[wideawake]

The employees could not take the money out of Enron stock to diversify it.

Wrong.

A company rule which coincidentally did not apply to the ones making the rule (the execs).

No company can prevent employees from selling vested shares of stock - that's complete hooey.

[John W]

So, those sad stories on Nightly News, those people were just idiots?

[plain talk]

Thanks for your rational and proportionate posts. This thread is yet another reminder of why the founders were wise in not opting for pure democracy and mob rule. The mob would have lynched Lay for a crime of theft.