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You have to apologise for having been friends with and having received money from someone you didn't know was a pederast? Excusatio non petita, accusatio manif

by onevu 7y ago

You have to apologise for having been friends with and having received money from someone you didn't know was a pederast? Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta.

spamizbad 7y ago
It was public record 5 years before their interaction.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  It isn’t like it was very googable until a few months ago. Now I guess all these big labs will just start running criminal background checks on anyone who wants to donate a bunch of money.
  - JshWright 7y ago
    What? He was on the sex offender registry in multiple states, with several high profile pieces written in various media outlets. That's not some deep dark secret you have to dig to uncover.
    - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
      Besides Florida, what other states? Also, I never even heard about this guy until a few months ago, it obviously wasn’t high enough media profile for my radar. What did his Wikipedia page look like last year? Edit: I checked Wikipedia from 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Epstein&oldid=479434105 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Epstein&o... All the allegations and convictions were listed, so I’ll take back my comment and admit this was a failure of minimal due diligence (or outright not caring).
whowhatwhy 7y ago
Didn't know? Epstein was convicted 5 years before they met.
- onevu 7y ago
  So you look up everybody who you meet irl? I mean the way I'm reading this blog post is that the author had no idea. Personally I don't believe it, that's why I wouldn't accept the apology if I cared about this
  - driverdan 7y ago
    If you're receiving large donations from someone and allowing them to invest in your fund then yes, you absolutely spend some time looking into them.
  - okmokmz 7y ago
    >So you look up everybody who you meet irl? No, but if I'm trying to get someone to give me money for a project, invite them to my lab, and visit "several of their residences" I would definitely look them up
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by onevu 7y ago

You have to apologise for having been friends with and having received money from someone you didn't know was a pederast? Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta.

spamizbad 7y ago

It was public record 5 years before their interaction.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
It isn’t like it was very googable until a few months ago. Now I guess all these big labs will just start running criminal background checks on anyone who wants to donate a bunch of money.
- JshWright 7y ago
  What? He was on the sex offender registry in multiple states, with several high profile pieces written in various media outlets. That's not some deep dark secret you have to dig to uncover.
  - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
    Besides Florida, what other states? Also, I never even heard about this guy until a few months ago, it obviously wasn’t high enough media profile for my radar. What did his Wikipedia page look like last year? Edit: I checked Wikipedia from 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Epstein&oldid=479434105 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeffrey_Epstein&o... All the allegations and convictions were listed, so I’ll take back my comment and admit this was a failure of minimal due diligence (or outright not caring).

whowhatwhy 7y ago

Didn't know? Epstein was convicted 5 years before they met.

onevu 7y ago
So you look up everybody who you meet irl? I mean the way I'm reading this blog post is that the author had no idea. Personally I don't believe it, that's why I wouldn't accept the apology if I cared about this
- driverdan 7y ago
  If you're receiving large donations from someone and allowing them to invest in your fund then yes, you absolutely spend some time looking into them.
- okmokmz 7y ago
  >So you look up everybody who you meet irl? No, but if I'm trying to get someone to give me money for a project, invite them to my lab, and visit "several of their residences" I would definitely look them up

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