Indeed. The prevailing mood in this thread is a sort of mutual understanding that insider trading is obviously bad, and the only point worth debating is how to

Indeed. The prevailing mood in this thread is a sort of mutual understanding that insider trading is obviously bad, and the only point worth debating is how to regulate it in this particular instance. Instead, I feel like we should back up a couple steps and seriously investigate the assumption that insider trading is at all detrimental. I fear we're still deep in the "somebody, somewhere, might be making a profit" bog.