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(Posted by cwalsh)
I added Bank Lawyer's Blog to my set of RSS feeds some time ago, after I came across a decent post about ID theft there.
I provide -- without comment -- the following quotation from a banking industry lawyer, as posted yesterday:
Near the end of the Oscar-winning movie "Unforgiven," the young assassin who calls himself "The Spencer Kid" is shaken by his first murder, and lamely tries to justify it with the assertion, "Well, I guess he had it coming." Clint Eastwood's character, William Munny, a man whose life of darkness is finally coming full circle, utters the benediction, "We've all got it coming, kid."May all of us get everything we have coming to us as a result of this latest crisis, bailout or no bailout.
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Actually I think it was the Schofield Kid.
Interestingly, the film also has another quote regarding banking oversight:
Will Munny: Wanna help me count this, kid?
The Schofield Kid: I trust you.
Will Munny: Don't go trusting me too much.
Posted by: Nicko | October 1, 2008 4:09 AM
Having it coming to them (also known as Karma) is an example of Confirmation Bias, another example of which (astrology) we were discussing here a few weeks ago. Good things happen to good people; bad things happen to bad people; there is a natural justice in the stars.
Posted by: Richard Veryard | October 1, 2008 5:00 AM
When I first saw Unforgiven, and Munny uttered the "we all have it comin'" line, I instantly thought of Keynes' "In the long run, we're all dead".
Posted by: Chris | October 1, 2008 10:55 AM