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Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 7:47 am
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Josh Duggar is on trial, of course. As an IT worker with 30 years of experience and a BS in computer science, I would say that he is likely guilty, but, unless physical security of a computer can be maintained at all times, anyone with administrative rights can do pretty much anything that they please whether local or remotely. In any case, the following quotation from the Duggar parents is telling:
"The accusations brought against Joshua today are very serious. It is our prayer that the truth, no matter what it is, will come to light, and that this will all be resolved in a timely manner,"
This is something that could have, in part, come from the mouth of Professor Richard Dawkins.
The truth, no matter what it is... A case of selective reasoning on the part of the Duggars?? Maybe there is some progress here?
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 8:40 am
You have a bullshit in computer science?
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 9:23 am
It's at the bottom of my resume for that very reason.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 9:48 am
Bottom of your resume, how very cheeky of you.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 11:19 am
Josh installed software on his work computer that would email his wife if he visited a porn site. Then, he installed a partition on the drive that ran linux and a torrent client. Testimony for the prosecution left little room for doubt.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 12:13 pm
(December 8, 2021 at 11:19 am)Ranjr Wrote: Josh installed software on his work computer that would email his wife if he visited a porn site. Then, he installed a partition on the drive that ran linux and a torrent client. Testimony for the prosecution left little room for doubt.
Yeah, quite likely, but, as the computer was not secured, anyone with physical access to the box could have created a dual boot OS. With root access and knowledge of Linux, virtually anything is possible after that.
I would not convict if I was in the jury, at least from what I have read in the news.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 12:18 pm
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The defense argues that he was framed. That someone other than him put kiddie pron on his work computer...and this, despite the fact that the prosecution has exhaustive logs of the minute to minute activity of that device, including his sending personal messages from it while he downloaded kiddie pron. Go for broke, I guess.. the one armed man defense worked for harrison ford, eventually.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 12:27 pm
I guess it comes down to the specifics of the case and the charges made. But aren't there multiple admissions and accusations of Josh molesting girls over the years, including his sisters?
Josh Duggar defense: "Yeah that CP on my 'puter isn't mine. Someone else put it there."
Pft! Whatever.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 12:30 pm
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I think that it's hard to ask a jury to believe that they should return with not guilty on the basis of the notion that there may be some shadowy conspiracy against this poor sufferer. Even worse, I think it can backfire horrendously....because..if a jurist doesn't believe that, they now have to contend with the fact that the man whose fate they are deciding just tried to bullshit them in the most juvenile way imaginable. In effect, insulting the jurists.
It cant be anything other than a hail mary...even when or if it's true, when there is a conspiracy.
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RE: Atheism & the Duggars
December 8, 2021 at 1:09 pm
My OP was directed at the Duggars' at least implicit acknowledgement of the fundamental principle of atheism, namely, our refusal to deny the obvious.
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