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    Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel

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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    Not actually sure why this was offered up for us, either. Surely there were less gruesome ways of illustrating the cost of the financial crisis? It seems kind of mean to open fire on a suicide--i mean, he clearly had enough problems, didn't he? And now he's left behind a wife, two children, and a miserable holiday memory. "Merry Christmas--oh, sorry."
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    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    I would not want to work at a five star hotel these days. You might walk in on something that is going to require some therapy.
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    Image of bittergreen bittergreen
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    Clusterstock did a story on the whispers of Wall Street suicides...


    [clusterstock.alleyinsider.com]


    If this is true, all I can say is "what a total prick leaving a wife and two kids with the ruins of his life."

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    Image of ms.creant ms.creant
    12/22/08

    @bittergreen: ditto. Man up and move on. It's just money.
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    Image of rubyruby rubyruby
    12/22/08

    @bittergreen: He may have thought it better to leave money to his family upon his death (though I guess suicide usually doesn't count as accidental death w/ life insurance). I just know he had to be low. Very, very low. And anyone who's ever lost a loved one to suicide knows the selfish thing often has nothing to do with it. It's about people completely unable to see a way out of whatever kind of torture they're in. So, you know, let's not judge hastily. It's sad he left a family behind, but let's not judge this gentleman. Let's judge Madoff some more instead.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12/22/08

    @rubyruby:


    And ridicule. We can't forget to ridicule Madoff.

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    Image of princeCapsaicin princeCapsaicin
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    note: p.s. there's a surprise in my ass...
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    Image of Larry Fine Larry Fine
    12/22/08

    @princeCapsaicin: Ha!
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    Image of The Default Attorney The Default Attorney
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    I don't understand why it's called a "reverse Ponzi scheme." From my understanding it was just a Ponzi scheme. The only difference this time around was that instead of duping unsuspecting and unsophisticated individual investors, this guy took foreign sovereign investors and hedge funds for a ride.
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    Image of Mymoustache Mymoustache
    12/22/08

    @The Default Attorney: I think a reverse ponzi scheme involves the nerds takin' it to the cool guys. Aaaaaaaayyyyyy!
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    Image of bigleggedwoman bigleggedwoman
    12/23/08

    @Mymoustache: Yep.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    Auto-Economic Asphyxiation
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    12/22/08

    @Mount_Prion: FT(sad)W
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    So can they now try Madoff for murder?
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    Image of Truculent Truculent
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    "...and made a comfortable living. " Given the price of that room, it was a pretty comfortable dying as well.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    12/22/08

    @Truculent: zing!
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    There must be a special prison for people like GWB and Madoff who have by proxy blood on their hands for all the people and lives they have ruined.


    I have no snark. Honestly, the dude here sort of took the honorable way out because he felt directly responsible for letting down his clients and firm. Meanwhile it was entirely his fault. Madoff has no such self-reflection.

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    12/22/08

    @The Real JR: * entirely NOT his fault. (pardons)
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    Image of imaginaryfriend imaginaryfriend
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    Why was he naked? One wonders about auto-erotic asphyxiation, though that wouldn't explain the note ...
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    12/22/08

    @imaginaryfriend: there's a Law and Order episode in here somewhere
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    12/22/08

    @imaginaryfriend: or the closet.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    12/22/08

    In reply to Banker's Nude Suicide in 5-Star London Hotel
    Not good.


    One wonders, perversely, if this will cause the room to be more in demand as some ask for the Schadenfreude Suite.

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