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Brutha · 09-10-2007, 05:25 PM

I don't really think that we need the concept of "blame".

Let's say we have a consensus in our society that those companies cause the cancers.
Now there are a few possibilities:
1) The companies take responsiblity and reduce those effects.
2) The goverment takes responsibility and regulates/bans those chemicals.
3) Some group takes responsibilty and organises a boycot (either peaceful or armed) of those companies to drive them out of business.
In reality it is most of the time a mixture of those. The threat of the goverment taking responsibilty over the problem might drive the companies to take a bit of responsibilty.

That system underlies over democracy and is much more effective than blaming the companies.
In a culture where people blame other people nothing gets done.

09-10-2007, 05:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
Brutha Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 4,991	I don't really think that we need the concept of "blame". Let's say we have a consensus in our society that those companies cause the cancers. Now there are a few possibilities: 1) The companies take responsiblity and reduce those effects. 2) The goverment takes responsibility and regulates/bans those chemicals. 3) Some group takes responsibilty and organises a boycot (either peaceful or armed) of those companies to drive them out of business. In reality it is most of the time a mixture of those. The threat of the goverment taking responsibilty over the problem might drive the companies to take a bit of responsibilty. That system underlies over democracy and is much more effective than blaming the companies. In a culture where people blame other people nothing gets done. __________________ I am always open for feedback on my posts. If your feedback would go offtopic feel free to send me a Personal Message. My posts generally don't contain medical or legal advice, if you have a problem seek the opinion of an expert Talking about this in terms of “bad news” or “bad judgment by business leaders” seems archaic. It’s like describing World War One as “a serious diplomatic concern.” Bruce Sterling about the financial crisis.