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In they were in Massachusetts, Minsky might have asked, "Are you here willingly, and how old are you?" And he could have received the reply, "Absolutely, I'm having the time of my life with Jeffrey and all the famous people he introduces me to, and I'm 16."

And the sex might then have seemed consensual and legal to Minsky, because even now in 2019, the age of consent in Massachusetts is 16.

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Additionally, apparently Minsky turned the 17 year old down.

Seems to me it’s some of the other things Stallman has said which are more troubling.

Although he has renounced many of those prior statements at the very least.

A man of such convictions, working in tech but eschewing so much of it, not surprising he’d have some quirky or harmful views mixed in there.

Too bad since I appreciate his FSF work and hard line views against surveillance.

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That's not what I see when I click on that link! Just in case we're seeing different page-versions, what does a frozen copy of the Wikipedia page from a third site show? Also "16":

https://archive.is/n3Nfs

Oops, I mistook Massachusetts for New York. My geography sucks.

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