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The Bill of Rights does not secure the right to earn a profit. Every one of these corporations had a choice between doing the right thing and doing the easy th
by gills 18y ago
The Bill of Rights does not secure the right to earn a profit. Every one of these corporations had a choice between doing the right thing and doing the easy thing.
A true patriot would fold the business before allowing it to be used to infringe upon the rights of citizens.
We can blame Bush and we can blame Congress, but first we should blame ourselves for letting it go this far.
- mattmaroon 18y agoFolding the business because you think a government order is unethical would land you in jail. When you run a publicly traded company, you have a legal responsibility to represent your shareholders' financial interest. If you want to be technical, the Bill of Rights does not secure the right to use a phone without the government knowing who you call. In fact, it doesn't even secure the right to privacy. It kind of flirts with the issue, but it's a common misconception that it guarantees it. Maybe I'm biased because I think patriotism is stupid (as Shaw said "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.") but if captains of industry folded their corporations every time they perceived an ethical violation we'd have no stock market left.
- yelsgib 18y agoNo, let's blame our parents for raising us to be this way! No, let's blame THEIR parents. I blame you.