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When DinoCon is doing more than the US Gov (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/scientist-jack-horner-linked-to-jeffrey-epstein-in-newly-released-doj-files

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[–] 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

This is a fair take, and I greatly prefer an "innocent before proven guilty" justice system. I think it's also fair for you to read the article before commenting.

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology released a notice to members last week, cautioning that inclusion in the Epstein files does not alone imply misconduct.

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    And who is going to determine what misconduct is? They have a crack team of legal experts reading all the files? devil is in the details.

    the issue I'm addressing is the broader moral panic and the moral grandstanding that goes along with it that surrounds this whole thing, and pedophilia in general, or that these types of symbolic gestures are some form of justice for the crimes of Epstein and his trafficking associates.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I don't really think it's up to DinoCon to solve crimes. Obviously symbolic gestures aren't justice, but I don't really see what else DinoCon is supposed to do. Are you honestly asking DinoCon to spin up a crack team of legal experts to manage the epstein case? Maybe we should have GenCon start tracking down serial killers while we're at it.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago

    Professionally speaking? They should privately dis-invite the speakers or seminar leaders who make questionable appearances in the files, but not make a public hoopla over it. They probably have a ethics of conduct code that might have been demonstrably violated.

    But I have no idea what criteria they would be using to make those calls. For all we know maybe they have no codified ethics codes as an organization.

    My beef with it is the virtue signalling publicity. Making a big public stink about benefits who exactly? It's little more than grandstanding moralizing PR.

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