Hugabear
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Sat Jan-23-10 12:58 AM
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If corporations are now people, can they be given the death sentence if they kill someone? |
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Some of these corporations should be on death row many times over
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Maru Kitteh
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Sat Jan-23-10 01:03 AM
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1. VERY HAPPY to K&R. Let have a return to the Hammurabi code for corporations |
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Sat Jan-23-10 01:06 AM
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2. They write a check, then deduct it off their taxes. |
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Sat Jan-23-10 01:38 AM
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3. or commitment for insane behaviors/being a threat to themselves & others? |
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Sat Jan-23-10 01:42 AM
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4. Either the Chairman of the Board or President is okay with me. |
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Sat Jan-23-10 03:51 AM
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14. Nope, the whole thing goes down, baby and all |
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Charge the boards as co-conspirators.
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Sat Jan-23-10 02:29 AM
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5. This has always been my argument. |
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Jail them, execute them, do whatever else it is you do to natural persons. They asked for it via corporate personhood, right?
Not sure, at all, why most fail to see this.
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Sat Jan-23-10 02:34 AM
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6. Cigarette companies knowingly kill people all the time! Thats 1st degree murder! |
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I suggest someone test this out at least for the press it would create! Hell yes! K and R!
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Sat Jan-23-10 02:38 AM
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How many people are victims of greedy corporations in search of profits?
As an example just look at the auto industry, from the early 70's when Ford would not make a modification that cost less than one dollar to the Pinto that would have prevented many deaths. This attitude continues just yesterday Toyota announced another gas pedal recall when the Christmas crash killed four and the floor mats they had previously blamed were found in the car's trunk.
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Sat Jan-23-10 02:44 AM
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8. Perhaps the Supreme Court opened up not only pandora's box but a box of Pandora's? |
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This is the most interesting thread of the day. Since they are saying a plum is really an apple then it should be treated just like any other bad apple. An apple is and apple is an apple! Death to all the bad apples!:applause:
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Hugabear
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Sat Jan-23-10 02:45 AM
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9. China already does this |
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Haven't they executed company executives for putting out dangerous products in the past?
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Sat Jan-23-10 03:26 AM
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12. China executes two over tainted milk powder scandal |
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Sat Jan-23-10 03:11 AM
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10. Rights without responsibilities, which I don't think the average citizen has ever been offered. |
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Share holders, board members and top level execs should all become criminally accountable for the choices that are made. In some cases, (like Monsanto, actually all of the health insurance industry) retroactively. Corporations wouldn't have as much money to produce propaganda and buy politicians if they have to spend all the time and money to defend themselves against what they know they've done.
Maybe then, we could actually see an attempt at governance from our elected officials, instead of the pimping out of the public we accept politics as to today. We get screwed, and they're getting paid for it.
I know, I know, I'm dreaming, but don't wake me yet.
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Sat Jan-23-10 03:14 AM
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Rights and immortality, but no criminal penalties. Nobody is going to put Citibank in prison.
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Sat Jan-23-10 03:46 AM
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13. Didn't I ask not to be woken? |
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Sooner or later all blood drinking, life sucking vampires get caught with a stake or in the sun.
Perhaps to old to be so naive I dare to dream and choose to believe Lady liberty May yet have a trick for the corporatocracy Hiding up her sleeve.
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