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mr_lebowski

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1. That is A plausible scenario, but I'm not sure it's 'the most plausible' ...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 11:37 AM

Oct 2019

Ergo if I was to jump into that fray myself, I'd have said something like 'we should wait until there's more evidence ...' type of thing.

Giuffre was 17 when she began 'working' for Epstein and continued to do so into her 20's. It's by no means certain anyone she says she 'slept with' KNEW that she was a minor, nor that she indeed was at the time ... and given that 17 is the age of consent in many states and countries ...

That said, it's certainly these programmers right to have their opinion, refuse to work with him, or whatever.

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That is A plausible scenario, but I'm not sure it's 'the most plausible' ... mr_lebowski Oct 2019 #1

A very plausible scenario. Nt Ghost Dog Oct 2019 #2