01-11-2014, 02:01 PM
(01-11-2014, 09:51 AM)hendi_alex Wrote: The one investment that totally disgusts me, gets mentioned oh so much. No one IMO can successfully defend a decision to invest in such a company, unless financial gain is the only criteria that counts. I know that most of you are ethical, caring individuals. Probably many are religious as well. Why isn't an investment in a business whose end product has zero social benefit, an industry that preys on human weakness, and exploits addiction and sentences users to early, very nasty death sentences, why isn't such totally outside the bounds of supporting? I for one simply cannot fathom this inconsistent behavior in what are otherwise very ethical, caring individuals. Are there no bounds, no restrictions, where making money is concerned? Everything is fair game? You know there is about a 20%-30% chance that your child will be part of the smoking crowd in high school. Do you really want to be supporting that activity?
I do not invest in tobacco stocks as a matter of personal choice.
I do not get upset at people who make a different choice.