[clue-talk] The War On...?

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:58:52PM -0700, Sean LeBlanc wrote the following:
> On 12-27 17:49, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> > I saw this in the midst of some java blog entries. Being the cynic I am, I
> > can't help but think this is another War on Some Drugs in the making (there
> > aren't enough "criminals", so the gov't declares a new sort of "criminal",
> > and it's never the really big fish that need incarceration, of course).
> > 
> > http://www.savoirtech.com/roller/page/jgenender/20041227#colleg_kid_may_do_time
> 
> Link on Slashdot:
> 
> http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=7274372
> 
> It looks like this thing parallels the Drug War in more ways than one...here
> we have the U.S. insisting others enforce things the way certain elites want
> them to be enforced.  Sounds familiar...
> 
> I had to laugh when I read all the consternation in WSJ (and elsewhere)
> about the boardroom no longer being above the fray -
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=worldcom+boardroom&btnG=Google+Search
> if you don't know what I'm talking about).
> 
> Someone in this thread mentioned getting perspective, and I would agree.
> It's time some perspective is placed on who gets jail time vs. who does not.
> Folks cause literally billions of dollars to be lost, most likely knowing
> full well what they are doing (and if they don't, they should not be
> employed to do what they are doing), and flaunting agencies such as the SEC
> in the process, and few do serious jail time. Subordinates are blamed or
> claims of "just doing their jobs" are made. People rip off some software
> and all hell breaks loose. 

That's just one of the problems with recognizing Corporations as legal
entities. The blame can be shifted.

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