If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too

Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by wolfram74 on Friday March 17, 2017 @11:48AM (#13894861)

And yet it is internationally recognized to exist. Here's a video that goes into how war has more formalized ethics than, say romance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oThh3_Srxtc

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Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by M_Grey on Friday March 17, 2017 @12:01PM (#13895013)

It's useful to recognize it, while simply abiding by only the parts of it which suit you. After all, if you need to, you can always ignore it and deny it.

That's the reality of war.

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Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by HarryHirsch on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:40PM (#13896084)

On the other hand, the Thirty Years War caused such destruction that the institutional memory in European nobility lasted 250 years. Total warfare on such scale was only seen again during the Peninsular War.

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Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by jt2190 on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:27PM (#13895941)

True, but this fatalistic view alone isn't an argument to stop trying to maintain ethical behavior even when when waging war.

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Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by M_Grey on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:44PM (#13896134)

Absolutely, and I didn't mean my post to come across that way. This topic makes me a bit glum, and I think that comes across as defeatist, but I'd rather take on the correct, losing fight, than not fight at all.

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Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by nostrademons on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:09PM (#13897526)

In times of peace, sure. In times of war, it's usually forgotten within 1-2 years of the outbreak of hostilities.

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Re:If War Can Have Ethics, Wall Street Can, Too by rhizome on Friday March 17, 2017 @03:01PM (#13896919)

And yet Curtis LeMay died a free man.

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