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Re:In China, the rich and powerful can hire body doubles to ... by stfu on Saturday August 04, 2012 @06:02PM (#4339835)
In my opinion rechlessness is necessary to bring society forward. This behavior induces change to the system and breaks the status quo. Sure, this has often bad consequences, but daring to break the status quo should be generally rewarded, and only regulated in cases where the negative impact on society gets too extreme/long term.
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Re:In China, the rich and powerful can hire body doubles to ... by r00fus on Saturday August 04, 2012 @06:58PM (#4339955)
Fine. Except the "recklessness" was given AAA status by ratings agency, making it difficult to properly assess risk.

Risky investments guised as Safe should very well be illegal - it's fraud.

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Re:In China, the rich and powerful can hire body doubles to ... by raverbashing on Sunday August 05, 2012 @03:44AM (#4340880)
It's so funny how I agree with you and the parent.

Recklessness changing the world: Charles Lindberg

But of course he didn't sell tickets to his first voyage

And sure, branding something it's barely valued more than the paper it's printed on is fraud.

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Re:In China, the rich and powerful can hire body doubles to ... by pooriaazimi on Saturday August 04, 2012 @07:12PM (#4339994)
Do whatever the hell you want with your own money (set fire to it, if you feel like it), but if you're trusted with other people's money, you shouldn't be "reckless". It's not a video game that you can return to last "saved" point before your ridiculous adventures if they prove to be wrong.
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Re:In China, the rich and powerful can hire body doubles to ... by Karunamon on Saturday August 04, 2012 @07:07PM (#4339983)
As a general rule of thumb? Sure. When you're gambling with other people's money (and lives to a point)? No.
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