posted on Nov, 5 2003 @ 04:08 AM
Originally posted by Warpspeed
Some poor slob steals a car and gets years. Someone at Enron steals millions and goes free and keeps the money.
As long as you are Male, White, and Rich, you can get away with anything. If you are at least Rich and Male, you can buy lawyers to get you out if you
aren't white. I'm not being racist, but that's unfortunately how it works.
The crimes that _really_ hurt this nation are the ones that, basically, go unpunished. Men who siphon money out of their employees 401k's, CEOs who
tell friends and business partners to dump stock because they *know* they've mismanaged their business' funds. The "White Collar Criminal" is far
more dangerous to your livelihood then your average street punk hauling off car stereos.
The problem is, that guy stealing your stereo will be far more likely to get sent to the slammer and will stay there longer then the Rich, white, male
CEO that runs the company that made the stereo. That's capitalism, and that's the way countries who use it work.
It's easy to say "They aren't smart enough to live a proper life, so screw them" but those people who have that attitude have probably spent their
life sheltered from the "Real world", and have led very affluent lifestyles...putting them out of touch with the real world the rest of us deal with
everyday. The lady with 2 kids whose husband died and she is working 70 hours a week. The kid who has no father so he joins a gang to feel loved and
protected.
It's easy to ignore.
[Edited on 5-11-2003 by Kai-Raega]