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People around the world are angry at
banks. Why?
Here are a few answers from Plato,
Aristotle, the Old Testament, the Koran
(emphasis added):
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"There must be
no
lending at interest because it will be quite in
order for the borrower to refuse
absolutely to return both interest and principal."1
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"The
trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason:
it makes a profit from currency
itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve."2
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" . . . [T]hose who follow
illiberal occupations, like . . . moneylenders who make
small loans at a high rate of interest; for all these receive
more than is right, and not from the right source. Their common
characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice
. . ."3
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"Take
thou no usury of him: but fear God . . . Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
lend him thy victuals for increase."4
- "Those that live in usury shall rise up before God
like men whom Satan has demented by his touch; for they claim that trading is no different
from usury."5
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G20 Meltdown � Protest Posters
London, U.K.,
April 1, 2009 |
"Storm the Banks! . . . Enough is
Enough!" |
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G20 Meltdown, Bank of
England |
"G20 Meltdown in the
City" |
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"Banquet at the Bank" |
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G20 MELTDOWN - LONDON, U.K., APRIL 1, 2009 |
REFERENCES |
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Thousands
Protested in London Against
Capitalism and Bankers
Part
1: G20 Meltdown � Protest Posters.
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1
Plato (c. 427-347
B.C.). The
Laws. Translated with an Introduction by Trevor J.
Saunders, 1970. Penguin Group. The
Possession
of Money (742), at 211.
2
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.).
Politics.
Translated by Ernest Barker, revised with an
Introduction and Notes by R.F. Stalley. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1995.
At 29-30 (1258a35).
3
Aristotle.
The Ethics of
Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics. Translated
by J.A.K. Thomson, 1953. Revised with Notes and Appendices by Hugh
Tredennick, 1976. Introduction and Bibliography by Jonathan Barnes,
1976. London, England: Penguin Books Ltd.
Book IV: Other Moral Virtues, at 148.
4 The Holy Bible.
The Old Testament. King James Version. London, England: Collins'
Clear-Type Press, 1957. Leviticus
25:36-37.
5 The Koran. Translated, with Notes, by N.J.
Dawood. N.J. Dawood, 1956,
1959, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1990, 1993. London, England: Penguin Books Ltd.
The Cow 2:275. |
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