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Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Re: Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Post by blub »

esoterica wrote: post #86
m0zg wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just goes to show that anything is racist if you're woke enough. I (and the OP) was clearly alluding to the "platonic ideal" of a Swiss: a person so above board they would never even contemplate anything untoward.

Just goes to show that nothing seems racist when you’re racist yourself. Would you have said the sentence “the executive is not actually Swiss” if he had not been named Iqbal Khan? You might have insulted him in other ways but you would never had contested his Swissness, which is an uncontroversial biographical fact. No one says things like “Ted Bundy is not actually American”, even if they think that serial murder i…

He's not a "disgusting human being" for saying something mildly racist on an online board... you need to re-calibrate your disgust sensor and stop being so stiff.

Re: Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Post by dang »

m0zg wrote: post #88
esoterica wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just goes to show that nothing seems racist when you’re racist yourself. Would you have said the sentence “the executive is not actually Swiss” if he had not been named Iqbal Khan? You might have insulted him in other ways but you would never had contested his Swissness, which is an uncontroversial biographical fact. No one says things like “Ted Bundy is not actually American”, even if they think that serial murder i…

>> You're suggesting nonwhite people... Iqbal Khan is white. You just sort of assumed that he isn't because he's involved in a scandal. Now who's the racist? You must be fun at parties.

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Re: Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Post by euroPoor »

bitL wrote: post #37

Does Switzerland have any future? It's no longer a bank haven for rich Europeans evading taxes nor 3rd world dictators, its banks don't show entrepreneurial spirit in finding and investing into high-potential startups, rather to well-connected wantrepreneurs, there are no easy money to be made in Eastern Europe/Russia any longer, and its conservatism is likely going to prevent them from making necessary changes until…

You’re just showing that you’re not judging on information but on a hinch of what Switzerland is to you.

1) Very conservative and risk-averse population, yes, but also really open to technological innovation

2) Best universities in mainland Europe

3) High profile mutlinationals having their headquarters there

This could go on and on ...

Re: Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Post by burpsnard »

elipsey wrote: post #36
lostmsu wrote: post #14

Skimming though the article did not explain what the scandal is about.

IKR? And the word count is almost 1000. Probably a naive question, but are artilces written like this to increase page dwell time metrics for adds? Is that why recipes on the internet hide the ingredients in long stories about the author's grandmother and descriptions of the countryside in the fall?

Well, as the golden leaves fall from trees in autumnal mists, i can tell you about that time Jimmy's dog scooter, fresh from chasing ..

Cough. Yeah it's filler

Re: Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Post by rasz »

ggambetta wrote: post #5

> the contractor who acted as a middle man between Credit Suisse and a private investigation firm took his own life. Damn. I wonder whether there was any foul play involved, or just too much pressure to handle.

I highly recommend "The International" 2009, inspired by true events (BCCI scandal).

Re: Credit Suisse scandal shakes Zurich’s elite

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Post by markus_zhang »

Gibbon1 wrote: post #90
markus_zhang wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Common sense says there is usually a LOT of foul play among high ranking banking officials.

Seriously there is some sort of amnesia effect going on. The rate that banking execs get in trouble closely matches mafia families.

Also their suicide and accidental death rate...
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