Is saying "those greedy bankers" equal to saying "those nasty Nazis" in a thread

MMAGirl

Seems to have the same effect to me in a thread to me.
Mr G would be proud.

Steve O

My cats breath smells like cat food.

Fr_Dougal

Oooooh...I did nazi that coming...

Praetorian Saighdiuir

What?

catallus

Greedy Bankers isn't quite as alliterative as Nasty Nazis, so my answer is no.

Bastard Bankers is a bit better.

galwayrush

No, unless you're talking about Nazi bankers.

hyperborean

Yes, its a lazy and ignorant statement, and will do nothing for the cause

Ilik Urgee

Only if you're giving the salute at the screen as well OP.

bnt

If you mean both are lazy straw man clichés, then ... yes. Reality is more complex.

hyperborean

Right, you want diamonds?


The average bottle of wine in lidl is 75cl, the small bottle is 25cl, not half or a 1/4 but a 1/3.


Isnt that a mind funk?

MMAGirl

Thought so

Sergeant

Bankers in greedy shocker! Gladly accepting bailouts when offered cliffhanger.

People blaming bankers and bondholders when the real problem is the cost of running the country nail-biter.

People like Gerry Adams and Joe Higgins spouting fantasy populist nonsense about such things to gain votes - priceless.

true

The difference is that most of the Nazis did not get away with it. A few may have escaped to South America after the war but most did not get away with it.

All of the bankers got away with it....because of their reckless lending they messed up the economy for generations, caused untold misery to others, and yet they themselves survive with their jobs, pensions, past bonuses and standard of living intact.

Steve O

Sergeant wrote: »

People like Gerry Adams and Joe Higgins spouting fantasy populist nonsense about such things to gain votes - priceless.

No different to FG or FF at election time.

All spouting the same sh*t.

catallus

true wrote: »

The difference is that most of the Nazis did not get away with it. A few may have escaped to South America after the war but most did not get away with it.

All of the bankers got away with it....because of their reckless lending they messed up the economy for generations, caused untold misery to others, and yet they themselves survive with their jobs, pensions, past bonuses and standard of living intact.

To say the Nazis didn't "get away with it" is wishful thinking; the sad depressing truth is that they did get away with it and they very nearly succeeded in wiping out their enemies totally; all while the populations they ruled over thought they were the best thing since sliced bread. I know this is supposed to be a fun banker-bashing thread but we have to remember to never forget that the thugs killed a whole culture in Europe.

true

I know the Nazis killed a whole culture not to mention millions of people. However ,my point was that most of the Nazi leadership- well, the Nazis that made the decisions, did not survive the war alive with their standard of living intact.

Zebra3

Sergeant wrote: »

People blaming bankers and bondholders when the real problem is the cost of running the country nail-biter.

There are problems with expenditure for the state and the foremost of those is the bailing out of private gamblers.

At least other overexpenditure goes into our economy and gets recycled.

Borrowing money to give to bankers and bondholders is as productive as burning banknotes.

Suicidal economics.

Sergeant

Zebra3 wrote: »

There are problems with expenditure for the state and the foremost of those is the bailing out of private gamblers.

At least other overexpenditure goes into our economy and gets recycled.

Borrowing money to give to bankers and bondholders is as productive as burning banknotes.

Suicidal economics.

No, the foremost of those is the €12 billion deficit between what we pay out to do things like keeping hospitals running and paying public sector workers as opposed to what we take in through income-raising ventures.

Saw Adams gibbering on this evening about 'burning the bondholders'. The same bondholders who'll eventually give us money to keep the country running and to finance our day-to-day spending. More reality in a Game of Thrones episode.

af_thefragile

Now we could all say we're just throwing the blame onto the bankers cuz when things go wrong we all look for scapegoats to make ourselves feel better while the fault is our own to bring this recession upon us...

BUT the truth is, it really is the bankers who bought this upon us through their ridiculous banking policies and schemes. So hell go ahead and curse and abuse them till your hearts content and then curse them so more cuz its because of them now we've got nothing better to do than to curse them for all the problems in our lives!

zom

Then how do we call Sean Dunne and the others who grasped this billions to their pockets? Sean recently got his absolution in States and now he can have new start - I wish I could do the same...