own was constantly surrounded by teenage girls? I sure would. Yes, that’s not the same as knowing that they’re being raped, but I’d sure want to distance myself from someone who was behaving like that.

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Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by ebg13 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:43AM (#20809476)

Being odd is not a crime. What any one person would do is often not a strong indicator of what is right. A lot of people also like to distance themselves from black people. Them being black is not the same as knowing that they're violent criminals, but...

The kind of thought process that you're suggesting has very toxic tendrils.

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Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by larrywright on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:04AM (#20809670)

Let me put it this way: a middle-aged man, with no children of his own, regularly hanging out with underaged girls is more than odd - it’s a warning sign. There really aren’t many (if any) non-sleazy explanations for that behavior. He didn’t even have a credible cover story, like working with disadvantaged young women.

Comparing this to avoiding black people based solely on the color of their skin (and not that there are warning signs) is not remotely the same.

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Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by ebg13 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:16AM (#20809788)

> it’s a warning sign

Or it's not, because your preconceptions aren't universal? Is there a factual basis for this other than "I don't like it"?

> Comparing this to avoiding black people based solely on the color of their skin (and not that there are warning signs) is not remotely the same.

It looks exactly the same to me. Many people think that black skin is a warning sign. The difference is in what you believe, not in what is happening.

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Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by msghacq on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:28AM (#20809331)

He was already covered extensively in the media for raping under age girls. Brockman brought him to that party and then proceeded to take pictures with a bunch of young women that Epstein brought along.

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Re:Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Pre... by ebg13 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:36AM (#20809426)

> He was already covered extensively in the media for raping under age girls

When? The caption on the photo says "early 2000s". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein says that the accusation leading to his first criminal case didn't happen until 2005. His conviction didn't happen until 2008. So how does that fit into the "early 2000s" timeline?

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