Shes getting out!!!

[sitboy]

for those who don't knoe, Martha Stewart americas favorate house maker is getting our of Prision on March 4 2005. she is getting her own reality show later. She is under house arrest though, and she won't be able to plant her flowers, unless it is in her work schedural. she got arrest for selling bad stock, but I don't think that she did any thing wrong.

[dream-scape]

You don't see anything wrong with lying? The charges against her were not really about inside trading, which in itself many consider to be unethical, if not illegal. The charges against her were largely about lying... lying to the FBI... lying to the SEC... lying to investigators... You don't see anything wrong with committing fraud and obstruction of justice?

[baconmastermind]

Originally posted by dream-scape
You don't see anything wrong with lying? The charges against her were not really about inside trading, which in itself many consider to be unethical, if not illegal. The charges against her were largely about lying... lying to the FBI... lying to the SEC... lying to investigators... You don't see anything wrong with committing fraud and obstruction of justice?
I think he is taking issue with the fact that Stewart's crimes pale in comparison to other such big-business criminals who go unpunished.

[sitboy]

Originally posted by dream-scape
You don't see anything wrong with lying? The charges against her were not really about inside trading, which in itself many consider to be unethical, if not illegal. The charges against her were largely about lying... lying to the FBI... lying to the SEC... lying to investigators... You don't see anything wrong with committing fraud and obstruction of justice?

Its just that when you play the stock market there are lots of risk.also they tried to make an exsamlpe of her,not give her a really fair trial. I don't know about the stock market so maby she did do bad, but I heard that she had fun in prison. she one a pie baking contest and took over the kicten.

[dream-scape]

Originally posted by baconmastermind
I think he is taking issue with the fact that Stewart's crimes pale in comparison to other such big-business criminals who go unpunished.

doubtful... he is talking about baking pies or some other such nonsense.

[Roller]

We have a guy here who basically did the same, by the name of Rene Rivkin. He was a big dealer (by Australian standards) and stockbrokered fro all our big names etc for over a decade, and as a result became very, very rich. With his money grew a huge ego and he became very self centred (this is coming from a documentary made on how his family was affected). He started doing insider trading etc, and was brought before a court, and the whole time expected that he would get off free beause of his money and sucess.

He got a rude shock when he found out that he was going to be sent to jail for breaking the law, just like everybody else, and then went on all those interview programs on tv claiming that he shouldn't be sent to jail for breaking the law, but unlucky for him there's nothing Australian's hate more than a rich bastard, and he went to jail anyways. Upon getting to jail (minimum-security, weekend jail) he had a 'breakdown' and had to be rushed to hospital at taxpayers expense because apparently he could not handle the trauma of being detained every weeked.

This really pissed me off, like big time. People kicking up a stink because they dont want to go to jail... just wrong. The basis of our society is that everybody is equal, but it seems that some people are more equal than others.