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Tobacco companies are responsible for not promoting to minors. But if we take a more relevant comparison: In the financial sector, banks are responsible for de
by hnlmorg 21d ago
Tobacco companies are responsible for not promoting to minors.
But if we take a more relevant comparison: In the financial sector, banks are responsible for detecting abuse.
They’re not the only ones responsible, but they don’t get to absolve all responsibility because someone else committed a crime using the banks infrastructure.
- ZeroGravitas 20d agoPeople seem to have forgotten how soulless cigarette companies were: > As a 1984 R.J. Reynolds report stated:1819 > “Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers… If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.”
- hnlmorg 19d agoYou’re now talking about ethics of these companies whereas we were talking about their requirements by law. And the reason those laws existed was precisely because companies couldn’t be trusted to regulate themselves.
- hsuduebc2 19d agoI'm curious. Why this is not a relevant comparison? They are intentionally selling something harmful even to children with intent to someone become addicted.