Motown_Johnny
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Thu Jan-21-10 01:53 PM
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Personhood rights! How about Personhood Responsibilities? |
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Is it now possible to try Corporations for things like negligent homicide or manslaughter? If so, will the punishment be similar to that which a flesh and blood person would endure?
So if a product contributes to the death of an actual person can the manufacturer and/or distributer be held accountable the way an actual person would be?
I don't think a Constitutional Amendment is possible in this political climate so I think we need to take a different approach.
You want personhood? Fine... you can have personhood and all that comes with it.
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jgraz
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Thu Jan-21-10 01:55 PM
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1. We need a corporate death penalty |
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Close the doors, liquidate the assets and claw back five years of executive salaries.
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Thu Jan-21-10 02:01 PM
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5. there is, it's called "Trust Busting" or Anti-Trust Laws". |
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Thu Jan-21-10 02:25 PM
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no_hypocrisy
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Thu Jan-21-10 01:56 PM
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2. Like make them pay their taxes along with the rest of us? |
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Thu Jan-21-10 01:56 PM
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3. And all corporations will be interred after their "three score & ten" |
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is done. Assets will revert to the State that authorized them to operate in the first place.
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AndyA
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Thu Jan-21-10 01:58 PM
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4. Think of all the big corporations that would now be gone had a law like this |
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existed in the past.
There's a bunch of 'em. ;)
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Motown_Johnny
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Thu Jan-21-10 02:06 PM
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6. I would love to make a Citizen's arrest to a company like Blackwater..... |
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I wonder where you put the handcuffs?
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vincna
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Thu Jan-21-10 02:06 PM
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7. I'm not a lawyer, but... |
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it's my understanding that corporate officers can be charged for criminal activities of their corporations. If the corporation is criminally negligent, the officers can be sent to jail.
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