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In quoting me, you cut off my comments mid-paragraph. That is removal of context. I described several hypotheticals, the hindsight question being one. Yes we c
by asveikau 7y ago
In quoting me, you cut off my comments mid-paragraph. That is removal of context. I described several hypotheticals, the hindsight question being one.
Yes we can point at the misdeeds of Ito and others and they are awful. But there is a nonzero amount of people here that could fall into similar traps if they were in a position to accept millions from shady characters, which most of us aren't. If Ito, as bad as his acts were, had full realization of consequences (as he now does in hindsight), do you think he would have done this? I don't know the guy, but I am guessing not.
That is not to exculpate him or trivialize or distract. He screwed up majorly.
- watwut 7y agoYou mean, if he knew people will find out? Because that is only new information, really. Everything else was known at the time.
- asveikau 7y agoIt could also be that he knew some facts, but was too stupid to realize their significance until after it blows up on him. None of it is exculpatory, mind you.
- mcguire 7y agoIt could also be that Ito is actually a collective intelligence made up of squirrels concealed in a business suit. Both seem rather unlikely, though.