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Kunster
Dec 24, 2006

Portugal also had a similar case! It went for so long that at some point the press started rooting for some of the accused and ended up being freed earlier.

It didn't help that in order to entertain this story, they just kept rolling stories on finding CP and showing blurred versions of it over and over again so you couldn't, for several months, watch news without seeing them straight up just put up that stuff on TV or that they were baffled that Casa Pia students kept being mocked for being potentially prostituted, with the final drop being those same tv networks being somewhat dismissive of Rape Culture. It certain didn't help EITHER that they had one of those shows where you send funny videos to and, for some loving reason, didn't edit the videos parents sent of their kids taking a bath and slipping or putting foam to just the funny part and added circus music to.

So my guess as to why "Oh, a billionaire with a child sex dungeon has connections with all sorts of major people around the world" isn't being as covered here other than like, the bare minimum is less because some executive involved has a lot of shares on newspapers and tv broadcasters and more because they kind of fear that it would go the way of Casa Pia.

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Egg Moron
Jul 21, 2003

the dreams of the delighting void

The first dozen or so american presidents were most likely prolific child slave rapists by and large

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Kurtofan posted:

America elected president someone involved in running a child sex trafficking ring

The thought is pretty bad

Yeah Bill Clinton was a real shithead

Bear Retrieval Unit
Nov 5, 2009

Mudslide Experiment

Kurtofan posted:

America elected president someone involved in running a child sex trafficking ring

The thought is pretty bad

twice :shepface:

Juchero
Feb 15, 2008


Wedge Regret

Over Easy posted:

The first dozen or so american presidents were most likely prolific child slave rapists by and large

dunno about adams but otherwise you're probably dead on

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/1148582101484109826

Captain Billy Pissboy
Oct 25, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo
College Slice

Jose posted:

this all happened in belgium in even worse circumstances since a bunch of victims were left to starve to death by the police. the investigation suddenly went to pieces after he said a bunch of high level government officials and others were involved and the surviving victims were willing to back him up on it. 20 of them died in mysterious circumstances

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux

quote:

The police searches of Dutroux's house on 13 and 19 December 1995 in relation to his vehicle theft charge came under harsh scrutiny. According to Dutroux and Martin, Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo were still alive in the basement dungeon at the time of his arrest a few days before the first search, but the searching officer, René Michaux, failed to discover them. A locksmith who was accompanying Michaux said he heard children's voices coming from inside the house while the two men were in the basement, but Michaux decided that the voices had come from outside.[16][17]Several videotapes were also seized from the house that showed Dutroux constructing the secret entrance and the dungeon where the girls were then held. The tapes were never viewed by the police, who later claimed this was because they did not have a videotape player.[15]
...
This suspicion, along with general anger over the outcome, culminated with the popular judge in charge of investigating the claims, Jean-Marc Connerotte, who had played an important role in the liberation of Laetitia Delhez and Sabine Dardenne, being dismissed on the grounds of having attended a fund-raising dinner for the girls' families,[31] in what became known as the "spaghetti-affair". Connerotte was replaced by Jacques Langlois.
...
When the case against Dutroux came to court, Connerotte was called as a witness. On the witness stand, Connerotte broke down in tears when he described "the bullet-proof vehicles and armed guards needed to protect him against the shadowy figures determined to stop the full truth coming out.[31]

The deep state is real and it's sole purpose is to protect our pedophile ruling class

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

loving lmao at the supremely brain broken people contesting it in the replies

https://mobile.twitter.com/scottmcmorrow/status/1148417959200796672
https://mobile.twitter.com/scottmcmorrow/status/1148428005573877766
https://mobile.twitter.com/mybellmichell/status/1148412571625672709
https://mobile.twitter.com/tubby34/status/1148428212080447489

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
BILL CLINTON INNOCENT!!!!!!

guestimate
Nov 10, 2011

Granted I'm a middle aged woman but I still don't get this supposed obsession by so many rich guys for sex with young kids.
Being honest here- its extremely deviant behavior

These vast networks and rings
Isn't this kinda unlikely?

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

It may be unlikely. But its true

Best Friends
Nov 4, 2011

guestimate posted:

Granted I'm a middle aged woman but I still don't get this supposed obsession by so many rich guys for sex with young kids.
Being honest here- its extremely deviant behavior

These vast networks and rings
Isn't this kinda unlikely?

I see your point. a couple potential theories:

1) even if Epstein had hundreds of clients, that's only a tiny fraction of the rich and powerful

2) I have no basis for this but it seems logical that the sort of person who pursues power and vast wealth would be more likely to get off on power disparity

shame on an IGA
Apr 8, 2005

It's not about loving kids it's about everyone knowing you're powerful enough to get away with loving kids

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

shame on an IGA posted:

It's not about loving kids it's about everyone knowing you're powerful enough to get away with loving kids

it's also about loving kids

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

at the very least bill is now going to be forever remembered as a pedo. i bet a lot of cushy 250,000 speaking gigs have been getting cancelled in the past few days

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
Libs defending bill clinton lol

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

babypolis posted:

at the very least bill is now going to be forever remembered as a pedo. i bet a lot of cushy 250,000 speaking gigs have been getting cancelled in the past few days

lol no they aren't

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
This poo poo makes me puke

Karl Barks
Jan 21, 1981

guestimate posted:

Granted I'm a middle aged woman but I still don't get this supposed obsession by so many rich guys for sex with young kids.
Being honest here- its extremely deviant behavior

These vast networks and rings
Isn't this kinda unlikely?

i mean the catholic church exists so anything is possible if you think about it

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
I'm sure bill Clinton is getting off scott free somehow

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

guestimate posted:

Granted I'm a middle aged woman but I still don't get this supposed obsession by so many rich guys for sex with young kids.
Being honest here- its extremely deviant behavior

These vast networks and rings
Isn't this kinda unlikely?

I would be more shocked if they didn't exist, not that uncommon a -philia and rich people can get away with anything.

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

Taintrunner posted:

lol no they aren't

no one is going to pay top dollar to listen to and get a pic with the guy everyones saying is a filthy pedo

A Buttery Pastry
Sep 4, 2011

Delicious and Informative!
:3:

babypolis posted:

at the very least bill is now going to be forever remembered as a pedo. i bet a lot of cushy 250,000 speaking gigs have been getting cancelled in the past few days
Those speaking gigs are payments for service rendered during his presidency. You can't just cancel them and expect other politicians to trust you to pay their bribes.

a few DRUNK BONERS
Mar 25, 2016

babypolis posted:

no one is going to pay top dollar to listen to and get a pic with the guy everyones saying is a filthy pedo

they will pay more

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

babypolis posted:

no one is going to pay top dollar to listen to and get a pic with the guy everyones saying is a filthy pedo

there are a substantial number of Clinton defenders declaring his innocence.

Eat This Glob
Jan 14, 2008

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent?

Kurtofan posted:

I'm sure bill Clinton is getting off

please never put that image in my head again. please

Breakfast All Day
Oct 21, 2004

babypolis posted:

no one is going to pay top dollar to listen to and get a pic with the guy everyones saying is a filthy pedo

yeah it really made people avoid michael jackson, roman polanski, woody allen,

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

Breakfast All Day posted:

yeah it really made people avoid michael jackson, roman polanski, woody allen,

2 out of 3 aint bad

Breakfast All Day
Oct 21, 2004

plus even if it got to the point the evidence about clinton was incontrovertible/not handwaved away by media and beyond that people actually cared (neither of which will happen), some newspeak version of ephebophile will enter the narrative about 10 seconds later as an explanation why its not that bad

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

starting to think we need to form parallel power structures to replace the media

Eat This Glob
Jan 14, 2008

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent?

Taintrunner posted:

there are a substantial number of Clinton defenders declaring his innocence.

lmao this post reminds me of that pelosi lady cautioning about how some of "our faves" were likely going to be outed as pedophiles

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
Those parallel power structures would just become corrupted as well.

Virtual Russian
Sep 15, 2008

guestimate posted:

Granted I'm a middle aged woman but I still don't get this supposed obsession by so many rich guys for sex with young kids.
Being honest here- its extremely deviant behavior

These vast networks and rings
Isn't this kinda unlikely?

Someone else said this, but I think it's worth repeating: When you become so wealthy as to effortlessly possess all material things, all that is left is to take from others that which is immaterial.

Also our culture, and especially male culture (which is a dominant force in our overall culture), is deeply enshrining of exploitation and pedophilia; just look at popular porn.

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Funky See Funky Do posted:

Those parallel power structures would just become corrupted as well.

starting to think we should kill ourselves

Breakfast All Day
Oct 21, 2004

i mean gently caress we should probably go ahead and start a google sheet counting up the times "pedophile", "rape", "child" rather than a gendered word, etc. are actually used rather than "sex ring with young women" because 90% of the poo poo im already seeing is going with the latter

Lemniscate Blue
Apr 21, 2006

Here we go again.

Kurtofan posted:

I'm sure bill Clinton is getting off scott free somehow

They don't call him Teflon Bill because he's a long-chain fluoropolymer.

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD

Stairmaster posted:

starting to think we should kill ourselves

There's 415ppm CO2 in the atmosphere and a nuclear weapon aimed at every major city on the planet. This is just that time where the head still blinks for a while in the basket.

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Stairmaster posted:

starting to think we should kill ourselves

I have good news about climate change

Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:

are we sure this isn’t a John Barron situation again?

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The Saucer Hovers
May 16, 2005

guestimate posted:

Granted I'm a middle aged woman but I still don't get this supposed obsession by so many rich guys for sex with young kids.
Being honest here- its extremely deviant behavior

These vast networks and rings
Isn't this kinda unlikely?

everyone has a hobby and its easier than ever to stay in touch

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