"The sad truth is that the majority of people are speaking from a position of ignorance on this. They should stop being so sanctimonious and spend a year in banking to understand what the job actually entails and why it needs to incentivise so hard - yes, the pay is large, but to think that every banker sits at their desk thinking of new ways to rob the poor is asinine in the extreme. Every industry has unethical staff (see VW for just one) and 99.9% of us are normal, hard working people and pretty sick of being cast in with a few bad eggs."
By Dead Cat Bounce on US finance professionals face fresh pay crackdown

"M. de Botton, thank you for a valuable piece. You have to hope that there is an enduring love after passion has burnt itself out. But I hope everyone experiences passion, even though it risks doing great damage, and if we are lucky ends in heartbreak only for the passionate protagonist."
By Fotherington-Tomas on How fiction ruined love