Is it because they are part of working society and therefore its acceptable to rip off old ladies(£1000) dishonestly, with all the evidence to prove it they walk! But an alcoholic who steals booze from a well-off supermarket(£10) because he is addicted goes to jail unless he's lucky enough to get rehab. Is it because he is not a working member of society?
2007-10-24 02:26:14 · 8 answers · asked by other boy 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I know an alcoholic who went to jail because it was not the first time he stole booze! But how many times does a Rogue Trader have to 'rogue trade' and how many old pensioners is he able to rip off without going to jail?
2007-10-24 02:45:16 · update #1
My guess is that you just spent a couple of nights at the Greybar Hotel because you got a bottle of cheap booze with a five finger discount.
2007-10-24 02:30:54 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rogue Trader? Nick Leeson (the most famous rogue trader in the UK and probably the world as he was partly responsible for the failure of Barings Bank) was jailed for something like six years. From memory, he served at least four.
2007-10-24 03:47:19 · answer #2 · answered by politicsguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hastily, because the election, the total British inhabitants has change into amazingly naive. ALL POLITICIANS LIE!! Blair did it, Brown did it, so why is all and distinctive so shocked that Clegg and Cable have lied, and damaged delivers? a minimum of they have a more suitable suitable excuse than Blair; we don't have any funds is often more suitable suitable than 'because the united states needed me to' as a clarification for mendacity. If we were going to have politicians on rogue investors, we ought to besides haul in 0.5 the homestead of Commons. Politicians lie, they ruin their delivers, they twist what they have stated and could do some thing to get out of doing what they agreed to even as they theory they could in no way be in skill. all of us understand this, so why the marvel that it has befell again?
2016-10-22 22:29:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Justice is imperfect and too often those with the best lawyers win because they understand how to game the system. The well-off supermarket will have a team of lawyers at its disposal -- the old ladies will not.
2007-10-24 02:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by JP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the old saying There's a Law for the Rich and One for the Poor.make your own mind up on that one.
Jello seems to know the answer's
2007-10-24 02:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Goldy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shoplifting alcoholics rarely (if ever) go to jail. Most UK retailers gave up reporting them to the police a long time ago because they knew nothing would happen.
2007-10-24 02:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by jeff hall 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is like this.
A Rogue Trader lets his business associates no what has happened. So, they lend him money for lawyers - lest he snitches on them.
2007-10-24 02:32:42 · answer #7 · answered by Mephisto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just confirms that the law is open to ridicule.
2007-10-24 04:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋