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Non-Tech : The Enron Scandal - Unmoderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LPS5 who wrote (3019)	5/11/2004 10:49:20 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

Well, there is a simpler explanation, although, not quite as many big words as you use: First, it has been a crime to destroy (or convert to one's own use) personal property of another for a thousand years. What you should find troubling is that this is a Government action, not a private one. The reason for that is that campaign finance reform is still buried, and that large money interests, can get to legislatures and outlaw private law suits. When this occurs, three things happen: First, Private actions would have occurred long before the government finally gets around to figuring out something went wrong. WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD THE EFFECT OF PREVENTING OR CHILLING simultaneous or future harm for the benefit of the capital markets. Second, the Government action is only taken to camouflage the previous political contribution effects, And therefore, only a few are made scapegoats, and thousands go unpunished, and most of the money is long gone. You are certainly correct to note, that the law was twisted to "get" this particular defendant, who would not otherwise be guilty, but that is a logical outcome of the necessity to hide the real cause which was big money contributions without disclosure.