Martha Stewart Guilty!
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Martha Stewart Guilty!
| Fri, 03-05-2004 - 3:11pm |
WOW! I guess I'm surprised Martha Stewart was found guilty on all four counts. I figured she'd get a slap on the wrist, at most. Anyone think she'll do jail time? Is this a *good thing* ?
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rather see the law come down with a heavy hand to corporate
corruption that resulted in many people losing their entire
life savings. Punishing Martha is fine - but the ultimate
penalties should be doled out to people like Bernie Ebbers
and Scott Sullivan of WorldCom and the head of Enron and
Global Crossing, etc....these people defrauded their investors
and many of them wound up losing their life savings. I'm
more concerned with having justice served on people who directly
hurt American investors than with worrying about Martha Stewart.
Global Crossing, etc..."
You make an excellent point - compared to Enron, Martha Stewart is the little fish in the big pond. However, in terms of Martha's crimes, I agree with what's been written, that she's paying for her name - not to mention her monsterous gall in thinking herself above the law.
You make an excellent point --- the people who are responsible for squandering pension funds and costing investors millions are the people who should definitely go to prison.
On the other hand, Martha WAS a successful stockbroker for a long time. It's not like she was so busy baking cookies that she just didn't realize that insider tips were illegal.
I was watching Bill Maher over the weekend. One of the panelists (the right wing one) said that the whole Martha thing was
I agree, but at the same time it is hard to "resist" this sort of information.
James
janderson_ny@yahoo.com
CL Ask A Guy
The problem is, is that she committed perjury in a court of law, and when you swear on the bible, you are "supposed" to tell the truth. So in that regard, good old Martha apparently has low morals, when she's trying to sacrifice herself, pretty sad actually because she conveys, convey being the important word how wonderful she is and as a result of this, I believe her personality is made for tv just like her show.
Lying under oath is nothing to feel sorry about, its plain wrong.
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