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Re: Law (was: Art) Debate (Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:57:53 GMT
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:55:52 GMT, Christopher Weeks
<clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote:
> First, I think that there is a miscommunication here. You are saying
> that companies have little power compared to the government if they
> don't break the laws. Others are saying that by breaking the laws,
> companies have the power to do stuff like steal and murder. You're both
> right, but the problem is that companies to break the law, and thus have
> the power to hurt people.
> But so what?
I find this an exceedingly callous statement, on the surface. Explain
further.
> And in any case, the US
> government has a much larger budget than any corporation, so just from a
> 'bottom line' point of view they have more power. Period. And they
> have a serious record of mis-using it.
The disposable income of the US government isn't that high.
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> Second, and just to pick a nit, it sounds like you're saying that laws
> are always right when you say "breaking the law is never a excessive
> liberty." Is that what you mean? Who is breaking the law when I own
> firearms against the laws of my state but not against the 2nd ammendment
> to the US constitution?
You are. The law just happens to be unconstitutional.
Jasper
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| (...) Oh, I didn't mean it like that, I meant it like this: Where are we going from there? As a member (sort of) of the side (sort of) opposite (sort of) yours, I'm willing to accept that corporations have the power to hurt people inappropriately. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Two things: First, I think that there is a miscommunication here. You are saying that companies have little power compared to the government if they don't break the laws. Others are saying that by breaking the laws, companies have the power to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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