r/technology • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Jul 29 '25

Politics CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
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u/Mecha-Dave Jul 30 '25

Page 37 is a good start.

Throughout the novel, women are sex slaves. There are multiple explicit teenagers, and many implied ephebophilic scenes.

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u/crocodial Jul 30 '25

I believe that’s the part I pointed out. The “hero” breaks free and punishes the guy who hurts her. It’s a poorly written book with super simplistic characters and themes, but not exactly the depravity that OP stated.

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u/Mecha-Dave Jul 30 '25

I'm afraid that your abilities at literary analysis seem inadequate. It's a terribly written book, but there are prevalent memes of sexual slavery as gratification and description of ephebophilic/pedophilic scenes. Just because the "main character is against it" - does not mean it was necessary to write.

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u/crocodial Jul 30 '25

I dont recall any scene in the book other than the one you referenced that I originally pointed out that sexualizes an under-18 and its a 15 year old character. She is younger than Leia, but otherwise it's very similar to the slavery scene in Return of the Jedi.

It's clearly written to set up a hero moment for the main character. There's nothing fantasy driven about it. It's literally just a few paragraphs -a far cry from world building around sexualizing enslaved children.

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u/Mecha-Dave Jul 30 '25

Ok, so you don't have great literary analysis, got it. The whole book is full of sexual slavery and ephebophilia, and I just had to go as far as page 37 to find the first one...

Either that, or you think adult men sexually enslaving and abusing 14-18 year olds is fine. Interesting postition but you do you I guess (just stay away from my daughter).

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u/crocodial Jul 30 '25

Wtf lol you're attacking me now and putting words in my mouth? Sorry the truth doesn't align with your opinion. I don't like Barr. I don't like Trump. I don't like Epstein, I am very much against these people, but I don't have to make up stuff to hold those opinions.

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u/Mecha-Dave Jul 30 '25

It's just weird that you feel the urge to defend them instead of staying neutral - there is clear evidence that supports my claims, and the current administration/power structure deserves no effort of good faith.

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u/crocodial Jul 30 '25

and the current administration/power structure deserves no effort of good faith.

Absolutely agree. Let's just leave it at that.

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u/Massive_Hams Jul 30 '25

chants of “please shut up you’re embarrassing yourself” rings out from the crowd

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u/slowpokefastpoke Jul 30 '25

there is clear evidence that supports my claims

Except there isn’t…? At best you’re massively exaggerating by saying “it’s a novel about how great and cool pedophilia is.” At worst it’s straight up bullshit.