[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Nation's ninth-largest bank to cease eminent domain loans

It's a nice gesture, but is pretty much symbolic. The slack will be taken up by the nation's tenth-largest bank, or fourth-largest bank, or whichever bank is swayed more by potential revenue than by the desire to do what is morally right.

[trebb]

It's a nice gesture, but is pretty much symbolic. The slack will be taken up by the nation's tenth-largest bank, or fourth-largest bank, or whichever bank is swayed more by potential revenue than by the desire to do what is morally right.

Your most likely 100% correct. But, it is far more preferable for folks to take a stand against bad things than it is for everyone to do nothing and become apathetic (I'm not accusing you of apathy - your statement is merely a statement of the most obvious truth). Every little bit helps.

[winner3000]

(It's a nice gesture, but is pretty much symbolic. The slack will be taken up by the nation's tenth-largest bank, or fourth-largest bank, or whichever bank is swayed more by potential revenue than by the desire to do what is morally right.)

Actually, this could be very powerful, if people start moving their money and putting it into that bank. The competitors would then have to match their policies to look as "good citizens".

[dirtboy]

It's a nice gesture, but is pretty much symbolic. The slack will be taken up by the nation's tenth-largest bank, or fourth-largest bank, or whichever bank is swayed more by potential revenue than by the desire to do what is morally right.

Unless BB&T gets a lot of new customers for its stand.