From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: lm at mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:35:05 -0700
Subject: [COFF] Stallman resigns under pressure from CSAIL and FSF.
In-Reply-To: <20190917160228.19D3C18C098@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
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Message-ID: <20190917183505.GE9704@mcvoy.com>

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 12:02:28PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>     > From: Larry McVoy
> 
>     > If it really was just about his views, his views have been consistent
>     > for a long time and MIT didn't care.
> 
> The outrage over Epstein is so un-balanced I have a strong desire to vomit.
> 
> Not that I have any feeling at all that Epstein didn't deserve what he got. My
> disgust is that Roman Polanksi, who did exactly the same thing to a 13-year
> old, was defended and lionized by a long list of entertainment world figures
> after his arrest in Switzerland - many of whom are now falling all over
> themselves to condemn Epstein.

I'm not defending Polanksi, he clearly should be held to account, having 
anything to do with a 13 year is all sorts of messed up.

I think the outrage of Epstein at MIT is more about MIT knowingly taking
money from a convicted pedophile who had a lot of rich friends, and then
trying to cover it up.  It's stunningly stupid that MIT would risk their 
reputation over $7.5M.  That's .1% of their endowment at the time.  The
people involved, in my opinion, should give the money to a worthy charity
and resign for the sake of the institution.  MIT doesn't deserve these
people, they need to go.