tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post1903454965168833321..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: A world gone MadoffDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-45055746560784585142008-12-16T07:31:00.000+01:002008-12-16T07:31:00.000+01:00I'm not saying that "the world is coming to an end...I'm not saying that "the world is coming to an end", I just think that the evangelicals are discovering <I>psychologically</I> valid myths to describe the present feeling of disintegration, and are giving the situation its proper weight.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-21521789400949621862008-12-16T00:54:00.000+01:002008-12-16T00:54:00.000+01:00This Madoff scam simply proves in yet another way ...This Madoff scam simply proves in yet another way how the SEC do not govern nor have any principles, but simply check off the rules and look the other way.<BR/><BR/>We've had a public co. so I've seen that game played.<BR/><BR/>I can't believe you brought in the evangelical disease, on top of the litigious disease (read Madoff) to defend or explain away modern mischief...but then 2012 by many cultures is the end of calendar days....oh lord, or rather oifuck....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-76023917304798716522008-12-14T21:12:00.000+01:002008-12-14T21:12:00.000+01:00I believe that it is the pious among us that have ...I believe that it is the pious among us that have exasperated our current situation. Religion being the opiate of the massed and all. [Sinclair Lewis said it best]. I agree with your larger point however. We as a culture/society have abdicated our own larger responsibility to keeping ourselves informed and participatory. Our tolerance level is quite low also. A Hindu President? I don’t think so. <BR/><BR/>The number of people who can talk about derivatives is greater than the number who can speak of FISA laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com