Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:26 AM

Can't people on DU find forgiveness in their hearts?

Last edited Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:34 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I'm continually amazed by the callousness I find on DU.

Our President wants to put the robo-signing mess behind us. Why is that so controversial? Have we become so hardened that we cannot find a little forgiveness in our hearts?

Sure, these good folks committed perjury that wrecked many thousands of lives - but not once did they commit perjury about their own personal sex lives. And they sure as hell didn't smoke pot. Given these facts, I believe that they are not a danger to society. And I hope that you'll join me in cheering the end of the private Hells that these bankers have been living in.

Tomorrow is a new day. Let's forgive and forget.

94 replies, 8499 views

Reply to this thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

94 replies	Author	Time	Post
Can't people on DU find forgiveness in their hearts? (Original post)	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	OP
Talk to some Homeless Folks about it	FreakinDJ	Jan 2012	#1
No, they are nasty people.	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#2
i'm feeling all warm and fuzzy. what is that? please make it stop...	think	Jan 2012	#6
That was me, Manny. I wasn't yelling bad words. I was trying to breathe.	russspeakeasy	Jan 2012	#78
So that was	Zorra	Jan 2012	#93
Yeah, sure...	Earth_First	Jan 2012	#3
What	ProSense	Jan 2012	#4
Bookmarking this for tomorrow. Really interested in your response to Obama's announcement then. nt	riderinthestorm	Jan 2012	#9
I couldn't understand the response, but then	truedelphi	Jan 2012	#72
Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#10
Wait	ProSense	Jan 2012	#13
You think that attempts to slash Social Security are funny?	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#14
I	ProSense	Jan 2012	#17
How could he possibly announce cuts at the SOTU? He simply called for them	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#21
Hmmm?	ProSense	Jan 2012	#26
An unfortunate choice of words	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#27
.	ProSense	Jan 2012	#28
I love it when you pull out the laughing guy	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#30
.	ProSense	Jan 2012	#34
Well,	progressoid	Jan 2012	#69
Here's	ProSense	Jan 2012	#75
Thanks Manny for putting this in perspective.	Luminous Animal	Jan 2012	#5
Short, sweet, and almost Onion worthy.	Lionessa	Jan 2012	#7
Definitely shalot-worthy	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#11
I like shallots.	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#12
I commend you	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#18
Allow me to bestow the honors	Nuclear Unicorn	Jan 2012	#61
The sarcasm's pretty subtle on this one... n/t	backscatter712	Jan 2012	#8
Manny's sarcasm is always subtle.	provis99	Jan 2012	#81
In a post like this from Manny, how could anyone not get the sarcasm? Consider the source.	gateley	Jan 2012	#85
Maybe it is good to practice sarcasm now. After the nomination, we may be limited to using it.	AnotherMcIntosh	Jan 2012	#15
Kay an Arrrgh! nt	Vanje	Jan 2012	#16
I'm not sure that the progressive thing would be to penalize the 100s of thousands...	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#19
And just what did I propose?	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#25
Nothing at all, as is par for the course.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#29
But didn't you accuse me of projecting a "truly non-progressive value system"?	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#31
Nope.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#32
I was being sarcastic.	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#33
So, you do hold the non-progressive values I ascribed to you.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#35
They signed pretty straightforward affidavits, no?	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#36
Under the auspices of MERS-enabled proxy. The electronic nature of MERS...	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#37
I thought they attested to false information	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#38
They're handling it state by state. The GOPers tried to legalize MERS' actions across the board...	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#39
It's "non-progressive" to want criminals in the banking industry punished for their crimes?	Matariki	Jan 2012	#62
You'd let the mucky-mucks go free, Manny?	tpsbmam	Jan 2012	#87
As a former banker...	Chan790	Jan 2012	#45
It is highly unconventional to expect peons to know other states' laws.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#46
You are ignoring the assertion that those you call "peons" needed certifications for the job...	LooseWilly	Jan 2012	#48
That's now how it works, you're licensed in the state you work in.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#50
See, once you use the word 'peons' to frame financial industry people	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2012	#53
Bullshit	MFrohike	Jan 2012	#80
Agree ...it's like working for Al Capone as a book keeper and saying "I never killed anyone or ... "	L0oniX	Jan 2012	#66
So if you work for Al Capone as a book keeper you are not guilty of murder. Ok.	L0oniX	Jan 2012	#67
The point is, if this nation did not rank 27th in terms of Social Justice,	truedelphi	Jan 2012	#73
The banksters are willing to generously forgive the people they ripped off and hold no grudges.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan 2012	#20
I know that you're mocking me	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#22
Maybe we aren't mocking you.	truedelphi	Jan 2012	#74
Oh poor dears	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2012	#23
A 25 billion dollar penalty isn't forgiveness...	bhikkhu	Jan 2012	#24
Would it be a "good fit" I stole a couple grand of your money and got off clean for $20?	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#40
Who's going to pay that $25 billion?	eomer	Jan 2012	#49
A 25 billion dollar penalty...	rucky	Jan 2012	#51
yep.	unapatriciated	Jan 2012	#55
Chump change for them.	L0oniX	Jan 2012	#65
25 Billion compared to 7 Trillion from QE	_ed_	Jan 2012	#63
...all of which was short-term loans in relatively small amounts	bhikkhu	Jan 2012	#90
I keep wondering how Martha Stewart feels about all this.	truedelphi	Jan 2012	#76
Make it a trillion, then we'll talk.	russspeakeasy	Jan 2012	#79
For 1 trillion, you could buy the top 30 banks in the US	bhikkhu	Jan 2012	#89
$25 billion is a drop in their "stole from" bucket.	russspeakeasy	Jan 2012	#94
So that whole penitence before forgiveness thing I learned in Catholic school has been superceded?	EFerrari	Jan 2012	#41
Penance?	gateley	Jan 2012	#86
Penitence means being sorry. Penance is the ritual prayers people do	EFerrari	Jan 2012	#92
indeed, to forgive is divine.	NuttyFluffers	Jan 2012	#42
Sorry,no forgiveness for corporations, cartels and crimminals at least until they are convicted and	kickysnana	Jan 2012	#43
If one of "the small people" steal $500 the call is for jail time, felon status, and	TheKentuckian	Jan 2012	#44
What a steaming pile of fuckrot! Forgive? Forget? Soon as they are held accountable.	lonestarnot	Jan 2012	#47
du rec. nt	xchrom	Jan 2012	#52
I can forgive, but I don't chose to forget.	Autumn	Jan 2012	#54
Delicious as always, Manny. K&R.	Brickbat	Jan 2012	#56
Look forward not backward	zipplewrath	Jan 2012	#57
Haha!	guitar man	Jan 2012	#58
Here ya go.	Swede	Jan 2012	#59
I'm sending those CEOs Valentines!	PA Democrat	Jan 2012	#60
Hopeychangeaforgivalicous.	L0oniX	Jan 2012	#64
OK, I forgive him. And I'll forgive him once more when it happens all over again.	Kablooie	Jan 2012	#68
I agree.	progressoid	Jan 2012	#70
Shoot them	The Wizard	Jan 2012	#71
No.	Zorra	Jan 2012	#77
Sarcasm . . . how'd we get through life without it? k-r'd nt	mistertrickster	Jan 2012	#82
Yeah I can forgive and forget!	jimlup	Jan 2012	#83
You sure brought a tear to my eye!	Better Believe It	Jan 2012	#84
LOL............MANNY	Skittles	Jan 2012	#88
LOL. Pretty good, pretty good. K&R. nt	Honeycombe8	Jan 2012	#91

Response to MannyGoldstein (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:28 AM

FreakinDJ (13,058 posts)

Can't people on DU find forgiveness in their hearts?

1. Talk to some Homeless Folks about it

2. No, they are nasty people.

6. i'm feeling all warm and fuzzy. what is that? please make it stop...

78. That was me, Manny. I wasn't yelling bad words. I was trying to breathe.

93. So that was

3. Yeah, sure...

4. What

9. Bookmarking this for tomorrow. Really interested in your response to Obama's announcement then. nt

72. I couldn't understand the response, but then

10. Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP

13. Wait

14. You think that attempts to slash Social Security are funny?

17. I

21. How could he possibly announce cuts at the SOTU? He simply called for them

26. Hmmm?

27. An unfortunate choice of words

28. .

30. I love it when you pull out the laughing guy

34. .

69. Well,

75. Here's

5. Thanks Manny for putting this in perspective.

7. Short, sweet, and almost Onion worthy.

11. Definitely shalot-worthy

12. I like shallots.

18. I commend you

61. Allow me to bestow the honors

8. The sarcasm's pretty subtle on this one... n/t

81. Manny's sarcasm is always subtle.

85. In a post like this from Manny, how could anyone not get the sarcasm? Consider the source.

15. Maybe it is good to practice sarcasm now. After the nomination, we may be limited to using it.

16. Kay an Arrrgh! nt

19. I'm not sure that the progressive thing would be to penalize the 100s of thousands...

25. And just what did I propose?

29. Nothing at all, as is par for the course.

31. But didn't you accuse me of projecting a "truly non-progressive value system"?

32. Nope.

33. I was being sarcastic.

35. So, you do hold the non-progressive values I ascribed to you.

36. They signed pretty straightforward affidavits, no?

37. Under the auspices of MERS-enabled proxy. The electronic nature of MERS...

38. I thought they attested to false information

39. They're handling it state by state. The GOPers tried to legalize MERS' actions across the board...

62. It's "non-progressive" to want criminals in the banking industry punished for their crimes?

87. You'd let the mucky-mucks go free, Manny?

45. As a former banker...

46. It is highly unconventional to expect peons to know other states' laws.

48. You are ignoring the assertion that those you call "peons" needed certifications for the job...

50. That's now how it works, you're licensed in the state you work in.

53. See, once you use the word 'peons' to frame financial industry people

80. Bullshit

66. Agree ...it's like working for Al Capone as a book keeper and saying "I never killed anyone or ... "

67. So if you work for Al Capone as a book keeper you are not guilty of murder. Ok.

73. The point is, if this nation did not rank 27th in terms of Social Justice,

20. The banksters are willing to generously forgive the people they ripped off and hold no grudges.

22. I know that you're mocking me

74. Maybe we aren't mocking you.

23. Oh poor dears

24. A 25 billion dollar penalty isn't forgiveness...

40. Would it be a "good fit" I stole a couple grand of your money and got off clean for $20?

49. Who's going to pay that $25 billion?

51. A 25 billion dollar penalty...

55. yep.

65. Chump change for them.

63. 25 Billion compared to 7 Trillion from QE

90. ...all of which was short-term loans in relatively small amounts

76. I keep wondering how Martha Stewart feels about all this.

79. Make it a trillion, then we'll talk.

89. For 1 trillion, you could buy the top 30 banks in the US

94. $25 billion is a drop in their "stole from" bucket.

41. So that whole penitence before forgiveness thing I learned in Catholic school has been superceded?

86. Penance?

92. Penitence means being sorry. Penance is the ritual prayers people do

42. indeed, to forgive is divine.

43. Sorry,no forgiveness for corporations, cartels and crimminals at least until they are convicted and

44. If one of "the small people" steal $500 the call is for jail time, felon status, and

47. What a steaming pile of fuckrot! Forgive? Forget? Soon as they are held accountable.

52. du rec. nt

54. I can forgive, but I don't chose to forget.