Lehman Brothers CEO Attacked At Gym, Knocked Out Cold

They should have knocked him out dead..

Lol, I agree with both sentiments

now that’s a national hero. I wanna shake that persons hand.

There should be some law that allows this. That’ll keep CEOs from being d-bags.

Not to be a troll Edward, but would you say that the violence in ending WWII was not justified? It’s an extreme example to be sure, but seriously that was a 700 Billion dollar punch. Normally I abhor taking the law into one’s own hands. But not one of these guys will ever see a single day in jail or give up one dollar of their money because “the law” was perverted to their aid, so they will say they made mistakes, but they did nothing illegal and of course morality was put in the trunk, let alone the backseat, somewhere around 2004 or so.
So yeah, that punch, and quite a few others, are more than justified.

This makes me very happy. It’s not a time to show restraint against these criminals. I hope that this sparks rage against those who made their fortunes by destroying the livelihood of decent people who lived within their means, saved their whole lives, and lost everything. I’ve never spent a dime that I didn’t have. I should not be expected to pay for the irresponsibility of others.

While I agree that violence is almost never justified, sometimes outright hilarity is.

Was the Iraq war a defensive act? One could argue that it was defense though deterrence. If you can justify the Iraq war as a defensive act, then you can justify punching a Lehman Brothers CEO as a defensive act through deterrence. But then again, you’re right. There is no justification for violent action. Why not discuss the trillions of dollars being wasted on the unjustified violence in Iraq. That will cost every single American man, woman, and child $35,000 per person. Hardly anything compared to the $2,000 per person share of the bailout. Do you have a spare $37,000 to hand over to the government? Will you over the course of your lifetime? In addition to the taxes that you are already required to pay?

Edward:
I think you work in a vacuum. In an ideal situation, there would be penalties for their actions. In this case, the CEOs *bought* legislation that allowed them to run crazy with everyone’s money. That same legislation allowed these same greed-driven people to escape *ALL* possible justice and walk away with millions!
In cases, like this, justice gets handed out a different way.

For curiosity’s sake, how would a pacifist like yourself accomplish justice in this context?

Specifically, when there is zero legal recourse, thanks to corrupt legislature.

Please stick to realistic options. “Bringing the senate to court” would obviously not happen, so lets hear your realistic, non-violent solution.

Edward:

Thanks for the non-answer, coupled with repeated patronizing of my position. You have now fully clarified your position by reasserting that violence is disgusting and criminal. That’s excellent, Ms. Palin, however you did not answer the question I asked.

I ask again that you provide a non-violent solution to justice in this case. Regardless of the cause, Mr. Fuld quite happily did his part in this and it was a large part because his was a major firm.

Whats your idea of non-disgusting, legal justice for this greediot and the other CEOs just like him?

Greediot:

A CEO operating within a flawed framework and *forced* to act rashly with huge sums of money due to the govt. apparently, holding a gun to his head, forcing him to sign risky deal after risky deal, since he obviously would never act that recklessly with other people’s money for huge cash bonuses had he been free to act responsibly and collect modest sums.

No, the government didn’t force him, it simply manipulated incentives. Hence it was industry wide, not just him. Besides, the US economy has been in recession since 2001, with Federal Reserve inflation driven real estate the only place producing the illusion of wealth in the economy. It’s no f*cking surprise they were all caught with their pants down there.

Realistically, there is nothing you can do to prosecute this man unless he’s been proven to be commiting fraud or theft, which to my knowledge he hasn’t. Ideally, someone would bring a class action law suit for the trillions and trillions of dollars worth of damage caused over the last century by the unconstitutional Federal Reserve Act. That’s your problem, not some random ass guy who happened to be at the helm of some random ass investment bank when the shit hit the fan. Wake up.

I’m out.

I’m a libertarian. And yes, doing theoretical physics makes me suck at maths.

Edward: Thomas Paine. When laws exist only to safeguard criminals, the laws are criminal.

That anyone should think that a businessperson’s duty is to chase profits indicates the problem. Corporations– however the idea of them began– have become the antithesis of justice, and the banking system the antithesis of thrift, or fiduciary responsibility.

A businessperson’s duty should be to provide quality goods and services to customers, of such worth that the customers get more than they pay for in value. Thus the businessperson will make a good living. Bundling nearly worthless investments and selling them as AAA rated ones is nothing but fraud, whatever the arcane rules of the letter of the law called it.

wealthy,healthy,educated, REAL SCUM!