Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
[snip long list of dangerous toys throughout the ages]
> But I digress.
Companies have not always been legally accountable for the dangerous
products they sell, today they are. Unintentionally dangerous goods
rarely razed one's home to the ground, today - with the prevalence of
electrical goods - they often do. Businesses did not always have legal
rights (and with it, responsibilities) equatable with a human being,
with the inception of the "corporation" - they do.
If a corporation causes death through negligence, it should be charged
with manslaughter, and those /humans/ responsible for the decisions that
lead to that death should face criminal justice.
That deaths like these occur at all, is already a great tragedy, but to
compound that tragedy with a cold-hearted and cynical reaction (like
Microsoft's, in this case) is just pure evil. If it were up to me,
someone from that corporation would be sitting on Death Row, right about
now.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=192012118972057552
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K.
http://slated.org
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