[wideawake]

Even if they should have been better-educated about investing, and more skeptical of management and accounting they are indeed victims here.

Of course they are - but they made themselves victims and that's the key distinction.

Anyone who handled their retirement finances like a responsible adult should could not have been significantly affected by Enron's collapse unless they wanted to be.

[Rte66]

Good grief! There's nothing wrong at all with trusting, especially the company you work for. It's like being patriotic.