Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker who took his own life in 2019, has been linked to some of the world's most powerful men. Names included in the court documents aren't evidence of wrongdoing.

The unsealed documents in the Epstein case have been released.

  • vantlem@lemmy.world
    122·
    1 year ago

    Whether or not they did anything wrong (and they almost certainly did)

    And of course I don’t consider people linked to him through victimhood the same as the powerful men I was talking about. No good faith reading of my comment could possibly suggest otherwise.

    Don’t really know how you can take this in a good faith understanding. You’ve literally just said that any name appearing in the document almost certainly did the wrong thing. Just acknowledge that there is necessary nuance here - some people named in that document have done nothing wrong.

    Obviously, for anyone that underwent business or other dealings with Epstein, while knowing what we was: burn them. But the guillotine should never be indiscriminate.

    • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
      212·
      1 year ago

      You’ve literally just said that any name appearing in the document almost certainly did the wrong thing

      No, I was talking about the powerful men mentioned in the headline. Why would you think I’d widen it beyond that without saying so?

      Just acknowledge that there is necessary nuance here - some people named in that document have done nothing wrong.

      Of course. Just so happens that some if not all of the powerful men being alluded to in the headline have abused children and the rest have done a lot of awful things to attain their wealth and power.

      Obviously, for anyone that underwent business or other dealings with Epstein, while knowing what he was: burn them

      That’s what I’m saying!

      But the guillotine should never be indiscriminate.

      Agreed.