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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by saagarjha on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:34PM (#23239852)
I don't see how that would work, because fining a corporation indirectly fines every employee they need to lay off and can no longer find a job. Of course, we should fine corporations more, but trying to treat a company like a person is just a stupid metaphor in general and extending that will lead you nowhere sane.
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Re:Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19... by SkyBelow on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:01AM (#23247659)
>I don't see how that would work, because fining a corporation indirectly fines every employee they need to lay off and can no longer find a job.

Do we stop putting people in prison if they have a child? Either we have to punish children by depriving them of a parent (potentially putting them into foster care) or we have to allow family status to be a factor in sentencing individuals (institutionalize discrimination on a protected class)?

Currently when we punish someone, little thought is given to secondary victims. I don't see why we would make an exclusion for corporations.

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