Does ANYONE here, or anywhere, have a perfect past? Very doubtful.

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15. Define "public."

Do you have a job, perhaps running a company or a section of a company?

Or perhaps just a job, because while the allegations have been public they're only of note because of the people involved. If we go with anonymous allegations or 30-year-old allegations able to bring down prominent figures, think about the odds of an accountant or middle-management type having any chance to avoid being fired or disgraced.


A while back I was talking to a student. Looking at the student I was explaining things to, I swung my hand out to make a point. And my hand firmly contacted the breast of a female student who was walking by.

Was it sexual harassment?

Could be. If the student anonymously claimed--or even claimed with her name attached to the allegation--that I reached out and intended for my hand to land on her breast. Now, other students simply wouldn't remember the incident because it was brief and didn't involve them and the girl involved didn't point it out to them at the time. In other words, it's one of thousands of events that most students witness each day and promptly forget about. If not for the salience of these complaints, I'd probably not remember it. But looking around, if she made the charge I'd have no defense--and the mere act of defense would be taken as a kind of secondary non-repentance guilt that's much worse than the actual event. "He did this, and now he has the gall to deny it." Except that "it" is unproven.

I've suffered at the hands of anonymous informants or informants whose allegations were believed more than verified. It's reduced my trust of people quite a bit.

Thing is, though, I'm not important enough for the girl, in 10 years, to bother to complain about. If she doesn't complain by mid-summer 2018, I'm in the clear. But until then....