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Jeff John Roberts

Did the New York Times ethicist urge party guests to shun FTX employees?

The worlds of crypto and the New York Times rarely intersect, but this week Crypto Twitter snapped to attention in response to the Gray Lady's weekly The Ethicist column, which is sort of a Dear Abby's advice for the liberal, over-educated set. The advice seeker complained of a "high-ranking employee at a company that was recently exposed as fraudulent and has since gone bankrupt," who had managed to get out just in time, dodging the criminal charges filed against his former colleagues, while pocketing millions.

The writer noted they ran in the same social circles and were likely to encounter each other at a party—at which the advice seeker declared they would "like nothing more than to start a spat and make him feel uncomfortable—I don’t believe people who have done such horrible things should be able to enjoy a normal life." But, they asked, was it okay to start such a row at someone's else shindig?

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