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That's great, but no. I can argue that they shouldn't break the law. The penalty is irrelevant.

• padobson 10y ago
  >I can argue that they shouldn't break the law. And if you had done that, I'd have never responded. What you said was: >You're advocating for wealth being over the law. Which no one has yet done, not even close. Justice, according to the law, is being served. You can argue that the penalty is unjust, which you have failed to do so far. You can also argue that it's wrong to break the law, which is a new argument in the thread starting with your "over the law" comment. Saying an entity isn't subject to the law because of wealth and saying that an entity shouldn't break the law are two completely different things. The first argument doesn't work because the companies in question are proving they are subject to the law by paying the fines. The second argument is new, nebulous, not particularly substantive, and otherwise better left ignored.