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Purrfessor

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6. I think it depends on who robs the bank...

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 03:22 PM

Apr 2013

If it's a bank robber with a gun or a knife or a bomb it is treated about the same as murder. If it's an inside job by top bank officials where no weapon is involved and more or less involves gambling with depositors money to enrich themselves at the expense of their clients, then the tendency is for the justice system to look the other way, or create some excuse as to why little can be done to prosecute these crooks.

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Why is financial terrorism treated so differently than a terrorist bombing in America? [View all] Purrfessor Apr 2013 OP

Concentrated corporate control over the media is a big reason YoungDemCA Apr 2013 #1

Because most politicians regardless of party are in their pockets. forestpath Apr 2013 #2

I think most, if not all of us on DU know the answers to these questions... Purrfessor Apr 2013 #3

I agree, Purr, and . . . fleur-de-lisa Apr 2013 #10

Thank you...eom Purrfessor Apr 2013 #55

Corruption is a normal part of oligarchic capitalism and the capitalists pay to have the laws byeya Apr 2013 #26

Great questions. jsr Apr 2013 #4

Thanks...eom Purrfessor Apr 2013 #56

why is bank robbery treated so differently from murder? onenote Apr 2013 #5

I think it depends on who robs the bank... Purrfessor Apr 2013 #6

If you think a string of murders is treated the same as a string of bank robberies onenote Apr 2013 #18

Murder is indeed treated differently than stealing. Despite our frustration with those who get away pampango Apr 2013 #31

The penalty for murder might be greater than bank robbery, but the response to the crime is not Purrfessor Apr 2013 #51

Yep. I'm perfectly willing to pay for the living accommodations of financial terrorists Zorra Apr 2013 #7

because we live in an era of corruption, crimes are 100% approved just1voice Apr 2013 #8

Yep!! eom Purrfessor Apr 2013 #9

"Terrorism" != "Bad thing I don't like." (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #11

The Inner Crowd of Persons responsible for the Collapse of truedelphi Apr 2013 #12

++ GoneFishin Apr 2013 #15

Isn't this the argument of Jihadists and terrorist bombers? Zax2me Apr 2013 #13

'Cuz "Those with the gold make the rules" or buy politicians to do it for them. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #14

It's simple.They own the people sulphurdunn Apr 2013 #16

Castrating The Oligarchs Is Akin To Mentally Castrating The American Dream cantbeserious Apr 2013 #17

In the Capitalism Pyramid of property, power and socioeconomic snobbery,crimes perpetrated on those ancianita Apr 2013 #19

Courts and politicians are useless BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #20

because I can recover from going broke.. I can't recover from death. scheming daemons Apr 2013 #21

Many people do not recover from being broke. truedelphi Apr 2013 #25

Going broke brings with it an entire constellation of unpleasant(or evil even) side effects and byeya Apr 2013 #28

And few among us ever heard of this - i didn't until just now. truedelphi Apr 2013 #30

4,609 workers were killed on the job in 2011 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. byeya Apr 2013 #37

It was the Hawks Nest tunnel. The murders, I'll call them murders, are well known in the part byeya Apr 2013 #38

But the only war we could gear up for as a result of those murders truedelphi Apr 2013 #53

Wonder if the victims of West, Texas would agree... Moostache Apr 2013 #27

Indeed strange7 Apr 2013 #33

People die every day as a result of financial terrorism. nt woo me with science Apr 2013 #35

to most people gejohnston Apr 2013 #22

i hear what you're saying, but.... ellennelle Apr 2013 #23

People die every day as a result of financial terrorism. woo me with science Apr 2013 #34

Because the narrow minded only see evil when it's obvious. athenasatanjesus Apr 2013 #24

Why is financial terrorism treated differently, you ask? DeSwiss Apr 2013 #29

The Best strange7 Apr 2013 #32

Huge K&R. Thank you. woo me with science Apr 2013 #36

. Indiana Apr 2013 #39

Yup.... whether you like it or not... Bigmack Apr 2013 #42

. Indiana Apr 2013 #48

Easy - because "Financial terrorism" is a made-up non-thing. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #40

What do you want to call them... heroes? nt Bigmack Apr 2013 #43

Depends on what world you live in. For 99% of us it has obvious connections. GoneFishin Apr 2013 #47

+1 n/t Orsino Apr 2013 #64

kick woo me with science Apr 2013 #41

Financial terrorism is terrorism. Initech Apr 2013 #44

What financial terrorist? You didn't define the term or name anyone. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #45

Money is important but in the end it is just money treestar Apr 2013 #46

. Indiana Apr 2013 #49

Yes but stripping people of their ability to provide for themselves places them at risk Purrfessor Apr 2013 #50

. Indiana Apr 2013 #54

It may not be the same to you... Purrfessor Apr 2013 #57

. Indiana Apr 2013 #58

No I did not say that.., Purrfessor Apr 2013 #59

. Indiana Apr 2013 #60

Let me try this again... Purrfessor Apr 2013 #61

The Texas fertilizer bomb = financial terrorism mhatrw Apr 2013 #52

Because recklessly lending money to people who may not have the means to pay it back, Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #62

Because it is their money that keeps Congress employed. nt Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #63