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Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by solid_fuel on Friday April 10, 2026 @10:52PM (#47726848)
He didn't say "white collar crime."

He said "white collar mass murder."

The implication here is that it is wrong even though it is not currently illegal.

Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by dan-robertson on Saturday April 11, 2026 @06:01AM (#47729176)
Maybe the comment was edited as it definitely says crime now.
Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by solid_fuel on Saturday April 11, 2026 @06:17AM (#47729250)
> But if white collar crime is being [...] anyone sees jail time.

> Maybe [...] Brian Thompson [...] you could easily argue this to be a form of white collar mass murder.

Nope. Read it more carefully. It's two separate sentences.

Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by culi on Saturday April 11, 2026 @09:33PM (#47735442)
I won't pretend I had the foresight to purposely make this distinction but I do agree with and stand by this clarification.

The US is a very litigious society and Americans more than any nationality I've met are way too quick to conflate legality and morality. My personal guess is that this derives from a long running lack of class consciousness that is present in most other nations