thank you, price 'gougers'

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Happens all the time. People who are either dumb, depressed, desperate, or just "need the money and will find a way to pay it back by working 80 hours a week", etc. There is a reason the bible and the Quran have laws against usery. There is also a reason why so many cultures despise Jews.

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Maybe I just read this the wrong way...

Just to clarify, I don't think it's particularly fair or accurate to say Jews are/were, either contemporarily or historically, predatory money lenders. I realize such a stereotype exists, and has existed for centuries -- and merely referencing that such stereotypes exist/existed isn't nefarious in any way. But *I* would have been careful to note that:

1) 'so many cultures' don't despise Jews (which isn't denying that the Jews have been the focus of many culture's agitation)
2) the reasons Jews have been on the losing end of much state-sponsored discrimination (or worse), or other society-driven injustices are varied, and certainly not due merely to the fact that they've been burdened with the reputation of being Shylock-type characters in business affairs.


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A note related to the thread, I'm in agreement with wacki that taking advantage of stupid people is clearly unethical and ought to receive our condemnation, regardless of what kind of 'lessons' the stupid person will learn, or other such Social Darwinism arguments we might be able to create.