From: Anne Marie Tobias (atobias@interwoven.com)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 20:01:03 MDT
Howdy All,
After some of the debates I've gotten into, there are probably a
number of you out there who believe I am no friend to capitalism.
That's actually really kind of ironic. Because I have great hope for
and strong belief in capitalism. I unfortunately, am also somebody
who believes that given a population of human beings, you will get
a nice bell shaped spread along almost axis you want to specify,
including the the axis of ethical behavior. It's that aspect of people
that's nasty, and slimy, and self interested that concerns me. It's
that aspect which takes great philosophies, and in their application
renders them human cesspools (or at least in many cases running
opportunities for gross negligence or stupidity.)
So, I am appalled when a person takes on business, and the action
occurs (I'm offended enough at the thought), that it's OK to kill
people if it helps the bottom line... Of course to balance that, I am
more than appalled when a public servant, a person who has on
him/her a sacerd trust to serve the people, feels that their personal
interest takes precedent over the common good. For those people
I believe a firing squad and the title traitor is best suited.
That said, I picked this up of of mempool today... read it, please...
http://www.guerrillanews.com/cocakarma/
Seems that Coca Cola has a $4 billion lawsuit against it, for which
it hasn't got a moral leg to stand on... so it bought a Chicago judge,
flaunted it's disdain for the constitution... and has made sure that the
7th district court of appeals has broken virtually every constitutional
accountablity possible. This is precisely what I mean when I talk
about bad business and bad government. By the way, it is most
often impossible to separate the two because when one stinks it's
usually in the presence of the stench of the other. This must drive the
Gov. Bad, Business Good guys a little crazy... but I'm sure they'll
figure some rational for this. Kind of reminds me of the 'Matrix'...
when Morpheus told us, we'd find out just how far down the rabbit
hole went, he forgot to mention, it was connected to endless sewers.
Read the story, it's really fascinating...
One of the more arrogant members of the 7th District court of appeals
while in an argument with a professor of constitutional law, publicly
said; * "Why do you teach you student those fairy tales... I've much
more important issues to base my decisions on that the constitution
and due process." Clearly a candidate for the Texas "He just needed
killing" defense.
Folks, as technology accelerates. The harm that can be done by slimy
people in positions of power increases exponentially. We really need
to begin promoting serious change, and that has to start, by not giving
the seats of power to the most efficient whores. It also means that we
need to begin to get our priorities straight. So little men with big
hungers
are limited to the evil that they can perpetrate.
We need to wake the slumbering mouth breething public, and let them
know that what little remains of their constitutional freedom is quickly
being use to wipe the behinds of stupid greedy men who's egos are
only exceeded by the desire to have it their way.
Marie Tobias
* Note: The quote is paraphrased...
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