Indeed, we have an easily disproven accusation of misconduct and a bunch of accusations that there was misconduct that cannot be proven or disproven since nobody seems to know what that misconduct was.
It's as if a prosecutor said "The defendant broke the law, we're sure. We seek the death penalty, the prosecution rests".
The whole thing is actually quite disturbing and disgusting in equal measure.
Stallman never defended child sex trafficking, prostitution, or paedophilia. His crime is defending his (dead and therefore unable to defend himself) friend, Marvin Minsky, who *allegedly may have* had had sex with an 18-year-old Virginia Giuffre in 2002. So far there has been no direct evidence presented that Minsky did in fact sleep with the girl.
Minsky is known to have visited Epstein's island in 2002, when Epstein sponsored Minsky to host a symposium. At the time nothing was publicly known about Eps
So I guess you don't mind going to jail if the guy you are asking for directions turns out to have a baggie of meth in his pocket? Never mind that you didn't know he was a meth dealer, you associated with him so off to jail you go!
If someone else says "wait a minute, he was only asking for directions", is that person now advocating for someone who sells dangerous drugs to school children? Shall we jail him too?
PL/I -- "the fatal disease" -- belongs more to the problem set than to the
solution set.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 17, Number 5
EFF Puts its finger on it (Score:5, Insightful)
"serious accusations of misconduct"
Accusations are not enough, especially when most of them are transparently false.
Re:EFF Puts its finger on it (Score:5, Insightful)
Indeed, we have an easily disproven accusation of misconduct and a bunch of accusations that there was misconduct that cannot be proven or disproven since nobody seems to know what that misconduct was.
It's as if a prosecutor said "The defendant broke the law, we're sure. We seek the death penalty, the prosecution rests".
The whole thing is actually quite disturbing and disgusting in equal measure.
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Minsky is known to have visited Epstein's island in 2002, when Epstein sponsored Minsky to host a symposium. At the time nothing was publicly known about Eps
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So I guess you don't mind going to jail if the guy you are asking for directions turns out to have a baggie of meth in his pocket? Never mind that you didn't know he was a meth dealer, you associated with him so off to jail you go!
If someone else says "wait a minute, he was only asking for directions", is that person now advocating for someone who sells dangerous drugs to school children? Shall we jail him too?