If the family released this statement, I'd be suspicious: "Uh, we're, uh, having the funeral in Algeria, because Ken, uh, really wanted to move there one day. Um, yeah. And no, it has absolutely nothing to do with the country lacking an extradition treaty with the U.S." I feel bad for the family... but not for him.
You want to feel sympathy or hope that he went painlessly, but I don't. I hope it hurt like hell...which is where he's going.
i dont see how you wouldn't feel a sense of pity for him and sympathy for the family in this kind of a situation.
rest in peace. he's put his family through a helluva lot...and this can't be any easier for them. "for the wages of sin are death" -- how true does that seem right now, in a very literal sense, for ken lay?
I feel sorry for the family, but for him no. He ruined many lives, just for money. When he is Layed to rest I bet there will be a long line of people waiting to piss on his grave.
So let me get this straight, he was basically vacationing in Aspen (heaven on earth) while waiting to get sentenced, and he died? There goes the whole idea of making an example out of him.. I know quite a few people who are going to be pissed they never saw him in an orange Harris county jumpsuit picking up trash off the side of the road.. His grave will be a target of much scorn..
I'm sure the victimized aren't going to be taking advice from any little green booger men from a george lucas film to help them get over it.
Like the sympathy he showed for the employees of Enron and their families when he was screwing them out of their lifes work? Like the sympathy he showed by raping and pillaging the very people who helped him achieve success? Yeah, my pity and sympathy just overflows. Ask those who lost EVERYTHING in the Enron fiasco how much sympathy they have. I bet you the overwhelming response would be "none". The man was a rotten thief: he just used a fountain pen instead of a gun.
I think you're being way too hard on the man. I have done quite alot of research on the topic, and all signs point to Ken Lay firmly having faith in Enron to the end. The guy was a little blind and naive to what was happening and by the last few years was more of a PR guy than a chief executive. He was out of touch with the company. Yes, he was selling stock at a fast rate near the end but he was also selling for quite some time before that, when things weren't going too badly. He had some family members handling his investments and because of some bad choices, he had some huge margin calls to meet regularly. To meet these margin calls he could have either liquidated his Enron stock or take loans out using the stock as collateral. He believed in Enron and didn't want to part with his stock, so he took out massive loans. For the last year before Enron went bust, he began selling his Enron stock out of necessity, because he was in a personal cash crunch and simply had no other choice.
