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Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
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Date: 
Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:04:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:

[snippety]

They OUGHT to go bankrupt, they have massively mismanaged things. That's the
appropriate punishment for the stockholders of a mismanaged company, loss of
the entire value of the stock.

Exactly, just like Australia's[1] Ansett Airlines:

http://au.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/20010913/aapbusiness/1000368528-1208188938.html

Unfortunately, when a large company goes bankrupt, it's not only the
shareholders that pay.

Ah yes, the "too big/important to fail" argument.



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  Re: The *militia* saved flight 93 from a worse fate...
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: [snippety] (...) Exactly, just like Australia's[1] Ansett Airlines: (URL) when a large company goes bankrupt, it's not only the shareholders that pay. ROSCO [1] OK, it was recently acquired by Air (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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