more on more on "The Law is the Law" International Business Excuse

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Nathan COCHRANE <NCOCHRANE () theage com au>
Date: September 14, 2005 10:11:33 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
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 () farber net]
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Subject: [IP] more on "The Law is the Law" International Business Excuse




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From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>
Date: September 12, 2005 8:57:54 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] "The Law is the Law" International Business Excuse


David Farber wrote:



> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>



> 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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