Corporate Evil

Loving Twitter this morning and feel like spreading the word as much as possible:

Just want to make sure as many people as possible read the gagged document and see the information Trafigura (<this link is interesting in itself - shows how unrepentant they are)and Carter Fuck are trying to hide from us.

How do these people sleep at night?

Have been on the phone all morning to various banks trying to sort out my mortgage etc. Boring. But it seems there are so many hidden charges and exit fees and all this crap tjhat they steal off you. It makes me sick. These companies lie and steal and get away with it time and again and no one does anything about it. I was bought up to never steal or lie. I tell you I wish I was bought up as a lying theiving piece of shit cos I would be swimming with these fuckers now and not close to sinking. I don't understand how the world got so fucked up. CUNTS!
RANT OVER

Interesting reading and a massive can of worms. May I add:

Union Carbide
Monsanto
Shell Nigeria
Lapindo Brantas

...countless others.

Fecking horrible.

If anyone deserves to be mentioned in a thread entitled 'Corporate Evil' it is the banks.

FDA in the US
Just about every big pharma company

Incidentally, its not really the banks... In this country, the FSA is charged with regulating the industry.

Tobacco industry
James Hardy Asbestos

CREATE Bikes had a stall at the Bike Show MEGA ROFL

How they could show their face in that room / exhibition centre is beyond me.

I would have thought Specialised / Cannondale and Trek would have got a lynching party together

Ship breaking in Bangladesh... dont even know who's responsible for that debacle.

What am I missing? What is Barclays interest?

EDIT: I see.... its two separate issues in the one question.

Barclays, you're on the fuckin list too...

Haliburton.

Haliborange? Google reveals that they manufacture childrens supplements? What did they get up to?

I was browsing the Commons website today, and came across this question for the Secretary of State, by Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):

Does this have anything to do the gag on The Guardian Newspaper?

This is the new development. Although of course at the centre of this shit storm are the people killed and maimed by the dumping...

Amoral Libel Lawyers Carter Ruck have (I think for the first time in 400 years) slapped a libel gagging order on a journalists reporting on our own parliament. One of our own MPs asking one of our own ministers a question, and a fucking law firm can now stop a paper reporting this.

Ship breaking in Bangladesh... dont even know who's responsible for that debacle.

incidentally, greenpeace are on it.

http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/
http://www.shipbreakingplatform.com/

and also, dow chemical, du pont, BAE.

This morning is a great example of the use of the media for good. This is a shocking story but people are hearing about it. At least the story is leaked all over the web.

http://thethirdestate.net/2009/10/what-the-guardians-banned-from-telling-you-a-third-estate-exclusive/

Tweets

DaveGorman "When I grow up, I want to be a lawyer. The kind who helps an oil company hide illegal activities that visited atrocities on the poor!" Aaah

stephenfry Public disgust at this barbaric assault on free speech is being collected under the hashtag #trafigura.

charltonbrooker Gimme a T! Gimme an R! Gimme an AFIGURA! http://bit.ly/4fDKNR #trafigura

This morning is a great example of the use of the media for good.

Well to be fair to me it seems like a great example of social media being a force for good. Though the media (at least in the shape of the Guardian) is trying to push this, the law of the land has them silenced. If it weren't for twitter this would be quietly swept under the rug like so many other corporate crimes.

great thread, will get into reading all this later.
if you want to read more about how they operate perfectly within the realms of the law, while in fact being bound to create more profit regardless of the consequences read here:-
http://blogcritics.org/books/article/review-of-the-corporation-by-joel/

Argos

they make me sick

They do a great job restoring bikes frames, where's the harm in that?

Mr X my local cornershop owner

50% mark up you should be ashamed of yourself sir

name withdrawn to protect the innocent

Mr X my local cornershop owner

50% mark up you should be ashamed of yourself sir

name withdrawn to protect the innocent

He has to make a living.

50% markup is not alot. compared to some.

He has to make a living.

50% markup is not alot. compared to some.

Ah, the Nuremburg defence. :)

Interesting reading and a massive can of worms. May I add:

Union Carbide
Monsanto
Shell Nigeria
Lapindo Brantas

...countless others.

Fecking horrible.

and there goes your carefully contrived internet persona....

errr.... cupcake monster anyone?

High court hearing is set for 2pm. Absolutely loving Twitter today.

@arusbridger # carterruck # guardian. High Court hearing fixed for 2pm. Other papers joining action.. but maybe devs

Hilarious Guardian quote on Carter-Ruck's homepage as well...

"Thought it best not to mess with Carter-Ruck"

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