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{{g}}[[Sulphur dioxide]] is a toxic gas with a pungent, irritating smell. Its chemical formulation is not [[SOX]], however, but SO<sub>2</sub>.
{{g}}Sulphur dioxide is a toxic gas with a pungent, irritating smell. Irritating, but not ''[[tedious]]'', exactly. Its chemical formulation is not [[SOX]], but SO<sub>2</sub>.


[[SOX]], by contrast, is the The [[Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002]], a pungent and tedious piece of US consumer protection legislation introduced as a reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals, including [[Enron]] and [[WorldCom]].
[[SOX]], by contrast, is the equally noxious, just as irritating, and quite a bit more [[tedious]]  [[Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002]], a pungent piece of US consumer protection legislation introduced as a knee-jerk reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals, including [[Enron]] and [[WorldCom]] in the early part of the millennium. This is not to downplay the gravity of those scandals a little bit — rotten apples gonna rot, and all — just to query whether imposing a colossal bureaucratic superstructure on all apples, rotten or otherwise, was really the most effective way of addressing them.


If [[Enron]] is the horse, oblivion the paddock to which it bolted and the executive branch of the US government the stable, then [[Sarbanes-Oxley]] is the door.  
If [[Enron]] is the horse, oblivion the paddock to which it bolted and the executive branch of the US government the stable, then [[Sarbanes-Oxley]] is the door.  


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Sulphur dioxide is a toxic gas with a pungent, irritating smell. Irritating, but not tedious, exactly. Its chemical formulation is not SOX, but SO2.

SOX, by contrast, is the equally noxious, just as irritating, and quite a bit more tedious Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a pungent piece of US consumer protection legislation introduced as a knee-jerk reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals, including Enron and WorldCom in the early part of the millennium. This is not to downplay the gravity of those scandals a little bit — rotten apples gonna rot, and all — just to query whether imposing a colossal bureaucratic superstructure on all apples, rotten or otherwise, was really the most effective way of addressing them.

If Enron is the horse, oblivion the paddock to which it bolted and the executive branch of the US government the stable, then Sarbanes-Oxley is the door.

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