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If that's the case then it shouldn't be as easy to run up the debt, treating people like this is completely unjustified and wrong. Why do they flee? Is it bec
by dantheman 17y ago
If that's the case then it shouldn't be as easy to run up the debt, treating people like this is completely unjustified and wrong. Why do they flee? Is it because of debtor prisons like in dubai? Is it because the legal system is corrupt? Is it because the banks lend out money to irresponsible people with no collateral?
- mahmud 17y agoHere is a guy who recently did business with the government of Iraq, selling them $85M worth of fake bomb detection equipment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm Arabs have seens waves and waves of such Western "businessmen", selling them sham products that kill or injure people, or wipe them out financially. I wouldn't mind if the Iraqi government held Jim McCormick "hostage", until he was able to defend himself successfully in a court of law.
- pmorici 17y agoTo imply this is some victimization perpetrated solely on Arabs is just wrong. Businessmen con governments out of money on a regular basis esp. in the United States. Here's one recent example. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/montgomery-2 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/montgomery-2
- dantheman 17y agoIf the person broke the law then you can punish them, if they didn't then you can change the law and say thanks for teaching me an important lesson never to do business with you again. The use of force is not something that is thrown around lightly, and what if that guy thought what he was selling worked? I mean are we going to lock up all the homeopath people?