tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post6029120213377443748..comments2024-01-17T16:51:31.413-06:00Comments on Right-Wing & Right Minded: Governmental Double StandardChristopher Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422080978963114933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post-84972896221571144722008-07-20T03:45:00.000-05:002008-07-20T03:45:00.000-05:00Is the Enron thing a fair comparison?The reason I'...Is the Enron thing a fair comparison?<BR/><BR/>The reason I'm asking is that (apart from my understanding of Enron being limited to the Doco 'Smartest Guys in the Room' and a bit of media stuff - I don't take news reports seriously) is that Enron was a small number of people actively trying to screw the system/state of Califoria/etc. Where as this whole mortgage mess is more a matter of negligence and some people ignoring the consequences of their actions. Is that an accurate description?<BR/><BR/>I know that most legal systems don't make distinction between 'act' and 'omission', but it makes is harder to find and prosecute a culprit if it was a lot of people who didn't want to know the collective consequences of unsafe loans, rather than two guys and a room full of lackeys trying to find creative ways screw-things-up/hold a state to ransom? <BR/><BR/>I'm just wondering if it's a fair comparison on the things that count? Or whether it is a double standard (anyone expect to hear me defend your current government?)<BR/>...but as I said earlier, my understanding of Enron is largely limited to that Doco ('smartest guys in the room' - wasn't bad if you like horror films!).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807254525401626430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post-26253791711478862012008-07-17T18:03:00.000-05:002008-07-17T18:03:00.000-05:00I know. Also the unthinkable prospect of a select...I know. Also the unthinkable prospect of a selective media. It's crazy.Christopher Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422080978963114933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814418.post-81384405882031475022008-07-17T14:21:00.000-05:002008-07-17T14:21:00.000-05:00A selective government? Say it isn't so.A selective government? Say it isn't so.Robocophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138512438754378850noreply@blogger.com