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Old 02-09-2003, 03:32 PM
 
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Default The most toxic town in America (Monsanto)

now who is being naive? I can just imagine Steins asking if the products are safe.
LOL. As long as they have somebody else to point the product liability finger at
they are going to resell anything that makes them a profit. I dont see any
corporation sharing their secret internal memos with an outside company.
But the corporate CEOs, who represent the company certainly can and do lie for the
company. Interestingly, corporations can be sued.
http://howstuffworks.lycoszone.com/stock3.htm
"A corporation is different, and it is a pretty interesting concept. A corporation
is a "virtual person." That is, a corporation is registered with the government, it
has a social security number (known as a federal tax ID number), it can own
property, it can go to court to sue people, it can be sued and it can make
contracts. By definition, a corporation has stock that can be bought and sold, and
all of the owners of the corporation hold shares of stock in the corporation to
represent their ownership. One incredibly interesting characteristic of this "virtual
person" is that it has an indefinite and potentially infinite life span."
Now CEO's may come and go, even boards come and go, but since they dont go all at
once (well unless they belly up and close their doors) the prevailing mentality of a
corporation is propagated ad infinitum, ad nauseum. So Monsanto is not going to turn
into a Ben and Jerry's. Ingrid


"Dave Gower" wrote:
Such professionals ask tough and precise
scientific questions about the safety and other characteristics of the
materials they purchase. This is especially true of wholesalers, whose
employers directly face legal consequences for selling harmful substances.

Another elementary bit of information. Companies cannot "lie",



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