I agree with you, Joe.

That said, a man who would do the things Epstein did to young women who had never done anything against him is probably inscrutable to the mind of the usual sane and decent Mudcatter.

But one thing I have noticed in reading about child abusers is that a man can do the most hideous things to a child in private and not be bothered, yet care deeply (maybe hysterically) about how he is perceived in the community. Epstein was a man who seemed wealthy, important, good-looking, but that outer appearance was all he had.

When investigation shattered that shell, there was nothing left but shame.