Most people have a moral compass that prevents them from cheating and swindling other people.

The exceptions, though, are striking. That they tell people about it is interesting.

Thanks for the thread, Archae.

If you venture into that market, knowing the odds, you have no one to blame but your own wine-snob self.

What did I miss?

The wine collector story I found interesting as the criminal seemed only somewhat more scummy than the victim, though the criminal will do time while the victim never will because all the scummy shit he's pulled is perfectly legal.

Exactly WHAT did he pull?

And lumping in Charles and David Koch with him is simply wrong.

Not actively subverting the entire system, the way his corrupt brothers do.

But even if we don't like what he is doing, that means it's ok to cheat him?

And I never said it was okay to cheat him, just that the thief who conned him on the wine will do time for the illegal scummy things he did while William Koch will never do time because the scummy things he does are all perfectly legal.

the results of going into Iraq has caused death and other suffering for many and continues.

a wealthy piece of shit asshole getting cheated hasn't caused any harm.

"Hasn't caused any harm?"

So it's ok to steal?

that we ignore or don't know about.

just because i'm not outraged over some Koch brother being cheated doesn't mean i think something is right or ok.

I guess THIS is the outrage of the day! Spin the wheel, make a deal!