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Lizzie Poppet

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11. That's basically my point: even a country like THAT punishes criminal billionaires.

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:52 PM

Mar 2016

But I certainly agree that what really may get the guy executed isn't so much his criminal behavior but his annoying the wrong people or just not being useful any more. That's a fair point.

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Iran, apparently, takes billionaire criminality much more seriously than we do. [View all] Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 OP

Good thought but this is probably motivated by someone who wants to take his wealth... Human101948 Mar 2016 #1

That could very well be the case. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #5

All politics are labyrinthine... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #8

We are more civilized, we only execute poor people who cannot pay to mount a defense Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #2

Definitely don't support the death penalty, only actually holding billionaires accountable. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #4

Well bless their heart SCantiGOP Mar 2016 #3

Persia was a country of laws, binding even the king, 3000 ears ago. Read Joe Chi Minh Mar 2016 #6

China executed 2 honchos it held responsible for the adulterated milk scandal that tblue37 Mar 2016 #7

He helped Iran evade oil sanctions, and then he ran out of usefulness for them. Kang Colby Mar 2016 #9

And homosexuality, apostasy, insulting their sky fairy, and protesting. Oneironaut Mar 2016 #10

That's basically my point: even a country like THAT punishes criminal billionaires. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #11