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 >> Maxwell, not of Andrew Mountbottom-Windsor.  From his point of view, she 
 >> was a friendly, smiling young prostitute provided by his good rich 
 >> friend, and Andrew didn't groom her or share her with his friends, he 
 >> merely had a few quick fucks. So I cannot see that Andrew is to blame 
 >> for what befell Epstein's victims. What else can we blame him for? The 
 >> months or years of continuing contact with Epstein after Epstein was 
 >> convicted. I don't see that as a big deal. He did not manipulate the 
 >> justice system in the way that Trump does. Or campaign openly for his 
 >> friend. 
 > 
 >Well said. 
 > 
 >Are we all obliged in some unspoken way to sever contact with friends 
 >who have fallen foul of the law, a situation which must arise many times 
 >per day across a population such as the UK or the USA? 
 > 
 >If we do sever contact and treat (former) friends with hateful disdain, 
 >why are we doing it? 
 > 
 >As part of their punishment? To make ourselves feel somehow worthy? To 
 >virtue-signal to others? 
  
 Is your tolerance at all subjective like most people; would you 
 maintain your friendship, for example, with a pedophile who was 
 convicted of having sex with infant children?. 
  
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