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thanks to brian wood for passing this on.....
The Business of America Is Out of Control
by John Balzar
(Published on Wednesday, June 5, 2002 in the Los Angeles Times)
"You can see it at the grocery store with avocados and bananas that have
been squeezed hard with the intent to ruin them, or in the finger holes that
penetrate the plastic packages at meat counters. I read it almost every day
in my mail. People say it is their justification for stealing music and
movies and software over the Internet.
Consumers are mad, and some are declaring petty war against the mighty
corporation, against the shenanigans, the double-dealing, the get-rich-quick
schemes, the fraud, the self-serving deals--the corporate wrongdoing..."
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0605-01.htm
