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A planet called the Earth, in a nation called America, where people were once responsible for their own lives and took responsibility for their own destiny without whining and crying.

And when people walk down the street and get mugged and robbed, it's their own fault for walking down the street, and they shouldn't whine and cry about it. And when people invest in a company, and the management lies to them, cooks the books, and robs them of their retirement investment that they worked years and years for, that's the peoples fault too, and they shouldn't whine and cry about it, right?

You say this, yet I still am aware that murder is a worse crime than theft - something which you are apparently unable to grasp.

I'm looking at the results of the theft, of the devastation it caused on thousands and thousands of lives, not just the action itself, something which you are apparently unable to grasp.

And when people walk down the street and get mugged and robbed, it's their own fault for walking down the street, and they shouldn't whine and cry about it.

As I said above, if someone is walking down the street with a $100 in his pocket and he is mugged, you can't say it's his fault.

But if someone walks down the street with their entire life savings in cash in a paper bag, they bear a little culpability for the aftermath.

And when people invest in a company, and the management lies to them, cooks the books, and robs them of their retirement investment that they worked years and years for, that's the peoples fault too, and they shouldn't whine and cry about it, right?

They are no different from any other investor in the company. I didn't invest my entire life savings in Enron. If they chose to do so, that was their own foolish decision.

Had they invested responsibly, they would have been like me - a couple of grand out of pocket on Enron stock. Not back at square one.

In fact, I have more reason to complain since I paid for all my Enron shares at market prices, while they got half their shares for free and the other half at a discount to the market price.

But I won't see a red cent and I chalk it up to experience. You know, the way a grown-up does.

I'm looking at the results of the theft, of the devastation it caused on thousands and thousands of lives

What "devastation" is that exactly? Losing a job? Plenty of people lose jobs every day.

Losing retirement money? Intelligent people don't put all their eggs in one basket. If you deliberately make yourself a sitting duck, you are the one who ruined your life, not some scapegoat.

Honestly, have a little pride and self-respect.