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A comment on Alan Turing's notes found being used as roof insulation at Bletchley Park. Parent comment

Re:Alan Turing's notes found being used as roof insulation a... by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @07:45PM (#8994627)
> We've seen recently in the news reports of the UK's Prince Andrew at 42 having allegedly had sex with a 17yo (that's above the age of consent in UK). It's a massive scandal apparently.

Its a massive scandal not just because of her age but because of the allegations that the 17yo was a victim of human trafficking and that this was known to the Prince (and because it is on top of the Prince's other connections to the alleged trafficker, which were already a scandal before the specific allegation), and at least one of the encounters is alleged to have taken place in a jurisdiction (the US Virgin Islands) where the age of consent is 18.

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Re:Alan Turing's notes found being used as roof insulation a... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @08:55PM (#8994896)
Ah, I was not aware of all the details - all I'd seen was mention of Epstein being a "convicted paedophile" [solicitation of a 15yo IIRC] and then the details on the news of the age of the young lady connected to Prince Andrew and the picture of the two of them + the suggestion that she may not have been there entirely consensually.

Thanks for the added info - my example was clearly poor, but I think the concept still stands: that a dim view is generally taken of people in the public eye who have short-term sex-based trysts with those much younger than themselves (particularly with teenagers)?

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