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demwing

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23. Let me make this simple for you

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 11:01 AM

Jan 2014

Not all crimes are equal.
Not all crimes require prison sentences.
Empathy does not require a hyperbolic response.

Do you always attribute false, negative positions to others in order to congratulate yourself on your self-perceived superiority?

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Why George Lucas, Eric Schmidt, (and yes, Steve Jobs) Should Go to Jail: Conspiring to Reduce Wages [View all] BelgianMadCow Jan 2014 OP

Point out the obvious... Steve Jobs is dead. nt justiceischeap Jan 2014 #1

Yep. Dunno what Yves Smith was thinking there BelgianMadCow Jan 2014 #2

but...but..JAIL!! demwing Jan 2014 #3

I guess they could dig up his body justiceischeap Jan 2014 #5

Sounds good as long as they all share the same cell. nt Incitatus Jan 2014 #24

Sometimes, outrage is the only rational reaction. Or do you disagree with the D of J merrily Jan 2014 #10

Does this REALLY warrant jail time? demwing Jan 2014 #12

It is the dispassionate criminal, operating for financial gain, that is the worst evil Demeter Jan 2014 #17

You've convinced me demwing Jan 2014 #18

So, You can empathize with an individual victim, but not a victimized class Demeter Jan 2014 #20

Let me make this simple for you demwing Jan 2014 #23

Let me make this even simpler Demeter Jan 2014 #32

I see it's time for another of your strawmen... demwing Jan 2014 #33

Well. my wife and I are part of the 1%...how much time do I need to serve? brooklynite Jan 2014 #50

Wage-fixing is theft on a massive scale. Not to mention collusion, conspiracy & fraud. El_Johns Jan 2014 #35

yeah yeah massive scale, I get it demwing Jan 2014 #37

I'm looking for big gangsters to be prosecuted more harshly than little gangsters. El_Johns Jan 2014 #38

Sweet, me too demwing Jan 2014 #39

Little gangsters get both prison time & asset seizure. With little to no recourse. El_Johns Jan 2014 #40

You act like complete asset seizure is just an inconvenience demwing Jan 2014 #46

Do something far worse than jail. RC Jan 2014 #27

EXACTLY /nt demwing Jan 2014 #29

Here's why Jobs was mentioned Fumesucker Jan 2014 #4

I get why he was mentioned but the title of the piece justiceischeap Jan 2014 #7

Jobs got what we all get Fumesucker Jan 2014 #8

I thought that wording the headline as it is worded and using parentheses merrily Jan 2014 #11

So many people you think were so good turn out not to be AZ Progressive Jan 2014 #44

"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." Demeter Jan 2014 #43

gonna need a shovel. . pipoman Jan 2014 #6

K&R merrily Jan 2014 #9

This is what capitalists do. nt TBF Jan 2014 #13

This is what FASCISTS do. Demeter Jan 2014 #21

So, it turns out George Lucas's creation of Darth Vader ... nikto Jan 2014 #14

creation? He STOLE that and a lot more reddread Jan 2014 #22

Stolen? Don't you mean influenced by? FSogol Jan 2014 #25

Darth Vader is Darkseid? villager Jan 2014 #28

almost as much as he is Dr Doom reddread Jan 2014 #34

Steve Jobs was a genius RedstDem Jan 2014 #15

Hey, there's a tech worker shortage, didn't you know that ?? (sarcasm) nt antigop Jan 2014 #16

It's all of a piece. And the net result has been to drive wages down. I think it's pretty much El_Johns Jan 2014 #42

Well, The Phantom Menace should at least merit a few months at Camp X-ray. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #19

Steve Jobs was anti-labor, union busting scum. Fuck anyone who lionizes that greedy bastard. May he Erose999 Jan 2014 #26

+1. He's not unique in silicon valley though. Doubt any of those peeps are humanitarians El_Johns Jan 2014 #36

Does your "fuck anyone" include Obama? former9thward Jan 2014 #45

Yes, it does. Obama is not really a friend of labor either, see also: TPP Erose999 Jan 2014 #47

not sure I mind what Google did hfojvt Jan 2014 #30

Anyone know what happened to this case? Is it ongoing or dead? hedgehog Jan 2014 #31

A jury trial date has been set for May 27 in San Jose, El_Johns Jan 2014 #41

That's a different case; three have settled in the other one and two have yet to do so. REP Jan 2014 #49

3 have settled; 2 have not REP Jan 2014 #48

the thing that really irks me jollyreaper2112 Jan 2014 #51