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Re:Bankers now Too Big to Jail by chetanahuja on Saturday February 16, 2013 @05:35PM (#5233341)
s/break the rules/break the laws/

Completely different meaning. If ate a bar of chocolate in the library despite posted signs against eating and drinking. I broke a rule. If I threw my chocolate bar at the librarian's face with an intent to injure him, I broke a law (assault and injury etc.)

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Re:Bankers now Too Big to Jail by Cushman on Saturday February 16, 2013 @05:47PM (#5233371)
And if there wasn't anything you could do to land yourself in court, wouldn't you start to wonder if there are any real laws at all?
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Re:Bankers now Too Big to Jail by chetanahuja on Monday February 18, 2013 @02:38PM (#5240159)
Oh there's no doubt that laws were and are being broken by top banks every single day. The problem is that they have enough concentration of power on their side (in most western countries) that it's almost impossible for the feeble democratic institutions to effectively punish them.
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