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Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific Ocean, of which many of the 40 inhabitants are descendants of mutineers of HMS Bounty. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Come for the mutiny, stay for the sexual abuse.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ooof, that was bad...

Luckily one of the convicted rapists is mayor now!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Christian_%28mayor%29

Just wtf

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Everyone mentioned in the Epstein files should be deported to Pitcairn.