[newzjunkey]

some people will natter "well, they shouldn't have had all their money in Enron". I can only hope that if one of their loved ones is shot/stabbed/raped no one ever says "well, you shouldn't have gone to a 7/11 at night".

Not the same at all. Investments are by their nature inherently risky, going to 7/11 at night generally is not. Who hasn't heard the caution, "don't put all your eggs in one basket?"

Investing 75% of your retirement nest egg in one basket is felony stupid and entirely their doing. No one forced them to make such a idiot decision. Seems they got burnt by their own greed.

[RedStateRocker]

the greed or stupidity of the victim has no bearing on the criminality of the perp. Or is it OK to rob people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time? Not everyone is a sophisticated, or even knowledgeable investor; are you saying that it is OK to rip them off? A church function on financial prudence my wife and I attended had the 'adviser' telling people, from the podium, that it was VITAL to invest in high return and ONLY high return stocks. Now I knew this was BS but a LOT of people in that congregation followed what seemed to them like prudent advice - so it's OK to rip them off because the were 'felony stupid'?