This is a bad line of reasoning to use in penal law. Have a look at the legal code of Draco of Athens (after whose name an interesting adjective was coined meaning “excessively harsh”). Why was it so harsh? Well, in Draco’s view, all the minor crimes deserved death. It’s not that complicated, really. If you don’t want to die, don’t steal cabbages.
But we’re not talking about punishing the little people for minor crimes. We’re talking about antitrust laws, which is not something that affects mom and pop shops. Those laws are meant to protect all consumers and should absolutely be punished very harshly no matter who breaks them, otherwise it just makes it okay if you make up for it by milking the public enough to compensate for the fine.
This is a bad line of reasoning to use in penal law. Have a look at the legal code of Draco of Athens (after whose name an interesting adjective was coined meaning “excessively harsh”). Why was it so harsh? Well, in Draco’s view, all the minor crimes deserved death. It’s not that complicated, really. If you don’t want to die, don’t steal cabbages.
A company is not a living being with feelings and emotions. Fuck your argument. Fuck the greedy companies.
But we’re not talking about punishing the little people for minor crimes. We’re talking about antitrust laws, which is not something that affects mom and pop shops. Those laws are meant to protect all consumers and should absolutely be punished very harshly no matter who breaks them, otherwise it just makes it okay if you make up for it by milking the public enough to compensate for the fine.
What absurd hyperbole.
What a worthless comment.