Since the Goldman case erupted last week, there's been plenty of fresh banker blood in the water, with scores of pundits and other piranha swirling around the wounded giants in the banking industry as if they were a herd of cattle crossing a tributary of the upper Rio Negro. Despite— or more likely because of— Goldman's relatively clean track record and illustrious credentials, many commentators on this story have assumed an almost Madame Defarge-like vengeful tone, reigning down condemnation and derision from the penultimate rungs of their moral pedestals.
