[LINK] Hardie's Decision ...

[David Boxall]

On 18/12/2010 9:29 AM, Frank O'Connor wrote:
...
 > The corporate veil, guys. Our judicial system seems to live (and let
 > thousands of others die) by it.
 >
 > The question now remains as to why these people (directors,
 > politicians, judges etc) are remunerated in any way given that they
 > are not responsible or accountable or even look to have the
 > responsibility and accountability applicable to a three year old
 > child.
 >
 > Just another one of those inexplicable facts of life like why we are
 > hit with penny ante-ing credit card charges by those traders we deem
 > worthy of our custom, why delivery services never actually deliver
 > any more (they simply whack a note in your letter-box telling us
 > where the item can be picked up), why power and utility charges can
 > increase by a factor of 80% in a year and we just go along with it,
 > why false advertising and outright lies are de riguer in our
 > corporate sector, why telecommunications products are so confusing
 > and comparatively more expensive each year (one would have thought
 > that the 'efficiencies' the telcom executives boast about would have
 > led to reduced costs) why bank fees and charges can become so legion
 > and why both depositors and borrowers can be ripped off on interest
 > ... the list is legion and, hey ... the apathy of our times I guess.
 >
 > We just take it up the ass.
In Australian, that would be arse (which, strangely, isn't in my - 
supposedly Australian-English - spell checker).
 >
 > I love this country ... given a skerrick of a chance our so called
 > leadership (government, business, financial, judicial or whatever)
 > will abrogate their duties, rip of those they are supposedly
 > accountable to, commit all manner of crime and misdemeanor, and
 > maintain that they are not responsible or accountable for anything
 > bad that happens of their so-called 'watch'.
 > ...
See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation>. A while back, I 
downloaded the video from 
<http://anarchism.org/videos/en/The_Corporation.avi>. It might be 
available there still. If not, try 
<http://www.archive.org/details/The_Corporation_>. Well worth watching.

 > Why do we tolerate these clowns? Why do we let ourselves be ripped
 > off?
 >
 > Just a rhetorical question folks ... I'm well aware is that the
 > answer is we get what we deserve.

Do we really deserve to be forced to choose from such abysmal options? 
These days, I find myself voting from the bottom up. It's easier to 
decide which is worst, then second worst and so on until the least-worse 
ends up as my first choice. None of them is what I would describe as good.

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David Boxall                    |  All that is required
                                |  for evil to prevail is
http://david.boxall.id.au       |  for good men to do nothing.
                                |     -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)