The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman

Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman by DanBC on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:09AM (#21003263)

Where did I say he was talking about Epstein?

There's a bunch of people across these threads saying "he wasn't talking about Epstein" as if that excuses what he was saying.

> How do we know Minsky knew Epstein was committing a crime and thus making himself complicit in that crime? Does Minsky not have plausible deniability?

If you're a 70 year old man you should understand that a 17 year old girl is not going to want to have sex with you. He was at the minimum hugely reckless.

> In the end RMS was painting a picture where [...] Minsky was innocent.

Yes, I know, and this is enough for most people to realise that RMS is not a suitable figurehead for any project.

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Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman by taylodl on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:29AM (#21005173)

The presumption is Minsky wouldn't have known she was 17 and with regards to your other point - you know many men have been having affairs with girls 40 to 50 years their junior. Pablo Picasso was the first to come to mind. There have been many others. I presume they feel flattered rather than suspicious.

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Re:The media's hit piece on Richard Stallman by rurban on Thursday September 19, 2019 @03:06AM (#21013988)

We still don't know exactly if she was 17 or already 18 at that time. Someone found out that she actually was 18 already, but it's unclear yet.

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