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Old 18th September 2019, 08:23     #158
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It does look like what he said was mischaracterised as he was talking in context of Minsky’s perspective of the situation. Minsky may have thought that the girl was older, and she may have presented as willing. In saying that his speculation here that this is “the most plausible scenario” does seem baseless. Also, he wasn’t expressing his opinion privately. He used a public mailing list to comment on a subject outside his sphere of expertise, knowing it was going to cause controversy (i.e regarding a 17yr old girl allegedly trafficked to an island to have sex with old men).

Surely there must be a threshold where an organisation can get rid of you if what you say publicly greatly harms their reputation by association? But what if that great harm is stirred up by a vocal minority? I do wonder if this would have escalated as much if Stallman didn’t have a history of defending paedophilia.
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