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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by kelnos on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @07:40AM (#20993806)
The problem with your analogy is that, in reality, "Joe" was presented with a beautiful woman over 50 years younger than him who supposedly wanted to have sex with him, while at a gathering on a billionaire's private island. If "Joe" were a reasonable, non-sketchy person, the absolute best interpretation there is that she was a prostitute of questionable age, which is still pretty bad. Going along with that without asking some very hard questions would seem to be not only morally questionable, but also personally risky.

(Of course, there's also reasonable debate as to whether or not Minsky actually had sex with her. One person who was present at the gathering claims Minsky didn't.)

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by gojomo on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @02:48PM (#20998755)
If Minsky didn't realize she was essentially a prostitute, he was foolish.

But how do you know Minsky didn't "ask[] some very hard questions"?

At the time of the alleged sex, 2001-2002, Epstein's cover as an investment billionaire who threw money around to win the attention/affection of young-but-legal women was still secure. He'd been a recent repeat visitor to the Clinton White House, and President Bill Clinton's multiple trips in Epstein's plane were contemporaneous or followed soon after.

The thinking at the time would have been: "If an ex-President (and husband of sitting Senator Hillary Clinton) can hobnob in public with this guy Epstein, he can't be into anything too shady, can he?"

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by dragonsngoblins on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:38PM (#21012071)
Why is the best interpretation that she was a prostitute of questionable age as opposed to just... a prostitute?

Legitimate question, I haven't been following this closely enough to know. If it was reasonable to assume she was an adult I don't see an issue with it, but I don't have a moral objection to prostitution

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