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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by mindfulplay on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:31PM (#14931344)
Regardless of big an asshole he is based on seeing the Vice interview and thinking about the big fraud pharma industry makes me think he is actually way better than the conniving people who run big pharma.

This guy speaks out and maybe he is an asshole and suddenly everyone hates him. The rest keep their profits to themselves and we don't seem to care or mind.

Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by beginpanic on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:13PM (#14931805)
Everyone has choices to make. Martin could have easily not been an asshole to cancer patients or investors at his fund. You want to let him off the hook just because he said "yup I'm a dick" while he was making the choice to be a dick and profited massively from being a dick?

Acknowledging the fact that what you're doing is wrong does not suddenly make that thing right. It's still wrong. And you're still an asshole for doing it.

Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by Sangermaine on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:40PM (#14931442)
Of course we care. People are criticizing the pharma industry's practices and calling for change all the time. Shkreli is a particularly obnoxious symptom, but he's not the disease.