Quite possible the largest alternative health scam ever.

[Ronin]

Scam is such a loaded term, I prefer the expression "stupidity tax"

[HoreTore]

Scam is such a loaded term, I prefer the expression "stupidity tax"

I have no problems whatsoever with the nigerian email scams. I consider that to be "Darwin in practice".

[Husar]

I have no problems whatsoever with the nigerian email scams. I consider that to be "Darwin in practice".

So you think the poor and uneducated deserve to lose even more money?

[HoreTore]

So you think the poor and uneducated deserve to lose even more money?

You're not poor when you can blow 10.000 on a mail order bride.

[Husar]

You're not poor when you can blow 10.000 on a mail order bride.

I wasn't aware of nigerian mail order bride scams.

[HoreTore]

I wasn't aware of nigerian mail order bride scams.

You're not poor when you can blow 10.000 to help an oil company executive transfer a bribe to an offshore account, either.

You can't be poor and fall for these scams since they require that you have money. You may end up poor though, but I have no problem with that. The Nigerian is also quite poor, so he'll find a use for the money.

[Husar]

You're not poor when you can blow 10.000 to help an oil company executive transfer a bribe to an offshore account, either.

You can't be poor and fall for these scams since they require that you have money. You may end up poor though, but I have no problem with that. The Nigerian is also quite poor, so he'll find a use for the money.

Quite a few people are already poor but loan the money from somewhere or someone.
And going by your argument, the poor are to blame for being poor in general if you just spin it far enough.
After all, they're just not clever enough to get all that money the rich have through whatever means necessary.