RE:RE:RE:RE:gold market "spoofer" got fined (it's Merill Lynch !!)I think that a lot of people don't understand that banks are paying fines- civil forfeitures- for engaging in what would otherwise be criminal behavior. They do this because the government doesn't want to engage in a full blown trial- and banks don't want all of their dirty little secrets exposed at trial and the resultant bad publicity.
The problem with this of course is that it circumvents the law. It allows the banker elite to avoid prosecution.
In a republic, where the rights of the minority are protected from the oppression of the majority by the law, it is only the rule of law that seperates us from mob democracy and the arbitrary rule of man. We dont the rule of man nor did the founders.
So that is why I detest these civil forfeitures. The actual victims do not receive any compensation- the gov't extorts because it is too cowardly to actually go to trial or prosecute- and the rule of law gets thrown out the window. The actual criminals, those who acted with intent, go scot free.
It is part of the American sh*t show where very few see the big picture or the consequences. Mob rule is coming to a theater near you and very soon.