Calm down.
I actually agree with your angry rant. Americans are often seriously ignorant when it comes to the history of their own country. Once you look at the quality of life in this country before and after unions, there's no way you can say the things these people say. It's like they're cannibals.
You can also notice how the quality of life in this country has been steadily dropping since the Reagan-Union-Busting years. It's so weird that Republicans honor Reagan. It's like they're in some kind of bubble.
What makes you think the shareholders had (or in future cases would have) any influence whatsoever over a situation like this?
They probably had nothing to do with it. But what shareholders in their right minds wouldn't ban such behavior in the future? Are you really thinking this one out?
While there might be some merit to what you've said, the incredible importance of outing this information would seem to dwarf your concern. It's the "abuses of the court system" at a much more serious level that we want to stop.
Your original post seemed to say "Look at the bigger picture here," but now you have suddenly turned away from it.
Will the individual(s) who authorized these activities suffer if judgements are leveled against the company? No. It's not coming out of their paycheck.
How do you know this? Why wouldn't heads role? Especially if this ends up costing the shareholders millions or even billions. It would seem only natural that the individuals who made the important calls on this would get fired.
Punishing the telecom companies for cooperating with the government wouldn't actually protect anyone's rights anyway.
How can you say that? Why wouldn't it?
Please explain how punishing a person (or corporation in this case) would not have the effect of discouraging the bad behavior?
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Calm down.
I actually agree with your angry rant. Americans are often seriously ignorant when it comes to the history of their own country. Once you look at the quality of life in this country before and after unions, there's no way you can say the things these people say.
It's like they're cannibals.
You can also notice how the quality of life in this country has been steadily dropping since the Reagan-Union-Busting years. It's so weird that Republicans honor Reagan. It's like they're in some kind of bubble.
While there might be some merit to what you've said, the incredible importance of outing this information would seem to dwarf your concern. It's the "abuses of the court system" at a much more serious level that we want to stop.
Your original post seemed to say "Look at the bigger picture here," but now you have suddenly turned away from it.
Please explain how punishing a person (or corporation in this case) would not have the effect of discouraging the bad behavior?