How Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its Irish tax practices

Re:How Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its Irish tax p... by RingwormOne on Monday November 06, 2017 @02:34PM (#15638306)

Be careful, you're rejecting the rule of law if you advocate for legal repercussions. What you judge to be immoral may not be judged to be immoral by others. When outrage of the masses is the sufficient condition for legal punishment, we have mob rule.

Apple should be held accountable by whom? The government? The consumer? Apple did not break a law, so law enforcement cannot hold them accountable. The consumer can decide not to buy Apple products though, that is a reasonable response.

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Re:How Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its Irish tax p... by aqsalose on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:22AM (#15641400)

> Apple did not break a law, so law enforcement cannot hold them accountable.

I thought the unstated assumption was that the law should be changed, which is certainly within both the letter and spirit of rule of law.

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