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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by Balgair on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:32PM (#19372707)
Like, they tried so hard on your behalf. They spent so much money on you. They really did it out of the goodness of their hearts and in love of their child, in their own twisted way.

And now? I mean, it all blew up in their faces. All their best intentions made everything just so much more horrible for their children. They'll never wash this off.

My lord, not even Aristophanes himself could write a tragedy on this scale.

EDIT: And the parents were laughing with their fixer at the deception that they pulled on their kids! They were laughing at the naivete of their very children that they fooled. I can't even begin to process what was going through those parents' minds. What were they thinking?!

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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by anigbrowl on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:50PM (#19374999)
They were thinking this is how you get ahead because that's how a lot of people get ahead. Not to be cliche about it, but there is rather a lot of corruption in the upper echelons of society.
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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @11:58PM (#19375599)
And there shouldn't be, which is why efforts like this are necessary.
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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @11:07PM (#19375346)
> They really did it out of the goodness of their hearts and in love of their child, in their own twisted way.

Did they? Or did they do it out of vanity that their children need to look like they are the best?

I'd guess they did it for their own self image. Imagine being rich and famous, and your kid is too stupid to get into a good college, that would be embarrassing.

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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by kkarakk on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:04AM (#19375884)
no one is going to care in a month, these people are super rich. i doubt anything more than fines and a slap on the wrist
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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by smallgovt on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:19PM (#19374828)
>> They'll never wash this off.

I wouldn't go that far. If I ever interacted with these unaware children, I would go out of my way to not hold it against them. They did nothing wrong.

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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by lwhsiao on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @02:41AM (#19376271)
I think the "They'll" was referring to the parents.
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