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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except, nobody cares.  Old news.  [/quote]

Wasn’t it once the role of the most noble among us to look upon those who had been cast aside by society and welcome them into fellowship and reformation?

Obviously Epstein had issues and the government failed in their duty, but to cancel everyone who ever associated with the man is insanity. I don’t cancel the people in my family who are affiliated with people convicted any crime. If I came across a childhood friend convicted of murder (I have a few to be honest), I’d like to think I wouldn’t just cast them aside or refuse to speak with them. I certainly wouldn’t deem anyone who soaks with them later in life as worthy of cancellation.

This nonsense has gone too far. [/quote]

It’s not about “cancelling” everyone but people taking responsibility for lapses of judgement and morality.  Ignoring is endorsing.  [/quote]

New poster. I am all for going after the co-consirators to the full extent of the law. Anyone who was participated by procuring victims or abusing them, whatever party, should rot in jail. Anyone who knew about it and looked the other way should face legal consequences.

But putting someone who invited the guy to a wedding or even academics who kept up friendships with seedy people because the stupid system requires them to raise their own money is wrong. Utterly wrong. For one thing, if they didn't know what was happening, they in no way broke the law. And morally, these groups have nothing to do with one another. [/quote]

Look, if I had invited someone to my wedding who later turned out to be a convicted sex offender I would be reviewing why I invited that person and how my judgment could have been so wrong.  Maybe they tricked me. Maybe someone else I trusted asked me to extend the invitation.  Maybe because it was expected due to the circles I ran in.  But, I would be questioning myself.

Similarly if I am a university President doing fundraising.  If I was trading chatty emails with a convicted sex offender.  If I do him a favor and let someone into my university.  I would be questioning myself.

Etc etc.

If the folks connected to this web who may not have done anything wrong themselves don’t take a good hard look at how they got tangled up and how thy can change things in the future we will have learned nothing as a society.

These folks - if they did nothing wrong - should let be fired.  But I don’t see what is wrong with them standing up and saying they unwitting normalized the situation and they will endeavor to be more discerning going forward.

The longer they are silent the poorer I view their judgement.

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None of the people in Epsteins world post his conviction had to interact with him. They all had a choice. Epstein reached out to everyone who he thought could help him rehab.

Only some CHOOSE to engage. Not forced, a choice. That’s on them.
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