Subject: Re: Barrons Makes Sense to buy Chubb outright
what does this board think of warren and charlie's many quotes on reputation and integrity hypocritical when it comes to partying with chubb and pilot?
i dont think they were (or could be) coerced into any of these dealings. there is substantial background that berkshire's meddling with the economics of the pilot acq triggered the downward spiral of behavior by the haslams.

We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.