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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:15:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
Jasper Janssen wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:24:16 GMT, "Scott E. Sanburn"
<ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote:

No, I think you give corporations too much credit in terms of their
power, and you don't seem to care how much power the government has. I

Stop putting words into my mouth.

You do then, as well.

And you didn't even answer the question in the first place.

You mean it wasn't rhetorical? Besides, I did answer. Any big
corporation has the power to do so. Just not legally.

I asked how many companies do you know that did break into your house,
etc. You said they have the power to, to which I disagree. You never
answered the  first question anyway, which is which companies do so? I
know of only one agency: the government.

The Kerr McGee corp running Karen Silkwood off the road and
killing her for blowing the whistle on safety problems at
their nuclear plant ... perhaps an example of, um, excessive
liberties being taken by a company.

--

jthompson@esker.com   "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"



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  Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
 
(...) Stop putting words into my mouth. (...) You mean it wasn't rhetorical? Besides, I did answer. Any big corporation has the power to do so. Just not legally. Jasper (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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