[IP] more on more on "The Law is the Law" International Business Excuse
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From: Nathan COCHRANE <NCOCHRANE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 14, 2005 10:11:33 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [IP] more on "The Law is the Law" International Business
Excuse
And IBM sold Hollerith punch cards, systems, training, helpdesk
support and IP to the Nazis that administered the Final Solution.
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
Coca Cola couldn't operate in Nazi Germany, so Fanta became the drink
of the national socialists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta
Do you drive a Chrysler Neon? Would you be interested to know its
relationship to the Messerschmitt fighter that killed thousands of
Allied airmen?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASA
Next time you cheer NASA's space program (or technologies such as the
silicon chip that arose from it, for instance) consider from where it
all came:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_braun
Look at the conglomerates from either of the other two Axis powers
and you will see parallels.
Or consider the case of Henry Ford and the USSR:
http://www.volga.nl/GAZhistorieEN1930.htm
Or check this out for simply stunning anecdotes:
"Perhaps Congressman John Rarick best summarized the extent of the
damage to U.S. national security when he said: 'The factories and
steel mills that U.S. aid built in Russia during the 1930s were used
later to create the munitions that killed American GIs in Korea and
Vietnam.' (Congressional Record, 27 June, 1973, p. E4409)."
http://thebirdman.org/Index/Others/Others-Doc-ConspiracyTheory/Doc-
ConspiracyTheory-FalseEnemies/TheWestFinancedSoviets.htm
How about the amazing case of the re-appearing Zaibatsu (now dubbed
Keiretsu), the Japanese military-industrial complex that re-emerged
stronger than ever once Gen MacArthur's plan to disolve them was
scrapped. Do you own any products or buy services from any of these
corporations?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu
Markets are notoriously bad at punishing certain behaviours. And they
are very quick to forgive on the odd occasion that they lapse,
knowing we all have short memories and will trade our outrage for a
point of economic growth.
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From: David Farber [mailto:dave@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005 9:56 PM
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Subject: [IP] more on "The Law is the Law" International Business Excuse
Begin forwarded message:
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 12, 2005 8:57:54 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ip Ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] "The Law is the Law" International Business Excuse
David Farber wrote:
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
At what point is simply saying "Well, we have to go along or we
can't make a buck!" no longer an acceptable excuse? History suggests
that apart from the purely ethical concerns, firms that engage in
this sort of rationalization may face significant exposure and
liabilities down the line.
I think history might suggest the opposite. An awful lot of leading
German firms made poison gas and such during WWII, but they're still
around today. IBM sold computers to the old South African government
to administer apartheid.
Miles
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