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heaven05

(18,124 posts)
71. what you're doing
Tue Jan 14, 2014, 11:26 AM
Jan 2014

Last edited Tue Jan 14, 2014, 01:17 PM - Edit history (1)

is distraction and an obfuscating of the point that some corporations, in their pursuit of profit, could care less about the damage done to the common citizen, especially if the common citizen is not a buyer or user of their product. The lack of caring in this case, given the facts, IS malicious. Their overall quality control and safety procedures were nonexistent for this to happen. You're confusing your need to protect the corporate image, for whatever motive, with our need to protect ourselves from corporate malfeasance and malicious negligence. Your defense of motives behind this utterly ridiculous and shameful incident, that put hundreds of thousands at risk, leaves your understanding of the initial point twisting in the wind.

k&r TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #1
Hoo-rah! n/t malthaussen Jan 2014 #2
No shit! liberal N proud Jan 2014 #3
K and f**king R marmar Jan 2014 #4
It is obvious that we need more deregulation and a tax cut for the extremely rich Warren Stupidity Jan 2014 #5
And stopping gay people from christx30 Jan 2014 #21
Yes! Most certainly! To free their hands to do even more good! MatthewStLouis Jan 2014 #75
no shit sherlock....pisses one off spanone Jan 2014 #6
Too much truth. Curmudgeoness Jan 2014 #7
Can't interrupt the wall-to-wall coverage of the same three Bridgegate emails NuclearDem Jan 2014 #8
...or Honey Boo Boo........or duck-huntin' rednecks.......or Benghazi...or Kardashians..... lastlib Jan 2014 #28
Pretty much all of the above. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #32
We must always support and uphold the Corporations who Bring Wealth to Average Americans! KoKo Jan 2014 #9
If Al Qaeda had dumped one hundred fifty - 50 gallon drums of poison into an American river . . . NBachers Jan 2014 #10
Yeah but Politicalboi Jan 2014 #11
What do you call all those mercs that went to Iraq and Afghanistan? tkmorris Jan 2014 #13
I hate corporations in general. But that logic is just plain dumb. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #12
Bwahahaha RobertEarl Jan 2014 #14
wat NuclearDem Jan 2014 #17
The comedian? How is that even relevant? Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #23
The OP sounds very much like something Carlin would say Fumesucker Jan 2014 #53
Really? angrychair Jan 2014 #20
That they'll get away with it is nearly certain. But the analogy is terrible. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #22
People had died and they were warned. Chose to put the people at risk. That was malicious. jtuck004 Jan 2014 #25
I don't think you know the definition of malicious. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #26
I don't need for you to rephrase what I said to fit your own meanings. I meant what I said. jtuck004 Jan 2014 #30
Words have meaning. You don't just get to fabricate definitions to suit your argument. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #31
Beats abusing 300,000 people in West Virginia. n/t jtuck004 Jan 2014 #34
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!!! Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #35
Would "depraved indifference" work for you then? eggplant Jan 2014 #38
Is nuance dead? Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #39
They poisoned the water of 300,000 people. blackspade Jan 2014 #45
It is exactly villainy. That is what I'm saying... Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #47
For me, I didn't read that poster as saying that we should make it equivalent to terrorism me b zola Jan 2014 #50
Thanks, exactly the point of the OP dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #67
Extremely well said and spot on! n/t cui bono Jan 2014 #86
i think the point is: if it were terrorism noiretextatique Jan 2014 #88
Oh yeah, and - malice n. a conscious, intentional wrongdoing jtuck004 Jan 2014 #40
You're wrong. Malice must include the intent to harm. That is the definition. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #41
Man, this is like trying to convince a teabaggger that Obama is a U.S. citizen, with jtuck004 Jan 2014 #42
If only all arguments could be won using Wikipedia. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #43
This one certainly was. - nt dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #66
Oh snap! infoviro Jan 2014 #81
Welcome to DU dreamnightwind Jan 2014 #82
silly argument: you think they did not "intend" harm? noiretextatique Jan 2014 #89
what you're doing heaven05 Jan 2014 #71
On "Law and Order" they use the phrases "reckless endangerment" and/or "criminally negligent" tclambert Jan 2014 #33
It's not mere negligence. Decisions were made, I'm sure, to cut certain costs in the name of profit. cui bono Jan 2014 #85
you can tell how truthful something is by how much it pisses off quislings FatBuddy Jan 2014 #51
Funny that the rest of us see it as perfectly logical. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #61
F R E E D U M B I N D U S T R I E S ... Historic NY Jan 2014 #15
No kidding! gopiscrap Jan 2014 #16
Invaded BlueLuna743 Jan 2014 #18
Now this is what Stephen Colbert would call . . . Brigid Jan 2014 #19
Indeed. So True. k&r'd 2banon Jan 2014 #24
Sadly, soooo effing true. AzDar Jan 2014 #27
K & R SoapBox Jan 2014 #29
Yes, but the corporation may have made a penny more of profit, so it's all OK. tclambert Jan 2014 #36
and maybe that company was paid by bottled water companies to poison MindMover Jan 2014 #37
Internets win. blackspade Jan 2014 #44
Who can attack Freedom Industries? jsr Jan 2014 #46
K! Cha Jan 2014 #48
OMG. That is the truth! Th1onein Jan 2014 #49
Nailed it malaise Jan 2014 #52
The Free Market will correct this just fine. another_liberal Jan 2014 #54
no silly Locrian Jan 2014 #55
That's brilliant! nt TBF Jan 2014 #56
K&R. nt DLevine Jan 2014 #57
Why is this not domestic terrorism? Sienna86 Jan 2014 #58
If It Turns Out That There Was Willful Neglect. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2014 #68
Because in one simple statement - both Parties have been truedelphi Jan 2014 #93
Can't recommend this enough. theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #59
Recommended X 1000! Enthusiast Jan 2014 #60
Pretty much the same angle Jason Jones took on Jon Stewart last night. tanyev Jan 2014 #62
More corporate tax cuts are on the table as we post. merrily Jan 2014 #63
Perfect example of "elections have consequences". Mass Jan 2014 #64
Most of the people in West Virginia Harmony Blue Jan 2014 #70
When was the last time their operations were inspected by EPA? Octafish Jan 2014 #65
"If Al-Qaeda had poisoned the water of 300k people, backed by the Saudi Royal Family... KansDem Jan 2014 #69
Corporate terror infoviro Jan 2014 #72
Moment of truth! colorado_ufo Jan 2014 #73
Sad but true. K&R n/t myrna minx Jan 2014 #74
Hell if an individual citizen of the US did this, the person would be behind bars B Calm Jan 2014 #76
I often wondered during the BP disaster what would happen if I strolled down to the beach raouldukelives Jan 2014 #83
Infuriating, isn't it? And here I thought the oath of office read, "Enemies, foreign AND domestic". BlueCaliDem Jan 2014 #77
Bingo. City Lights Jan 2014 #78
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2014 #79
Excellent! ctsnowman Jan 2014 #80
Jon Stewart did a great bit on this... drokhole Jan 2014 #84
It's time to waterboard the CEO! B Calm Jan 2014 #87
Mission Accomplished blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #90
Al Qaeda will take note... Sand Wind Jan 2014 #91
But, don't you know the main enemy of America is the anti-capitalist leftists? Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #92
Almost Heaven warrprayer Jan 2014 #94
+ a zillion. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #95
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