Declaring that sinning countries should suffer the consequences of their debt is not to bestow sacredness on financiers.

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But most also think that the sinning is more widespread than that.

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Nein, that would encourage debtors to fall back into their sinning ways.

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Sunday may have been for forgiving, but Saturday was for sinning.

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For Mr Clinton in particular, 2002 has become a sort of holy grail, the date that stops him sinning (fiscally, at least) for the rest of his second term.

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Just as Luther criticised indulgences, critics of offsetting argue that the ability to buy retrospective forgiveness for sins of emission is no substitute for not sinning in the first place.

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