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Saying that Minsky having sex with underage girls would be morally okay is more than tactless - it is immoral.

• roywiggins 7y ago
  His argument in this specific email- as I read it- was a variant of "Your Honor, I had no idea she wasn't willing and 18!" ie that Minsky didn't know and must therefore have been blameless. I think it's an immoral argument too- Minsky should have known something was going on, and would be culpable. And it's very possible he did know. But paired with RMS' prior pedophilia apologia, the combination is horrendous.
  • azernik 7y ago
    In the later e-mail, he argues that even if he knew that she was underage, it shouldn't be considered rape.
    • roywiggins 7y ago
      I hadn't seen that the entire email thread was published. I don't have time to read it now, but I'm hardly surprised, so I stand corrected. This fucking guy.
• Bendingo 7y ago
  Except he didn't say anything like this.
  • azernik 7y ago
    From another comment of mine, the specific relevant passage is on page 7. Copied verbatim - line with a '>' is Stallman quoting another e-mail in the thread. """ > Giuffre was 17 at the time; this makes it __rape__ in the Virgin Islands. Does it really? I think it is morally absurd to define "rape" in a way that depends on minor details such as which country it was in or whether the victim was 18 years old or 17. I think the existence of a dispute about that supports my point that the term "sexual assault" is slippery, so we ought to use more concrete terms when accusing anyone. """