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A comment on Vietnamese Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death in $27B fraud case. Parent comment

Re:Vietnamese Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to dea... by xandrius on Thursday April 11, 2024 @01:27PM (#40004610)
Not really, if I am OK with death penalty for manslaughter, I put myself at risk (or someone I love) to be at the receiving end of that law: it happens to people without really wanting it.

On the other hand, becoming billionaire is both extremely hard, bordering impossible for most people, and it's also an active choice someone who's not already billionaire can make on their way there (so they can always be just enough away from being a billionaire).

That's why to me it's like being in favor for a law against martians: it really doesn't concern anyone of us, so who cares?

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Re:Vietnamese Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to dea... by tivert on Thursday April 11, 2024 @03:53PM (#40006121)
> That's why to me it's like being in favor for a law against martians: it really doesn't concern anyone of us, so who cares?

What do you mean? A billionaire committing massive fraud definitely concerns us.

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Re:Vietnamese Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to dea... by kazinator on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:50PM (#40007638)
Oh, so you're saying tivert is only in favor of the death penalty for billionaire fraudsters because tivert isn't a billionnaire, not because tivert isn't, and doesn't plan to become a billionaire fraudster?

But how do you know? Is the idea that a billionaire wouldn't be posting to HackerNews?

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