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Re:David Sabatini lands millions from private donors to star... by bsder on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:49PM (#34703023)
> I will note that so far there seems to be a much greater number of guys who actually did the things they were accused of than who were falsely accused.

So we now dispense "stochastic justice"? You're probably guilty because you are in a specific group so we'll just proclaim it by fiat?

Sadly, a lot of people think just like you do. And they get very upset when they are on the wrong side of the pointy stick because someone with authority claims they are in the wrong group.

You will always be in the wrong group for somebody. The only difference is that there is no defense if your beliefs are in charge and those people get power over you.

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Re:David Sabatini lands millions from private donors to star... by acdha on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @09:15PM (#34703232)
No, just that I’m going to assume that three separate investigations were not rigged in perfect secrecy until there’s some evidence. I don’t have any impact on him or his career so I don’t have a motivation or ability to do an independent investigation, but my default assumption is that this case is inline with the past evidence showing that credible false accusations are quite rare.
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