Many posters in this group take as a given that corporations are evil.

In almost any thread concerned with politics, economics, or any other
social issue, we'll find these contributors weighing in with comments on
the wickedness of corporations --- that they are "greedy," "exploitive,"
bullying," "manipulative," "coercive," "destructive," and so on. In a word,
that they are the bad guys responsible for almost every human ill.

Now of course corporations are simply groups of humans who have agreed
among themselves to cooperate to produce some product or deliver some
service. And of course, as such they are capable of, and guilty of, all the
evils of which any group of humans is capable. Also like all other humans
and groups of them, they are vulnerable to mistakes, misadventures, and
accidents.

All other human institutions, from labor unions and religious organizations
to street gangs and drug cartels, have also demonstrated their capacity for
evil, as do thousands of individuals on a daily basis. But by comparison
with the evils committed by other groups --- using the ordinary criteria
for measuring "evil" (and this is important) --- the evils committed by
corporations are relatively infrequent and mild.

On Apr 27, 7:15 pm, Publius nospam.comcast.net> wrote:

On 28 Apr, 00:15, Publius nospam.comcast.net> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:15:14 -0500, Publius wrote:

Don't set up a straw man.

One person has a sling shot, the other a nuclear bomb. Each has equal
virtue and vice. Is the concern over the actions of each equal?

Publius nospam.comcast.net> did not, but should have wrote:

Many posters in this group take as a given that governments are evil.

In almost any thread concerned with politics, economics, or any other
social issue, we'll find these contributors weighing in with comments on
the wickedness of governments --- that they are "greedy," "exploitive,"
bullying," "manipulative," "coercive," "destructive," and so on. In a
word, that they are the bad guys responsible for almost every human ill.

Now of course governments are simply groups of humans who have agreed
among themselves to cooperate. And of course, as such they are capable
of, and guilty of, all the evils of which any group of humans is
capable. Also like all other humans and groups of them, they are
vulnerable to mistakes, misadventures, and accidents.

etc...

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