 tschmidtPremium,MVM
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Re: I don't approve of stealing service, BUT! said by beaups:Here we go again..."The quality of the service (song, movie, internet) is poor, so that justifies stealing it" argument...barf. How did you manage to come to that conclusion? What MRMATT1  was complaining about is double standard. When an individual does something illegal harsh penalty is imposed. Yet when companies do illegal or unethical things everyone turns a blind eye.
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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For one, how do you put a corporation in jail? Pick up the building and put it in prison?
With out a long explanation, businesses can operate in error. The most you can do is punish them civilly and it happens all the time. However, most people don't choose to do anything about it.. they'd rather go on the web, these days, to sites like this and bitch and fester about their problems rather than doing something that really works. Instead, they wait for OTHERS to be their soldiers.
Companies offer a service. A company provides a service and the consumer, in the name of quality, claims they are being "ripped off".. while it sounds good, they're not, usually. What a customer expects and what they are entitled to are usually two different things.
Illegal deeds from companies do often lead to punishment for those that engage in the practices... same as the consumer. In the end, it's not a business vs consumer issue, it's a people issue. PEOPLE commit crimes, not businesses. And, 'unethical' is not illegal. Breaking the law, however, is. A pay phone, that was used in the example above, not giving a phone call after depositing a coin, is not a crime. Back in their days, I had one eat 2 quarters from me.. I filled out a complaint (call) and I got my 50 cents back.
People don't turn blind eyes to businesses that do illegal things.. no one really cares to deal with it.
Strength of this country doesn't come from government.. it comes from the people.. who just happen to BE the government. The only people to blame for actions going un-noticed are the people. And finally.. a mistake or two (comparatively speaking) that some people experience with a company doesn't make a conspiracy that the company is illegal.
Now, for full fairness.. yes, there are businesses that go get away with murder.. such as U.S. Bank who sold customer information for $12 million and only got fined $1 million.. that, to me, was a crime... but, was it US Bank's fault they got away with it and kept ill gotten gains? No.. it was the fault of the person that was in charge of the oversight. And, as you can see what's going on around us today, this VERY day.. the day of reckoning is coming and people HAVE stood up and noticed. |
