Reply #24: So everyone is guilty, whether they did anything or not... [View All]

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Is that how this goes? Let's just toss out this whole "presumption of innocence" thing. Obviously, Enron, while keep it's accounting practices a secret from anyone else, made sure that every single executive from every division new exactly how the scam worked. It's nice to know that if someone in accounting at my company fudges the numbers that the man who runs the main sales office in California will be branded a criminal for life. It gives us that "we're all in this together" warm, fuzzy feeling.

Look, I'm not saying that these men aren't criminals or that they are. I'm just saying that I haven't seen anything to indicate that they had anything to do with the collapse of Enron, and I didn't see anything in their previous job descriptions to indicate that they had oversight of any of the departments where the nefarious behavior occurred.

The fact that they received a big payout is a separate issue, and as deplorable as it seems, it has nothing to do with engaging in any criminal activity.