The process following death of a Ferengi could be best summarized by Odo, who found " the Ferengi ritual of chopping up their loved ones and selling them [to be] irresistible. " Odo explained to Quark, in 2370, that he found it to be " a fitting and distinguished way to honor the memory of great Ferengi entrepreneurs. " (DS9: “Melora”, “The Alternate”)
One of my favorite jokes - a couple goes to their minister to find out what types of sex are OK. You can build it up to a near “aristocrat’s!” level (all of which pass muster, keeping it between the couple only), and then have them ask about standing up . . .
Except that there actually was a conspiracy to procure underage girls for the purpose of sexually abusing them.
There are rails you could go off and rabbit holes you could go down that may be unproductive, but just noting that it is a conspiracy theory, in this case, is not really enough to dismiss it.
Personally, I think that Epstein’s entire business model was to take people out on a luxury vacation, get them a bit liquored (or drugged) up, and then surprise them later with compromising photos of them with underage girls, blackmailing them into giving him favorable terms.
Sure, it’s a conspiracy theory, but I don’t think it’s very far fetched. It’s certainly no 9/11 truther level, anyway.
… and what about with our son?
[minister gives them a look of confounded disbelief] Obviously, if your wife does that it is just lessons; if you do that it is called “discipline”.
From here in Iowa I still don’t understand why so many “get” The Music Man to the point it is on the “approved” list but they never looked at Trump and went “nope”.