opinion. it wasn t a legalistic setting. they wanted to make it that. it was the court of public opinion. demonized goldman, demonized wall street, show everybody it was wall street s fault, wall street created the panic of 2008 and the great recession of 2009. that s what they were trying to do, divert the attention from the politicians and their role in what had happened and the bottom line for me was it was a stalemate. it was a stand-off. they did not prove illegality on the part of goldman-sachs but they really roughed up their image and their ethics. the guy that came out swinging, these were two harvard law school graduates. senator levin and blankfein, the c.e.o. of goldman-sachs. levin was tough early in the morning but here s the exchange these two have and i think they were on different planets really. you ve made a decision to bet against to take the short side of a security that you re selling. and you don t think that there s any moral obligation here? put