>>16328>But why do you guys think that either Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell (or both) deserve a pardon?Who is "you guys"? Show me who's asking for a pardon and why.
>A pardon is a thing that would be given now, based on what we know now. By definition.Jeffrey Epstein is dead, so I'm not sure what you mean there.
Ghislaine Maxwell is a patsy. Giving her immunity in exchange for her cooperation in going after the real culprits would have made perfect sense, but the Justice Department under Joe Biden fucked that up, I suspect intentionally. That's yet another reason why I'm in favor of releasing the Epstein files & list. Making her the fall guy for this whole thing while the dudes who banged underaged girls go free is idiotic from every standpoint.
>To be honest, if you claimed that your "good friend" ought to be released from prison even after all of the stuff happened that you just mentioned, then it would be completely rational to think that you've got some kind of a problem with pedophilia (at least, well, in terms of putting tribalist connections over objective ethics).This also doesn't make sense.
I've said absolutely nothing about wanting the person who was at one time a "good friend" to be released. Are you suggesting that Donald Trump thought his "good friend" Jeffrey Epstein should have been released from prison? Jeffrey Epstein - the guy Trump's done nothing but shit on for many, many years? If so, what are you basing that on? If not, what point are you trying to make?
But ok, let's go with your statement...
If I hypothetically claimed that my "good friend" ought to be released from prison (which I never did) even after all of the stuff happened (i.e. caught with tons of CP),
let's brainstorm and think of ALL the possibilities, whether I agree with them or not, from most likely to least likely in general... it
could mean
A) that him being in jail negatively impacts me in some way
B) that his friendship is more important than my disgust toward his pedophilia
C) that his friendship is more important than his illegal actions
D) that I think think the sentence was too harsh
E) that I think prison isn't a proper solution for mental illness
F) that his value in society is more than what is detracted by his pedophilia (e.g. specialist job)
G) that his release would result in some greater evil coming to justice
H) that some [ulterior motive] is more important then B/C
I) that I'm opposed to the concept of prison
J) that I support pedophiles in general
K) that I think CP shouldn't be illegal
and likely other possible reasons I haven't thought of.
Of all of those, E is the one that I actually believe - not that I'm advocating he should have been released, but in a perfect world, he should have been treated rather than going to prison. But that's beside the point.
That list is just off the top of my head, from good reasons to awful reasons, why anyone would say "I think [some pedophile] should be out of prison." I made that list to prove a point: that people like yourself make statements based on nothing:
>if you claimed that your "good friend" ought to be released from prison even after all of the stuff happened that you just mentionedthat relates to nothing, and then immediately jump to some of the worst justifications possible:
>it would be completely rational to think that you've got some kind of a problem with pedophilia (at least, well, in terms of putting tribalist connections over objective ethics)even though I could make
the exact statement that you just said for
perfectly legitimate reasons.
You don't always have to jump to the worst conclusions when there's an entire array of solutions in front of you.
Get help.
>>16329 pedos like yourself? I, too, can make assertions based on absolutely nothing.
