Posted on 07/16/2018 11:06:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A British caver who helped rescue 12 boys from a Thailand cave said on Monday he may take legal action against Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the entrepreneur called him a “pedo” on Twitter.
Musk has come under fire for launching the extraordinary attack on Vernon Unsworth without providing any justification or explanation, after the cave expert slammed his offer of a miniature submarine to extract the footballers from the Tham Luang cave as a “PR stunt”.
The boys and their football coach were rescued from the cave complex by an international team and after a week of intense drama.
Musk offered to assist the rescue mission by providing a submarine. The request was turned down. Musk lashed out on Sunday, saying he would make a video proving that his “mini-sub” would have been successful and adding: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it”.
No evidence has emerged to substantiate Musk’s claim of paedophilia.
“It just had absolutely no chance of working,” Unsworth said. “He had no conception of what the cave passage was like. The submarine, I believe, was about 5ft 6in long, rigid, so it wouldn’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles.”
Musk visited the cave system himself. Unsworth said the billionaire “was asked to leave very quickly”. He also told CNN Musk could “stick his submarine where it hurts”.
On Sunday, when a Twitter user pointed out that Musk was “calling the guy who found the children a pedo”, the billionaire responded: “Bet ya a signed dollar it’s true.”
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If they guy doesn’t sue, it really makes you wonder.
Another misquote. He said “Speedo guy”.
Well, we’ll see. You may be right.
Thanks Aquila48.
That sub was all for PR. Too bad the diver doesn’t have the stable of lawyers that EM has.
Even if he can somehow prove it - what benefit does it give him? How long does he spend in court? How does that serve him? His business? His shareholders?
Truth is an absolute defense in cases like this. And that’s better than losing in court. I have a sense that this may never go to trial.
“WTF is Musk thinking?”
His genius nose is out of joint because they didn’t use his little submarine.
look at the diagram of that cave. No submarine would have been useful. How would it get over the dry spots?
Musk is an Ox........
He got his pride hurt when he went o the site and made some unworkable suggestions which he apparently insisted on. Instead of replying with a blank stare, Unsworth told him a better place to put his submarine. Musk didn’t take the counter suggestion very well.
LOL
Ouch!
There is a lot of energy industry in Thailand, Shell being one of the big players there.
Musk is clearly losing it. How’s that 5,000 car/week production goal going, Elon? Stick to rockets, you’re no Lee Iacocca. Electric cars are stupid, only rich idiots want them, and only an idiot pays up-front for a car and only gets a spot on a waiting list.
That’s exactly what I said about Trump during the election. Sure, he donated to Hillary—AND all the other candidates in the race, too. That way, he’ll have donated to the winner no matter what. He would’ve been an idiot to not do that and would’ve faced tough questions from his business partners.
What the heck does everyone got against Musk?
I know people who work for him and he is down to earth and brilliant, and very much like Trump in that he is successful and uses all the advantages available - even if that includes government money (that I know we all hate- but better someone like him creates jobs with it, than it is used to pay people to sit on their asses)
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