1.0Mormon Inquiryhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mormoninquiryDave Banackhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mormoninquiry/author/dbanackThe public vents - Mormon Inquiryrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VdeWYGtS34"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mormoninquiry/2009/03/the-public-vents.html">The public vents</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/mormoninquiry/2009/03/the-public-vents.html/embed#?secret=VdeWYGtS34" width="600" height="338" title="“The public vents” — Mormon Inquiry" data-secret="VdeWYGtS34" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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When the going gets tough … find a convenient scapegoat. Not that AIG execs likely deserve their bonuses, but it sure seems like the collective venting going on is just the release of bottled up frustration and anger about the financial meltdown that, unfortunately, is too big and too amorphous to have a readily identifiable…