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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 11:35 AM
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Corporations Are People Too.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 11:35 AM
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1. Technically, he's right.
And that's SO wrong.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 12:59 PM
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5. Haha, I was about to say the same.
Have you seen The Corporation? Great documentary.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:27 PM
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12. Only bits and pieces...
really looking forward to seeing the whole thing someday.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:28 PM
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13. Really good film.
I highly recommend it.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:31 PM
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14. I like the explanation of corporations as psychotic.
Sheer brilliance.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:31 PM
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15. Haha, yeah, that was great.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 12:05 PM
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2. That looks like one of the Billionaires for Bush.
http://www.billionairesforbush.com/index.php
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 12:12 PM
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3. No. They are a group of people who tell others what to do.
A group is not a person.

It is a group of people.

That is something the Founding Fathers would not have wanted... or have guessed; they didn't have big corporate brands at the time either.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 12:51 PM
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4. No, a coporation can just be one or two people. Most are.
I'd be willing to bet that most corporations and LLCs are for small businesses, with a single owner.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:00 PM
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6. That's correct.
Most corporations and LLCs are owned by one or two people.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:00 PM
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7. Actually a corporation IS a legal person.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:14 PM
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8. Not in all ways, though
I mean, I know people who've been married to their work, but I don't think that it's legal to marry a corporation.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:19 PM
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9. There's a distinction between a natural person and artificial person.
Edited on Tue May-16-06 01:20 PM by primate1
You can't stab a corporation in the face the way you could a natural person, but corporations are treated by law as an individual for certain purposes (lawsuits, property ownership and contracts, mostly).

Certain rights and laws only apply to natural persons or legal persons, but for all intents and purposes, corporations are treated as a single person by the law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_entity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_person
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:24 PM
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10. Ah, the perils of text-based sarcasm
Should've used a smiley.

Oops!
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-16-06 01:25 PM
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11. Haha, perhaps...
I'm still trying to figure out a way to stab corporations in the face, actually.
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