# Is there some reason we tolerate money laundering via tiny island banks?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-reason-we-tolerate-money-laundering-via-tiny-island-banks/354617>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 28, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-reason-we-tolerate-money-laundering-via-tiny-island-banks/354617 "2006-04-28T17:00:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-reason-we-tolerate-money-laundering-via-tiny-island-banks/354617/21 "2006-05-02T15:39:05Z")

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Whoosh!

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-reason-we-tolerate-money-laundering-via-tiny-island-banks/354617/22 "2006-05-02T16:19:45Z")

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> [@Cliffy](#):
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> Whoosh!
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> –Cliffy

Or,l it’s not a whoosh, and you really meant that, but you want to back down now, and there’s no edit feature. Can you prove to us you meant that as a “whoosh”? I _say_ you meant it, and now want to find a way to backdown without actually doing so. Prove otherwise?

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