Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
by darawk on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @03:02AM
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So, I could certainly be convinced of that argument. But there is a middle ground between coercion and porno-plot that makes sense here: Minsky thought she was a prostitute of legal age, there by her own free choice in exchange for compensation. If that were the case, I don't think we should be calling what Minsky did assault, and I do think that that is a pretty reasonable and likely scenario.
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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT
by kelnos on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:43AM
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More reasonable, perhaps, but still a bit out there. Age is often hard to tell at a glance, but just going along with the situation without asking any questions would seem to be ridiculously irresponsible.
Then again, an account from someone else at the gathering claims he saw what happened, and that Minsky rejected the girl's advances. If true, that kind makes the whole thing moot.