The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the British Pound

Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by btbuilder on Friday May 16, 2014 @05:28AM (#7754592)

You think the British government is the "most guilty" institution in existence? Unless you cling to the idea that eradicated institutions (such as the Third Reich) don't count this seems more than a little harsh.

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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by gatehouse on Friday May 16, 2014 @10:18AM (#7755621)

Well just to clarify, I wasn't counting the 3rd Reich since it is "dead", similar for Ghengis Khan and the Romans.

To me, guilt is what you've done, innocence is what you haven't done. The British government has done pretty much everything.

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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by girvo on Friday May 16, 2014 @08:55AM (#7755171)

Well, the British Empire certainly has blood-stained hands, but that's sort of irrelevant to the discussion here (and what country/empire doesn't?)

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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by CocaKoala on Friday May 16, 2014 @11:55AM (#7756133)

Doesn't the phrase "in existence" by definition disqualify institutions which are eradicated and thus don't exist?

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