tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post3711709122076151732..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Chestertonian Explanation of the Fall of AIGNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-91343187830004528172009-03-18T00:23:00.000-05:002009-03-18T00:23:00.000-05:00It may be interesting to consider how immoral beha...It may be interesting to consider how immoral behavior played into their downfall. This story talks about how AIG illegally drove up the price of grain last spring. It actually says they found loopholes in the law. But I prefer words that don't skirt the truth, like right and wrong, ethical and unethical, legal and illegal. <BR/><BR/>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0900904.htm<BR/><BR/>dad49hobbitsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-37303948093760301252009-03-17T16:02:00.000-05:002009-03-17T16:02:00.000-05:00Trub: so right. Chesterton was just as vociferousl...Trub: so right. Chesterton was just as vociferously against pessimists as he was against optimists; against the right as against the left; against the "liberals" as against the "conservatives". One thing I do like about him is his common sense, which seems to always place him in the center of things.Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-50327552408838328972009-03-17T13:30:00.000-05:002009-03-17T13:30:00.000-05:00It's a balance thing. ;-DIt's a balance thing. ;-DTrubadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490227689920361345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-51559119611157031582009-03-17T13:29:00.000-05:002009-03-17T13:29:00.000-05:00What is said of optimism can also be said of pessi...What is said of optimism can also be said of pessimism, idealism and realism.<BR/><BR/>Just as Optimism can potentially diminish bad things, so Pessimism can potentially diminish good things.<BR/><BR/>Just as Idealism can potentially diminish facts, reality and truth, so Realism can potentially diminish creativity, initiative, and hope.Trubadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490227689920361345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-71334706326995878292009-03-17T08:31:00.000-05:002009-03-17T08:31:00.000-05:00That theory goes rather nicely with the one I read...That theory goes rather nicely with the one I read last week that explained that because so many of the people in NYC were on anti-depressants because of 9/11 that doing really risky things with other people's money just didn't quite faze them. <BR/><BR/>So, the economy was brought down by Prozac-induced optimism? Sounds very 21st century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com