And as the saying goes if 9 people sit at a table and a paedophile sits down and none of them say anything, there are 10 paedophiles at the table.
I really don’t like this argument. There’s a big difference between not reporting something and being complicit in that something.
For example, my neighbor smokes pot, and likely does so illegally. If I don’t report them, does that make me a pot smoker? No, that’s absurd! I personally don’t agree w/ the drug law despite having no desire to use marijuana, so there’s absolutely no reason for me to report them.
That said, if my neighbor was a pedophile, I would report them. Why? Because I want to protect kids, and getting the police involved is the best way to do that. So if there are 9 people at a table and a pedophile sits down and none says anything, there’s still one pedophile, but also 9 pedophile enablers. I don’t think those people should be guilty by association, but I do believe they are shirking their moral responsibility.
As you yourself say, if we’re talking about the systematic trafficking and molestation of children, silence is complicity. There’s a world of difference between a crime that literally doesn’t harm anyone and what epstein was doing.
I really don’t like this argument. There’s a big difference between not reporting something and being complicit in that something.
For example, my neighbor smokes pot, and likely does so illegally. If I don’t report them, does that make me a pot smoker? No, that’s absurd! I personally don’t agree w/ the drug law despite having no desire to use marijuana, so there’s absolutely no reason for me to report them.
That said, if my neighbor was a pedophile, I would report them. Why? Because I want to protect kids, and getting the police involved is the best way to do that. So if there are 9 people at a table and a pedophile sits down and none says anything, there’s still one pedophile, but also 9 pedophile enablers. I don’t think those people should be guilty by association, but I do believe they are shirking their moral responsibility.
As you yourself say, if we’re talking about the systematic trafficking and molestation of children, silence is complicity. There’s a world of difference between a crime that literally doesn’t harm anyone and what epstein was doing.