We should do the Christian thing, which is to be charitable and forgiving. Life goes on, after all, and in the end, their crimes, though massive in scale, were simply about money. Bernie Madoff isn’t the first person in history to do something terrible because of greed, and he certainly won’t be the last. What is certain though, is that every night he goes to bed surrounded by prison walls with only his own thoughts to keep him company. I’m sure that there isn’t a day that goes by that he doesn’t wish he could take it all back and that his son was still alive.
We should pity him, not hate him.
(But for the record, I’m completely appalled that the surviving son is trying to prostitute his family’s shame for profit through a book.)
"We"?
You collectivist shills just cannot keep from using that word, can you?
Combined, of course, with your interpretation of Christianity.
"Just money"? No. Lives - thousands of lives were immensely harmed, some even destroyed.
Go organize some ants, you mind-screwing creep.
And that's okay, after all, it's diversity of opinion that makes the world such an interesting place to live in.
Although, as a libertarian I do take issue with being characterized as a collectivist, but sticks and stones, right?
Yes, lives were destroyed. "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." (King James Bible, Tim. 6:10)
Greed is as old as time, and countless lives have been undone by that particular sin. For those who lost everything to Madoff's greed (and in many cases, their own) I have compassion and I know that the devastation they have experienced cannot be undone. He should be held accountable for those crimes, and he has been. He's going to die in prison and his son hung himself. What more would you do to the man? What else could one possibly take away from him?
He committed crimes, and he is paying the price for his evil acts. Justice has been served in this world, and as for justice in the next world, well, that belongs to God.
My point was that there is no more reason to hate him, or wish him ill. His family has been ruined, his son committed suicide, their name will live in infamy.
Enough is enough. To wish more on them is to simply wish for vengeance, and irregardless of one's particular interpretation of the Good Book, there are some teachings that to me at least, seem rather unambiguous.
"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." (King James Bible, Rom. 12:19)