Smashing Pumpk... Martha

[humnick]

Okay, usually I don't go off on politicians and the idiocracies of celebritianism, but come on! I'm pissed off. Martha Stewart, a criminal convicted from stealing thousands of dollars from unsuspecting people, is getting the privilage to invade my space (granted it's a space that is about 20 miles in diameter, but it's MY 20miles). That's right,

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[blando]

Taking it all a little bit personally? Oh and while I agree she's a criminal she hasn't 'stolen' anything really. Just used information she shouldn't have had in a way that is against the law. Though I certainly agree she shouldn't be given special treatment. She is an absolutely useless person. The fact that she has a new "the apprentice" show bothers me greatly. Useless useless person...

Nice reference by the way. She does look like she might have been dead for a few years.

[humnick]

If a person sells stock, someone must buy it. Therefore, she sold a "lemon" to someone. So, maybe if stealing isn't a good term, conartist is...

[blando]

They bought the stocks under one set of knowledge, she sold the stocks with much more accurate knowledge. Now considering the fact that everyone taking part in such deals should be entering in with the knowledge that it is a risky venture and it IS always possible for your stocks to fall through, then basically they got the shitty end of the stick but they knew it was at least possible.

The difference being the she was useing her ill-gained knowledge in ways that are expressly against the law to prevent people from abusing the system. This makes her a terrible person, not a theif.

[humnick]

But a conartist...

[blando]

Not a conartist. A conartist would trick someone into giving up money/purchasing something for something that either was fictitious, or wasn't worth nearly what they were purchasing them for and would directly influence the person with some form of guile.

She simply sold something at the price it was presently worth. Those people got exactly what they paid for, at the cost that it was presently worth. She certainly knew their value was about to drop but when the transaction was made the person was getting exactly what they planned to get. Her problem was that she was using inside information, that she really shouldn't have had, in a way that is against the law. Not a conartist.

As for the communist one, I haven't the faintest idea. The whole stock scandel doesn't exactly mesh so well with communism what with her benefiting and many people losing out. However communism does have the potential to be a morally superior theology (even if it hasn't worked out so well in the past) and I prefer to think of her as a money grubbing skeleton