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  • Sep 11, 2009, 07:48 PM
    jack dandy
    Falling from the top!
    Do you think some day the rich guys that end up in jail after there fall from there throne will some day realize what they did wrong and try to share there short falls so they themselves can learn from there mistakes and may be eat crow and find humility?
  • Sep 11, 2009, 07:52 PM
    twinkiedooter

    Nope. They are way too egotistical for that. Don't see it happening.
  • Sep 11, 2009, 07:54 PM
    jack dandy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by twinkiedooter View Post
    Nope. They are way too egotistical for that. Don't see it happening.

    Its too bad they can't find a litlle humility maybe theyd help other people and also themselves in the process.
  • Sep 14, 2009, 07:36 AM
    ETWolverine

    Depends on who.

    Someone like Bernie Madoff? Not a chance. He's a sociopath... which means that he has no emotional connection with anything outside himself. Since that emotional connection is absent, he cannot possibly feel remorse over his actions and the pain he has caused others.

    On the other hand, I have met some of the people involved in the OPM Leasing scandal. In particular, I have met Mordechai Weissman and his family. I know that he feels a great deal of regret for the millions he stole through fraudulant leases to support banks loans for which his company would not have otherwise been elligible. Yes, he is sorry. (Not that it matters... he's still a criminal, and I would find it hard to trust him, both as a banker and as an individual.)

    So I guess the answer to your question depends on the person.

    Elliot
  • Sep 14, 2009, 07:43 AM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ETWolverine View Post
    Yes, he is sorry. (Not that it matters... he's still a criminal, and I would find it hard to trust him, both as a banker and as an individual.)

    So I guess the answer to your question depends on the person.

    Hello El:

    You sound positively LIBERAL...

    ANY thief who says he's sorry AFTER he gets caught, is sorry HE GOT CAUGHT. He AIN'T sorry for ripping people off, or he wouldn't have done it in the first place.

    Get a grip.

    excon
  • Sep 14, 2009, 07:57 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello El:

    You sound positively LIBERAL...

    ANY thief who says he's sorry AFTER he gets caught, is sorry HE GOT CAUGHT. He AIN'T sorry for ripping people off, or he wouldn't have done it in the first place.

    Get a grip.

    excon

    Why is my position "liberal sounding"?

    To repeat what I said, I think the guy is sorry. But I wouldn't trust him with a single dime.

    If I were a lib, I'd be saying that I think he's sorry and I think we should trust him with YOUR money.

    Elliot
  • Sep 15, 2009, 02:43 PM
    paraclete
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ETWolverine View Post
    Why is my position "liberal sounding"?

    To repeat what I said, I think the guy is sorry. But I wouldn't trust him with a single dime.

    If I were a lib, I'd be saying that I think he's sorry and I think we should trust him with YOUR money.

    Elliot

    Elliot you don't get it only liberals show emotion and empathy
  • Sep 15, 2009, 03:10 PM
    excon
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    Elliot you don't get it only liberals show emotion and empathy

    Hello clete:

    Yeah.. He sounds all bleedy heart, don't he??

    excon
  • Sep 17, 2009, 08:47 PM
    paraclete
    Bleeding heart
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello clete:

    Yeah.. He sounds all bleedy heart, don't he???

    excon

    Now if he were a true republican he would want to hang the b... s
  • Sep 18, 2009, 07:28 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    now if he were a true republican he would want to hang the b........s

    Actually, I do want to hang Madoff. I don't think he knows how to be sorry.

    It's Weissman from OPM Leasing that I think is sorry... and still wouldn't trust with a dime.

    Elliot
  • Sep 18, 2009, 07:29 AM
    ETWolverine
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    Elliot you don't get it only liberals show emotion and empathy

    Oh... of course. How silly of me.

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