How About “Mr. Victim?”
Publisher
Huffington Post
Date
2012-7-19
Who are the victims of the latest financial scandal? We have learned how major banks manipulated key interest rates used in hundreds of trillions of dollars of transactions each year. I am reminded of the Monty Python sketch where John Cleese as the “Merchant Banker,” cheerfully answers his phone, saying “Ah, Mr. Victim...” and then offers Mr. Victim a deal, but noting: “We will need ... deposited in our vaults your three children as hostages, and a full legal indemnity against any acts of embezzlement carried out against you by any members of our staff in the normal course of their duties.”
Citation
Brandon L. Garrett, How About “Mr. Victim?”, Huffington Post (July 19, 2012).