I mean, they have to pay the bills somehow. And this shows maybe how bad financially they're off. Before the internet, you had to buy a copy of the book. I suspect those sales fell off a cliff in the last 25 years. So I may not like this decision but I can understand it.
And as others have suggested, there are other ways to get what you need online. This is a strong atmospheric disturbance in a serving vessel for hot infused beverages.
There are certain crimes you will never be able to fully eradicate. You can only try to get them down to the bare flawed human minimum. For pretty much as long as there are laws and courts, killing in cold blood has been illegal. But to this day humans kill humans in cold blood. All we can do is make good laws, prosecute perpetrators, and increase awareness. If the latter is what you mean by grassroot change, then sure. If we stay within the hypothetical, I don't think a mass accident (like an accidental gas leak) or mass murder (a gas leak made to look like an accident) of the whole bunch on Epstein island would bring about a cultural change. My personal fear is that this whole exposé of this particular case only served to make the rich fuckers even more careful when they do it, not do it less.
At the root of the Epstein case is money. Billionaires should not exist. The quality of legal representation should not depend on one's bank account. If you want a grassroot cause, tackle that one.
I'm afraid that pedophilia is prevalent everywhere. We only hear about the rich people more because journalists take an interest and rich people think - not unjustifiably - that money is a good protective shield and therefore take more risks.
In this hypothetical scenario, if all these people were pedophiles or turned a blind eye to it, were assembled at the same time, and all punched their ticket to a delightfully shitty afterlife, I don't think the problem would be gone. There will be willing successors standing by to fill all of these positions. And it would be a stroke of luck if the waiting successors were suddenly more moral beings.
Not to worry! And thank you for this civilized exchange that managed to stay clear of Godwin's Law:)
Does a nation cease to exist after it is conquered? All the efforts to that effect by the English notwithstanding, it's still there.
[Angry Welsh noise, probably involving a lot of consonants and a few double L's]
Is this déjà-downvote I feel?
Nach dem Verständnis von Fritze gilt die ja nur für europäische Menschen und Afghanistan liegt ja bekanntlich nicht in Europa ...
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IT'LL GO PLACES WITHOUT YOU THEN. THANKS FOR PIPING UP.
We should not start accepting manipulated images as a replacement for real images
My point was that it is already too late for that. I understand how your feel. I also think that you'll be part of a minority.
There is no such thing as a real image.
[Redacted], [redacted], or maybe [redacted]. We would all benefit if we just didn't hear from him ever again and then his name or title really don't matter.
Captcha, but for bots, I imagine. Fits in with the general conspiratorial theme.