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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT by roywiggins on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:34AM (#20991580)
His argument in this specific email- as I read it- was a variant of "Your Honor, I had no idea she wasn't willing and 18!" ie that Minsky didn't know and must therefore have been blameless.

I think it's an immoral argument too- Minsky should have known something was going on, and would be culpable. And it's very possible he did know.

But paired with RMS' prior pedophilia apologia, the combination is horrendous.

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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT by azernik on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:39AM (#20991618)
In the later e-mail, he argues that even if he knew that she was underage, it shouldn't be considered rape.
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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT by roywiggins on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:48AM (#20991664)
I hadn't seen that the entire email thread was published. I don't have time to read it now, but I'm hardly surprised, so I stand corrected.

This fucking guy.

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