Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Bill Gates' Private Office Asked Women SEXUALLY EXPLICIT Questions During Job Interviews: Report" video.

  1. Short memory. (Vaxxed? Just kidding.)
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  2. Certainly they can. Do you think cases couldn't be brought before everyone had a smartphone? It is called sworn testimony.
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  3. @traho811  Exactly. Defendants count on people being too scared or embarrassed to sue, and they count on people thinking no one will believe them if they come forward. The truth is a little different a lot of the time.
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  4. ​ @optimal8155 So what do you plan to do about all the kids who didn't have a choice in the matter? Way to miss the point.
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  5.  @francikoen  It's called testifying under oath.
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  6. 😅😅😅
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  7.  @greendrummers  It's getting close to where we'll have to list the things he hasn't done wrong.
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  8. ​ @ricfax No normal person has sought such power. They are like countries unto themselves. That requires a level of sociopathy that is not found in the vast majority of people.
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  9. @franciking  When a plaintiff survives a motion for summary judgment, a rich defendant settles. Sworn testimony can get you there, you don't need recordings. Sometimes the defendant himself recorded the interview. That can come out during discovery.
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  10. ​ @heartonmysleeves4668  Exactly
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  11. This is true.
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  12. I'm shocked, SHOCKED!
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  13. Because it never happened. And Gates doesn't deny it, he denies knowledge or consent to the questions. Okay, Hon.
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  14. @zarni000  One is enough. If the fact that the defendant is likely to lie were enough to prevent recovery, no suit would ever stand a chance. If you can defeat the defense motion for summary judgment, the defendant WILL settle rather than have a trial. They come to an agreement about confidentiality in exchange for MONEY. If you worked for them, they promise a glowing reference and you promise not to badmouth them, which is ultimately in your interest as well. (Who ever says my boss was perverse, or my kid's school is awful? Not in your interest to say it.) People do not have a realistic notion of how this stuff goes. (Pro tip: never lie under oath. Really, don't. Not for a boss, not for anybody. That is the one big thing no one should do.)
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  15. @franciking  FIRST, do not mix criminal indictments and civil suits. Speaking of O.J., he LOST the civil wrongful death suit brought against him. Everything else you say could be true -- though your maladroit invocation of O.J. should cast doubt on everything else you counted off -- and a plaintiff could still get a settlement, and probably will. In this case, there has been no denial. The excuse seems to be that Gates neither knew nor approved of the strategy -- and granted, that is not a position he has actually taken in court, so we can't really form an opinion. The hardest part is finding a good lawyer, but as long as there is a deep pocket in the picture, that is possible. (Gates is popular? At this point? LOL)
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  16. @zarni000  It is simply wrong that one is not enough -- or that more than one greatly improves your chances. I mean, as if two can't collude!
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  17.  @francikoen  The DEFENDANT does. These are contingency cases. LOL, you should give up.
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  18. @franciking  And just how big does a retainer have to be, when the attorney could become famous for doing a great job on the case? A lot of lawyers jump at such cases. The only questions in their minds are whether the plaintiff is (1) objectively truthful; and (2) believable.
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  19.  @francikoen  O.J. lost in the civil case. Give it up. 😂
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  20.  @francikoen  Sworn testimony is evidence. You seem to confuse evidence and proof.
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  21. @franciking  An allegation in a complaint is not evidence. Sworn testimony subject to cross examination by defense counsel, and otherwise tested in court, is.
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  22.  @ricfax  Take a look at every biography of any billionaire you like. Better yet, for Microsoft the evidence was developed and tested in court -- and, contrary to popular opinion, the evidentiary record was never overturned. You can go to the record of the antitrust case and see. You can consider that when Paul Allen was diagnosed with a treatable cancer, Gates immediately tried to push him out of Microsoft, long before his Epstein friendship. You can consider that Steve Jobs literally stole from Wozniak, and he emotionally abused his first child to the very end of his life. You can look at the lawsuits for severe discrimination and for animal abuse filed against Musk's companies. You can find out about Walmart and Amazon labor practices. You can read the literature on the psychology of the hyperambitious. Or you can just pretend none of it happened.
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  23.  @ricfax  You do know how to refute a categorical statement, correct? Or an overgeneralization of the available evidence? Produce some counterexamples.
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  24.  @ricfax  Or maybe you are math challenged. Pro tip: two billion dollars is roughly a million a year for every year since the birth of Jesus. Who can earn that? Why would anyone try to hoard it? Now, multiply. You really thought we couldn't back this up, huh? LOL
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  25.  @ricfax  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just tested my substantive post. Nope, not shadowed. (I'm surprised myself, actually.) Also, what did you "dismiss?" I thought you had raised a question, so I answered it. I didn't know it was a pseudo-question. Oops.
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  26.  @ricfax  If you can't read my posts, you are certainly not up for reading biographies or case law.
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  27.  @ricfax  Just out of curiosity, what job do you do? If it's in advertising, demand a raise.
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  28. Pure speculation? Eugenics would be pure speculation. Blackmail is hardly speculation.
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