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someguy
07-05-2006, 02:29 PM
http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/05/news/newsmakers/lay_death/index.htm?cnn=yes

This just made my day.
The Postmaster General
07-05-2006, 02:39 PM
I'm skeptical. I want to see the head and DNA samples.
BorderEevilIII
07-05-2006, 02:47 PM
Good Riddance :D

After seeing the documentary of ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM....

Lay is a skeezy idiot that points blame in the other direction ....

SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL

Won't be missed and former employees of ENRON who got pretty much nothing when they found out they have no job when the firm collappsed right under them must be quietly rejoicing
JohnTheHenchman
07-05-2006, 02:59 PM
It's really mature and cool to rejoice over the death of a person who's never harmed anyone.
Joshmo
07-05-2006, 03:04 PM
Yeah, so innocent and harmless he pleaded the fifth and was ultimately found guilty for fucking scores of people over. Good fucking riddance

More Kool Aid?
BorderEevilIII
07-05-2006, 03:08 PM
oh come on!

Thousands of ppl of lost their jobs got zip! nada!

They got nothing!

And Ken Lay comes off as a guy who was unaware what was going on?


Lay had his blinders on and forgot to take them off....

He knew what was goin on and did not do anything about it...

:rolleyes:
JohnTheHenchman
07-05-2006, 03:12 PM
Originally posted by Joshmo
Yeah, so innocent and harmless he pleaded the fifth and was ultimately found guilty for fucking scores of people over. Good fucking riddance

More Kool Aid? I never said he was innocent.

I said he never hurt anyone and I mean it.

Oh cool, next time someone gets fired they should kill their boss, it's ok.
Joshmo
07-05-2006, 03:32 PM
If you dont think harming people doesnt include the loss of their 401ks, pensions , stock etc, we cannot dialogue
outsyder
07-05-2006, 04:30 PM
Hooray!

Who wants to bet it was an elaborate suicide?
The Postmaster General
07-05-2006, 05:58 PM
I'm telling you guys, he is probably going by the name Rory B. Bellows and living as a sailor.
someguy
07-05-2006, 06:29 PM
The sad thing is that I would not be surprised if he set up his death to go living off somewhere else.
QUENTIN
07-05-2006, 06:57 PM
Originally posted by JohnTheHenchman
It's really mature and cool to rejoice over the death of a person who's never harmed anyone.

That's an incredibly ridiculous comment. He was just snatching purses on a hugely macroscopic scale. Stealing from people harms them. And did you see Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room? Several people died from not having available heat/air conditioning in their homes as a result of the phony energy crisis Enron concocted to make profits. White collar crime in the end harms more people than street level crime.

I'm not happy that he died, I'd much rather he be forced to rot in prison and serve his time (though unfortunately he'd be in a white collar resort prison rather than the pound-me-in-the-ass prison he deserves). And yeah, I could see this being fake. It's probably legitimate, but I wouldn't doubt he faked his death to make off with the cash.

Nice Simpsons referrence Bubba.
electriclite
07-05-2006, 07:36 PM
Originally posted by JohnTheHenchman
It's really mature and cool to rejoice over the death of a person who's never harmed anyone.

Losing your life savings through no fault of your own does hurt. . . . . especially if you get a hold of the guy responsible.


He got off too easy.
Criminal Rock
07-05-2006, 07:49 PM
What he did to those people was wrong and he totally deserved a guilty sentence... but rejoicing over his death? Please... get your priorities straight people.
outsyder
07-05-2006, 08:13 PM
Originally posted by Tai Mai Jew
What he did to those people was wrong and he totally deserved a guilty sentence... but rejoicing over his death? Please... get your priorities straight people.

Yeah, we still have Jeff Skilling to laugh at.
jeo4
07-06-2006, 03:14 AM
Why should I give a shit if this asshole is dead? He did minimal suffering for the massive ripping off of many people he did and as Quentin mentioned, yes, people did die. Fuck Ken Lay and good riddance. He ruined the lives of thousands all for himself.
The Postmaster General
07-06-2006, 03:28 PM
Retirement funds? 401k? Stocks & bonds?

Those aren't exactly things that concern children.
MacReady
07-06-2006, 09:37 PM
I smell a conspiracy (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/business/06legal.html?ei=5088&en=9d2f51a49236b5f7&ex=1309838400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1152158532-ws0AmnKVzis0sqpKRTieHg)
The Postmaster General
07-06-2006, 10:27 PM
One day you guys will figure out when I'm joking and when I'm not.
someguy
07-06-2006, 11:05 PM
http://www.gawker.com/images/2006/07/front070606.gif

Hahahaha this almost tops the Zarqawi one.
AWP82
07-06-2006, 11:15 PM
Brace yourselves. I'm about to ask one of the dumbest questions ever...




















What's Haliburton?

I get the general gist of what it is, but I want to know for sure.
BorderEevilIII
07-06-2006, 11:19 PM
Originally posted by AWP82


What's Haliburton?

I get the general gist of what it is, but I want to know for sure.



Read Away :D


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton
AWP82
07-06-2006, 11:54 PM
Originally posted by BorderEevilIII
Read Away :D


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton

Damn it! I thought someone would EXPLAIN it to me themselves. I'm too lazy to read anything. :D

(Just kidding...I'll bookmark it and read it later. Thanks.)
BorderEevilIII
07-07-2006, 01:07 AM
Originally posted by AWP82
Damn it! I thought someone would EXPLAIN it to me themselves. I'm too lazy to read anything. :D

(Just kidding...I'll bookmark it and read it later. Thanks.)



WHAT?

You were expecting it to be pasted in the reply?

tsk tsk :D
The Heart Collector
07-15-2006, 09:27 PM
Originally posted by JohnTheHenchman
It's really mature and cool to rejoice over the death of a person who's never harmed anyone.

Except the thousands of people whose money vanished. Unsurprisingly, this comment had already been made by others, and not addressed by my favorite debater ever, JohnTheHenchman.
MacReady
07-15-2006, 11:34 PM
Originally posted by The Heart Collector
Except the thousands of people whose money vanished. Unsurprisingly, this comment had already been made by others, and not addressed by my favorite debater ever, JohnTheHenchman.

I would've gone with "Happy Birthday" but yours is much more original.
Tuukka
07-17-2006, 01:06 PM
Isn't it kind of sad that he died, thought? He got the easy way out. It would have been better if he would have served years in jail and THEN he would have died.
MacReady
07-17-2006, 11:27 PM
Originally posted by Tuukka
Isn't it kind of sad that he died, thought? He got the easy way out. It would have been better if he would have served years in jail and THEN he would have died.

Nah, in that case it would be more enraging. Henchman is genuinely implying it's a tragedy that a man who stole billions and screwed MANY people out of the money that they needed (and indirectly killed some people as QUENTIN pointed out) and didn't even see a day prison.

I saw we grind em' up, mix his remains with toilet paper and give it away free to his victims.
The Postmaster General
07-17-2006, 11:55 PM
Originally posted by Tuukka
Isn't it kind of sad that he died, thought? He got the easy way out. It would have been better if he would have served years in jail and THEN he would have died.


Agreed - especially since it's easy for people to disappear. I'm extremely skeptical that this all happened as he awaited trial and before his assets were seized. People can go into witness protection at the drop of a hat, and Ken Lay dying before being punished for arguably the greatest white collar crimes of modern times is taken as fact.
The Postmaster General
07-17-2006, 11:59 PM
Originally posted by JohnTheHenchman
It's really mature and cool to rejoice over the death of a person who's never harmed anyone.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OCIiXjHISC0
ilovemovies
07-18-2006, 02:34 AM
Originally posted by MacReady
Nah, in that case it would be more enraging. Henchman is genuinely implying it's a tragedy that a man who stole billions and screwed MANY people out of the money that they needed (and indirectly killed some people as QUENTIN pointed out) and didn't even see a day prison.

I saw we grind em' up, mix his remains with toilet paper and give it away free to his victims.


He may have been a bad man, maybe even evil but I still find it very disturbing that people are actually cheering about his death.

I'll put it this way and compare him to a person who is even worse. The day Bin Laden dies, while it will be good that he will no longer be able to do anymore harm, there is absolutely NOTHING cheerful about it. His existance certainly isn't cheerful and neither is his death.

Did this guy get what he deserved? I guess that depends on who you ask. I'd much rather see people go to prison. But certainly I can understand the people he did harm to probably felt he deserved to die. But I don't think they would be cheering about it.

I hope this makes sense. I'm not really sure how else to describe it.
Criminal Rock
07-18-2006, 03:51 AM
Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OCIiXjHISC0

that guy died!? when did this happen? i actually own that album...