It ’s a coarse misconception that Word have substance — specifically that “ pedo guy , ” for all intents and purposes , would refer to a man ( guy ) who harbors or work on intimate attracter towards children ( paedophile . ) In this simple mix-up of terms , you would be excusably but insurmountably wrong , argue Elon Musk in a recent court filing .
This bit of linguistic contortionist is just the late ridiculous twist in a long - running defamation cause which began when Musk suffered the public mortification of buildinga non - executable and unasked - for miniature submarineto rescue a children ’s association football squad that had become immobilize in a cave in Thailand last summertime . A British demode - pat diver , Vern Unsworth , both assisted in the existent extrication of the kids and assist in publicly assure Musk to fuck himself for turn a hard mission into a PR stunt ; Musk , using the same poor Twitter opinion that cost him millions inSEC fine , called Unswortha “ pedo guy wire . ” The rest is history . Well , history and an ongoing denigration causa .
In fairness to Musk , the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is by far the single individual most closely associate with the musical phrase “ pedo guy ” at this detail , bring him a certain expertise in the matter . As it touch to Unsworth ’s case against him , Musk argued that “ ‘ Pedo guy ’ was a common abuse used in South Africa when I was arise up [ … ] synonymous with ‘ creepy old man ’ and is used to insult a someone ’s appearance and behavior . ” You know , the way masses say “ manslayer ” or “ raper ” to mean “ a bounderish someone I find unsympathetic . ”
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I have not in person been to South Africa or bed much about its colloquialism in the seventies when a young Musk would have been reared there . What does seem quite apparent is that this appeal towards a flabby definition of the easily - grasped terminal figure “ pedophile ” is negate by Musk ’s other statements . Specifically , byemails with Buzzfeed newsman Ryan Mac , which Musk one-sidedly claimed were “ off the record , ” where the CEO tell the newsperson that he should “ stop defending shaver rapist . ”
The filings also reveal Musk employ a private investigator to look into Unsworth ’s background , which might be distressing in itself , although Musk ’s remarks do not make clear what definition of “ private tec ” he ’s operating under . apparently not the one that means “ a person who uncovers factual information about another person or group in exchange for money , ” because Musk submit the investigator he continue — a Mr. Jared Birchall — had reported Unsworth move to Thailand to we d a woman who was 12 year of age . At some later day of the month , Musk appear to have learned Birchall ’s finding were false .
So to summarize :
Elon Musk advert to a guy as a “ pedo ” ( a creepy old military personnel who does not have sexual activity with children , according to Musk ’s definition ) . At the very least , he after come out to conceive the gentleman was a pedophile ( someone is attract to or has sex with children ) . He then come up out the guy he accused of being a paedophile ( ibid ) in an electronic mail to a reporter was , instead , just a diver go in Thailand .
The lawyers certainly have their work cut out for them .
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