This bollocks has been going on for years now. We're told about the 'risk of defaults', the 'risk of recession', the 'risk of credit defaults swaps not being honoured'.
Risk of defaults. Risk of share prices falling. Risk of lower bonusses. Risk? RISK? I'll tell you what f**king risk is; the ultimate risk is what a soldier in Afghanistan lives with every day; the fear of having his testicles blown to bits by a Taliban grenade. Slightly less risk is when you go down the Cresta Run at 130 kph with your chin 2 cm above the ice. The risk for financial 'professionals' is that they might spill their coffee, or in a real disaster be forced to forego a bottle of Petrus and make do with some reasonably priced Argentinian Malbec. The risk for people with real jobs doing something useful is that they end up unemployed and destitute. Please, if you work in the financial services industry, don't talk to me about risk or you 'risk' getting a fist hitting your face so hard that your head turns up inside out on the other side of the nearest wall. Just get your f**king act together and stop attracting attention to yourselves like a bunch of spoilt toddlers.
Risk of defaults. Risk of share prices falling. Risk of lower bonusses. Risk? RISK? I'll tell you what f**king risk is; the ultimate risk is what a soldier in Afghanistan lives with every day; the fear of having his testicles blown to bits by a Taliban grenade. Slightly less risk is when you go down the Cresta Run at 130 kph with your chin 2 cm above the ice. The risk for financial 'professionals' is that they might spill their coffee, or in a real disaster be forced to forego a bottle of Petrus and make do with some reasonably priced Argentinian Malbec. The risk for people with real jobs doing something useful is that they end up unemployed and destitute. Please, if you work in the financial services industry, don't talk to me about risk or you 'risk' getting a fist hitting your face so hard that your head turns up inside out on the other side of the nearest wall. Just get your f**king act together and stop attracting attention to yourselves like a bunch of spoilt toddlers.
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