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Lying to investors is a serious crime. What you're saying is that Exxon actually committed a much more serious set of bad acts -- acts that may be constitutiona
by matthewdgreen 7y ago
Lying to investors is a serious crime. What you're saying is that Exxon actually committed a much more serious set of bad acts -- acts that may be constitutionally protected -- and that "lying to investors" doesn't seem as serious when compared with Exxon's real bad acts. But that's insane. It's like saying that I shouldn't be prosecuted for arson if setting someone's house on fire also kills them.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y agoSorry, let me clarify. My impression from reading the article was that Exxon's communications to shareholders weren't materially lies in any relevant legal sense. I.e., that trying to prosecute them is at the very least a legal stretch, or at worst a case of malicious prosecution. If I misunderstood the article or missing something crucial in it, I apologize.
- matthewdgreen 7y agoI guess that will be up to the courts to decide. I'm guessing Exxon will argue strenuously that this is true, there will be more discovery to decide whether this is accurate, and (in a perfect world) the right thing will happen :)