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The Martha Stewart
situation is a good example. What she did is done countless times every day. Yet, she sits in prison
as I type. Why? Does the punishment fit the crime?
Of course not. Anyway, the ultimate result is everyone will be a criminal regardless of their intentions because
there will be too many laws for anyone to avoid
breaking some (actually I believe we are already there).
Thus, yes I have sympathy for corporate America, even
the ENRONs and TYCOs. Thye can not hurt me directly,
nor could they when they were operating outside
of the "law".
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Everyone seems to come to Martha's defense but there are much better examples of laws and prosecuters gone awry. How about the people who are locked up for possessing marijuana (think the Preident's family)? I agree that we need less laws, but too much prosecution of white collar criminals isn't a big problem. Were you this enthusiastic when they were going after the Clintons?
You may be right, that you were'nt hurt by Enron, but many people were -- employees, stockholders, investors, and others in the communtity.
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