If J A wants to stop this, then there is an onus on him, to address the concerns. Instead of trying to put them down. It's a glaring absence, that needs to be explored. Let's compile a list of them! ( pizzagate )

submitted by YouaremeandIamyou

Why not show, if no basement? Why not say the children can be vouched for as safe? Many questions, completely avoided, so far...

oldskeptic

Before the scandal broke, Comet billed itself as a family fun pizza place. I've noticed that since the scandal, Alefantis no longer mentions family, or fun. He started referring to Comet as a neighborhood institution.

How can a business operating for a mere decade become a neighborhood institution?

But wait, it gets better. "Neighborhood institution" wasn't good enough for him. He later described it as a "beloved neighborhood institution". The latest statement, which he read to reporters from the sidewalk in front of Comet, was "beloved and venerable neighborhood institution". My, how the superlatives grow!

This dingy, dirty, dimly-lit pizza shop, whose walls were plastered with second-rate deviant art, is now a pillar of the Chevy Chase community, and became that way in a mere 10 years?

Vigilia_Procuratio

The problem is with vouching for the well-being of children in the photos, is that to do so their privacy would have to be breached. I don't think there's an easy way around this.

As for Alefantis speaking more openly about this - it is interesting to note how the Sex Stains label manager came here to discuss their issue, he did a lot more by talking about it here than Alefantis has done at all.

YouaremeandIamyou

Thanks. I think there is a case here, where by not vouching for who these children are, it creates far more speculation. If they are okay, all that needs to happen, is a parent come forward and say so. If there are parents, it stands out, that they have let their children be photographed that way ion the first place, and not objected to the things said about them, but to not come out now, just creates deeper concerns. I can only assume, there is no account for any of them, if we do not know it by now. But I hope there can be. I believe it should be a focus of this investigation to find out. It is possible that some of them can be saved. It is clear that some of these children, such as in the Luzatto family, are in the hands of predators... if these children are okay, it should be the easiest thing in the world, to speak up, and say I am okay, I am alive, and I have not been harmed. Or for someone who knows them to say something. It would be the first thing to do, if it could be done. If it can't, then maybe this is why all the distraction.

Vigilia_Procuratio

Yes but the problem there is, if the parents make themselves known then by default it can identify their children. Having said that, Alefantis publicly claimed the child taped to a table is his God daughter, so that in itself potentially identifies her and I'll assume that such information thus becomes public domain. I'm just unsure about the ethics of looking too deeply into who the children are, purely based on their inalienable rights to privacy. Yes, a picture of a toddler taped to a table surely warrants the attention of child protection agencies, as does some of the bizarre comments elsewhere. Again, I don't think there's a simple solution because some of those pictures and comments are extremely odd.

As to the three children around the table at CPP during a sleep-over, the mother of at least one of them can already be identified - her response was to issue a take-down order against The Daily Sheeple rather than explicitly confirming their well-being.

YouaremeandIamyou

Thanks, I did not know about that response. Another clear indicator. They could avoid having to identify anyone, if they were truly innocent, they would just need to offer a polygraph. May not be a hundred percent conclusive, but it could shave a huge amount of speculation away. That plus a body language expert or two, and we could know the truth. It should be easy for an innocent person to say, "I have not sold children, killed children," etc. A few simple questions, could end mountains of speculation, that is only going to grow. Natural logic, if they were innocent. It paints a picture of guilt otherwise, that soon no one will be able to ignore. I have to imagine, the concerns are already at record numbers. People know, something is wrong. The denials, and calling things he has done, jokes, and calling people crazy for being worried, have all added, to what was already, as alarming as it gets. His only card to play, in reality, is to confess, and if there are children he still has somewhere, to set them free. What he has done, and the others who have done it with him, is unforgivable, but if there is any hope if eventual redemption for them, it is in letting children go now. The sooner he sees this, the better. Which is why I hope this line of inquiry will be pursued, until the logic of it catches up to him. ...It applies in all these cases. Why ever let something be speculated on, this much, if it is not true? If it is not true, there would be heaps of ways, to show it. There are no ways, of defending this, which is why he has skipped doing so, and gone straight to the offensive,

2impendingdoom

Can you edit your title. I think Jullian Assange when I see J. A.
and yes, Alafantis's silence makes him look guilty.

YouaremeandIamyou

If it were me, wanting to show I was innocent of something, I would invite people to come and talk to me about it. I would not try to belittle their concerns, especially about something as concerning to all of us, as this. I would not expect that putting them down, would work anyway. I would know, that the only way, to show them, is to invite them to ask anything they want to, and look anywhere they want to. The idea of privacy, is really a moot point when it comes to children being at risk. Someone, who cares about children, does not care about their privacy being invaded. they would love for people to see, so they can discount it as a suspicion. Whereas James has not done any of these logical things. he is acting in all ways, like someone who has so much t hide, that even a frank discussion of the topic, might reveal too much. He appears to be very concerned about himself, and to be using all of his connections, to specifically avoid just having a frank discussion about this, and putting concerns to rest, by addressing them. ...It is becoming more obvious each day, that this indicates serious guilt, and the only reason it has not resulted in an arrest yet, is because he is protected, by the people that would be implicated. they are all doing a terrible job, of protecting themselves, and making it worse. My main wish, is that if there is some way, of saving children, that it can be made clear, this is the main priority. If Alefantis, or anyone involved with him, has harmed children, or sold them or anything wrong, it will be ound out, and there is nothing th