Sick Feeling

Quote from hapaboy:



ROFL!

The truth hurts, doesn't it?

"Context of the thread"? Give me a break. The bottom line is that "only" 200 innocent people being murdered is quite acceptable to you and justifies the continued release of murderers into society.

I'm not trying to "win" an argument. All there really is left to argue is the precise depth of your hypocrisy, but it is evident that it runs at least to the Marianna Trench.

Your "truth" doesn't hurt. It makes me sad that you might actually see life the way you say you do.
 
Optional,

I don't think candletrader is wrong. He's doing what he needs to do to support himself. It is not a cause and effect chain. People aren't dieing because candletrader is making trades. The market is moving because that is what it does -- no matter what the circumstance. If it goes up while others are dieing, that is just the way of it and that is the nature of society / economics, etc.

If you have personal problems with trading while we are at war, then sit it out and wait. However, don't assume that there is something innately immoral about trading throughout this conflict.

Should I stop going to work because of this? This is how I make my money, likewise, that is how a trader makes his money -- by trading.

Chill out. If innocent people die from our bombs, it will eventually be far less than the amount of innocent people Saddam would have tortured and killed.
 
Quote from candletrader:

This is a cool thread, which serves to illustrate the importance of the psychological trait of emotional detachment when trading... yes, emotions (negative or positive, depending on the person) are at a high level today, which is precisely WHY such a day provides valuable training in emotional detachment issues...

Rationalize all you like. This is not a normal day. Your lack of "civilization" in the name of trading is not humane.
 
Quote from JORGE:

Not making a political statement, but does anyone else find it kind of sick that we are rallying this hard while we watch a city being obliterated? Finding it emotionally difficult to trade.

Not any worse than shorting the stock of an airline that just crashed.
 
Quote from aphexcoil:

Optional,

I don't think candletrader is wrong. He's doing what he needs to do to support himself. It is not a cause and effect chain. People aren't dieing because candletrader is making trades. The market is moving because that is what it does -- no matter what the circumstance. If it goes up while others are dieing, that is just the way of it and that is the nature of society / economics, etc.

If you have personal problems with trading while we are at war, then sit it out and wait. However, don't assume that there is something innately immoral about trading throughout this conflict.

Should I stop going to work because of this? This is how I make my money, likewise, that is how a trader makes his money -- by trading.

Chill out. If innocent people die from our bombs, it will eventually be far less than the amount of innocent people Saddam would have tortured and killed.

Aphie,

It is true, that it is necessary at times to compartmentalize our emotions from our intellect, in order to do our job.

However, most civilized people, after the fact begin to actually feel. They begin to feel compassion, sadness, genuine sense of awe of the war and destruction. They have the ability to put themselves in the shoes of others and see from their perspectives, and have sympathy and understanding.

Almost immediately we see from candletrader a smiley face following his profitable trades and thanking Saddam.

If you really view that as adult, civilized, mature, and to be applauded or emulated, I have misjudged you.
 
Quote from aphexcoil:

Optional,

I don't think candletrader is wrong. He's doing what he needs to do to support himself. It is not a cause and effect chain. People aren't dieing because candletrader is making trades. The market is moving because that is what it does -- no matter what the circumstance. If it goes up while others are dieing, that is just the way of it and that is the nature of society / economics, etc.

If you have personal problems with trading while we are at war, then sit it out and wait. However, don't assume that there is something innately immoral about trading throughout this conflict.

Should I stop going to work because of this? This is how I make my money, likewise, that is how a trader makes his money -- by trading.

Chill out. If innocent people die from our bombs, it will eventually be far less than the amount of innocent people Saddam would have tortured and killed.


Well said, Brother Aphie... I couldn't have said it better myself...
 
Quote from OPTIONAL777:



Almost immediately we see from candletrader a smiley face following his profitable trades and thanking Saddam.


So what... I am entitled to my personal sense of celebration once a trade is closed... for the record, I would also trade through another September 11th...
 
Quote from candletrader:



So what... I am entitled to my personal sense of celebration once a trade is closed... for the record, I would also trade through another September 11th...

You are entitled. You are entitled to be in denial as well.
 
Quote from OPTIONAL777:

Your "truth" doesn't hurt. It makes me sad that you might actually see life the way you say you do.

LOL!

Coming from you, that's a classic!

The altitude of your moral high ground is that of the Dead Sea.....
 
We tried to trade, but the pyshcological impact is too much and it affected all our trades negatively. Even Bob who is very detached about these things.
Guess I can imagine what it feels like to be blown up and it makes me feel like I am picking bones in a graveyard.:(
 
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