| Jinsho United Kingdom. July 01 2012 03:51. Posts 3022 | Profile # |
| It's not against the law to tear down your own house. I think you should reflect on why, however, burning it down might be illegal. |
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| JonnyBNoHo July 01 2012 03:53. Posts 2306 | Profile # |
On July 01 2012 03:44 ScienceNotBusiness wrote:
I don't understand why he it's against the law to burn your own property down. Another generalized law of the US carried over into areas where it shouldn't.
Really?
Wasting the fire dept's time, risking firefighter's lives, insurance fraud, harming the environment, destroying the bank's collateral, wasting police time, risking damage to neighboring property... |
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| Mellowman July 01 2012 04:02. Posts 30 | Profile # |
| Get rich or die trying.. That's respectable, most people on this website wouldn't have the balls. |
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| Leporello United States. July 01 2012 04:07. Posts 1641 | Profile # |
On July 01 2012 04:02 Mellowman wrote:
Get rich or die trying.. That's respectable, most people on this website wouldn't have the balls.
LOL. It's not like he died in a battle or died fighting. He swallowed a pill because he was scared of prison. I wouldn't call that "balls". |
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 Thylacine Sweden. July 01 2012 04:18. Posts 882 | Profile # |
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| bibilisk July 01 2012 04:19. Posts 37 | Profile # |
| In france this guy would have taken 6 months/1 year of jail for this "crime". in usa u got 16yrs wow.. as cz noticed, better not commit "crimes" against banks, but they can impoverish millions of ppl and their directors get bonuses for it, what a strange country.... |
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| Destro Netherlands. July 01 2012 04:31. Posts 1176 | Profile # |
| it goes to show how disconnected with reality the first world is. commiting suicide over something like money is really sad since money has no real value compared to life and love. |
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| optical630 United Kingdom. July 01 2012 04:34. Posts 768 | Profile # |
| idk man 16years in prison when yuo're that old and have been living the life of a millionare would be pretty insane to handle |
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| Chaosvuistje Netherlands. July 01 2012 04:36. Posts 2546 | Profile # |
So this guy couldn't just give up his million dollar property to the banks and get a smaller apartment instead? Sure it's a downgrade but you don't HAVE to have a mansion.
His rationale baffles me, I won't judge on his suicide because I just can't seem to understand his viewpoint. |
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| smokeyhoodoo United States. July 01 2012 04:40. Posts 1021 | Profile # |
On July 01 2012 04:19 bibilisk wrote:
In france this guy would have taken 6 months/1 year of jail for this "crime". in usa u got 16yrs wow.. as cz noticed, better not commit "crimes" against banks, but they can impoverish millions of ppl and their directors get bonuses for it, what a strange country....
16 years was the maximum possible sentence. Not that it matters, you just wanted to come in here and hate on America for no reason at all. |
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| Chocolate United States. July 01 2012 04:41. Posts 1473 | Profile Blog # |
On July 01 2012 04:36 Chaosvuistje wrote:
So this guy couldn't just give up his million dollar property to the banks and get a smaller apartment instead? Sure it's a downgrade but you don't HAVE to have a mansion.
His rationale baffles me, I won't judge on his suicide because I just can't seem to understand his viewpoint.
He probably didn't want to go bankrupt, because that seems like it could ruin his career. Would you want one of your finance employees to have gone bankrupt himself, because he couldn't handle his own money? By burning down the house, he gets to collect insurance, although it would be pretty obvious that there was foul play involved due to the extremely convenient timing. |
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| jello_biafra United Kingdom. July 01 2012 04:44. Posts 5812 | Profile Blog # |
On July 01 2012 04:31 Destro wrote:
it goes to show how disconnected with reality the first world is. commiting suicide over something like money is really sad since money has no real value compared to life and love.
I thought he commited suicide because he didn't want to go to prison, which I can understand. I'm just wondering how he got the cyanide into the courtroom, did they not search him or anything? |
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| r.Evo Germany. July 01 2012 04:47. Posts 5195 | Profile # |
On July 01 2012 04:44 jello_biafra wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 01 2012 04:31 Destro wrote:
it goes to show how disconnected with reality the first world is. commiting suicide over something like money is really sad since money has no real value compared to life and love.
I thought he commited suicide because he didn't want to go to prison, which I can understand. I'm just wondering how he got the cyanide into the courtroom, did they not search him or anything?
From what I understand is that before you're convicted no one will strip him naked to find out what he's carrying around. Like no one will force you to remove a candy or something. |
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| Ryps Romania. July 01 2012 04:50. Posts 2515 | Profile Blog # |
Am I missing something or werent they going to send him to jail for 16 years ? Why do you guys say he killed himself because he was broke ?
A lot of people attempt suicide rather than go to jail. |
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| Morthy Netherlands. July 01 2012 04:53. Posts 63 | Profile # |
| Haha Marin that's my name, I guess that will be my future D: |
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| peacenl July 01 2012 05:04. Posts 452 | Profile # |
| Are these topics ever going to go anywhere? It's not like they have any relevance, contribution or relation to TL. Everything is what it is, there's not realy any point in discussion these mood downers every time someone stumbles accross one of them. |
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| Djzapz Canada. July 01 2012 05:11. Posts 5674 | Profile Blog # |
On July 01 2012 05:04 peacenl wrote:
Are these topics ever going to go anywhere? It's not like they have any relevance, contribution or relation to TL. Everything is what it is, there's not realy any point in discussion these mood downers every time someone stumbles accross one of them.
I thought it was interesting. |
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| SeventhSword United States. July 01 2012 05:17. Posts 31 | Profile # |
On July 01 2012 04:19 bibilisk wrote:
In france this guy would have taken 6 months/1 year of jail for this "crime". in usa u got 16yrs wow.. as cz noticed, better not commit "crimes" against banks, but they can impoverish millions of ppl and their directors get bonuses for it, what a strange country....
This calls to mind a quote from Machiavelli along the lines of this: Men must be either pampered or weak for they are able to take revenge for slight transgressions, but not for serious ones.
Sad but seemingly true, don't fk the fker's - only they get to fk ppl and they make sure of that.
Edit: more thoughts
This business suicide guy isn't anything new in the business world. Back when the first great depression happened and the stock market crashed there were many businessmen who simply threw themselves out of the closest window. Good riddance imo. How can someone do so much in a country, work so hard, accumulate wealth, and then become so lost in a life of luxury such that life is no longer worth living when you are as 'rich' as the vast majority of your countrymen/or you are jailed just like many in this country are? Last edit: 2012-07-01 05:28:54 |
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| Divergence Canada. July 01 2012 05:23. Posts 358 | Profile # |
In that situation suicide is a pretty good idea.
But refusing to sell his mansion and downsize? Shit, he must have really loved that house.Last edit: 2012-07-01 05:24:18 |
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| Elegy United States. July 01 2012 05:38. Posts 1515 | Profile Blog # |
On July 01 2012 03:44 ScienceNotBusiness wrote:
I don't understand why he it's against the law to burn your own property down. Another generalized law of the US carried over into areas where it shouldn't.
It's illegal to burn down your goddamn entire house because you start a massive uncontrolled fire for the sole purpose of insurance fraud.
Pretty freaking obvious why it's against the law.
Anyways, I understand where the businessman is coming from. His entire world is gone, career prospects likely in the shitter after serving a sentence for arson, friends and family probably not supportive or likely to help (if he has any left). He wasn't exactly young and the idea of essentially starting over made him opt out. Last edit: 2012-07-01 05:40:44 |
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