On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 09:06 +0000, Adam Funk wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 22:31 -0500, C Shore wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:49:03PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > >> > Edward J. Shornock wrote: > >> > > I beg to differ. I, at least, am trying to avoid ending up living in > >> > > a cardboard box or milking social services. > >> > > >> > And the corporations are trying to prevent from folding. BTW, you > >> > do > >> > realize that corporations are nothing more than individuals just like > >> > you. > >> > >> That's a load of crap perpetuated by lawyers. A coporation is not > >> person in any reasonable definition of the word. > > > > I *think* he means that corporations nothing more than *groups* > > of individual people, and thus any nefarious deeds done by corp- > > orations are really done by individuals. > > ...who can thus avoid proper accountability for their actions.
Sure. Security in number, omerta, loyalty to the clan, etc. That's totally irrelevant to the point, though, is that The Corporation doesn't have a mind, independent actions, etc. Whether it's Michael Corleone says "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business.", or Reinhold Heydrich ordering the murder of millions and then going home and playing the violin, or a CEO cooking the books, or an assembly-line worker doing a shitty job, it's *people* who do the deeds, whether good or ill. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved -- and I cannot resist forming one on every subject -- as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it." Charles Darwin (1809-1882) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
