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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

so that it didn't ruin the track record of the DA's office.
Nonsense. The DA has a duty to prosecute and will do so unless for reasons of not enough evidence or equity. You are again saying the same thing that the DA doesn’t want to do his job here. Baloney, the DA is compelled to prosecute if the case meets the legal requirements for sufficiency of evidence. Obviously the DA can’t and obviously if and when it has enough evidence it can prosecute or reinstate the charges in this case—which contradicts what you keep saying that the DA does not want to.
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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

You have to wonder how many men like this are out there, who will essentially get away with serial rape for many years, aided by misguided policies and people unprepared to deal with the issue and unwilling to seek help.
compare
(and keep in mind for this case what did wt do wrong as you imply) The DA “being prepared to deal with the issue and help” did not prosecute him.
Which is why I specifically used the word "believe" and not "know."
Second, you said that, according to me"everybody is guilty simply because they are accused." I neither said that, nor did I imply it. Your characterization of me is incorrect, and I don't see a basis for it in anything I said.
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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

Thanks, Captain Obvious.
I'm saying that I believe his accusers.
So, obviously you missed the point. Believe what you like but you are defeated both legally and logically without evidence to substantiate. The reasons which I spelled out for you: Your belief is what makes you happy. I’m not repeating my reasons again.
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Top AI inventor Geoffrey Hinton reluctantly concluded that AI will probably humanity fairly soon
by slimboyfat in
1. social
2. current
geoffrey hinton, major inventor of artificial intelligence: .

“if you take the existential risk seriously, as i now do—i used to think it was way off, but now i think it’s serious, and fairly close—it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further, but i think it’s completely naïve to think that would happen.

there’s no way to make that happen.
Fisherman

the most powerful intelligence on the planet surely can.
The human brain is more powerful and independent though governed by feelings. AI depends on programming. A computer is very hard to beat at chess but you can find glitches and patterns and may defeat it. AI is a higher level but it is slso only a program, a calculator, as cofty said needs a battery and can burn a capacitor or blow out a circuit.
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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

I'm saying that I believe his accusers.
Maybe you are right but maybe you are wong. Believe whatever makes you happy.
I didn't say that every accusation against any person is true.
Or false either You just don’t know in this case. But you can believe it if you like it. Albeit your beliefs, the prosecutor decided they don’t have enough evidence to prosecute. Which doesn’t mean to me that this guy is not guilty, he could be or anybody else of anything. And just because someone is acquitted doesn’t mean he is really innocent and just because someone is convicted doesn’t mean he is actually guilty. But that is the official determination.
So, legally this guy is not guilty because charges were dropped and he wasn’t found guilty by a tribunal. In my mind though, I just don’t know without listening to the whole case. I don’t believe he is not guilty because the DA won’t prosecute and I don’t believe he is guilty based on allegations.
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Top AI inventor Geoffrey Hinton reluctantly concluded that AI will probably humanity fairly soon
by slimboyfat in
1. social
2. current
geoffrey hinton, major inventor of artificial intelligence: .

“if you take the existential risk seriously, as i now do—i used to think it was way off, but now i think it’s serious, and fairly close—it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further, but i think it’s completely naïve to think that would happen.

there’s no way to make that happen.
Fisherman

AI might have intelligence but ZERO power. Intelligence isn’t enough for AI to end humanity unless some AI information is used by humans to do it.
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Top AI inventor Geoffrey Hinton reluctantly concluded that AI will probably humanity fairly soon
by slimboyfat in
1. social
2. current
geoffrey hinton, major inventor of artificial intelligence: .

“if you take the existential risk seriously, as i now do—i used to think it was way off, but now i think it’s serious, and fairly close—it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further, but i think it’s completely naïve to think that would happen.

there’s no way to make that happen.
Fisherman

Can't we just pull out the plug?
Yep! exactly what I was going to post.
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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

DA's are very reticent to file charges unless it is a slam-dunk win.
So, you are saying that the guy is guilty and the DA has enough evidence but doesn’t want to do their job.
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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

There's no arguing on behalf of the GB(TM) (PBUT).
So you don’t blame the DA for dropping this case in-spite of having all of the evidence and you blame the wt policy instead here even though this case is public and in forensics and the DA decided they don’t have enough evidence to prosecute —thus far. Who knows, maybe they will get some evidence or the great tribulation will strike tomorrow. Who knows?
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Elder Arrested For Decades Long Abuse
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
not sure if this has already been posted:.

https://kdvr.com/news/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/ .
Fisherman

Highly improbable
Then surely there is enough evidence to convict and the prosecution must be in on it and should be fired for claiming not enough evidence. Are you accusing the prosecution?