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Old 06-13-2010, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Combwork View Post
<snip>I've just read this through and it all seems a bit vague, but no more than your post Boreas 31037. You admit there have been screw-ups by U.S. companies on the same scale as the Deepwater Horizon, my point is that U.S. corporations are seen as being better at avoiding responsibility than anyone else I can think of. Your legal system encourages this; lock everything in litigation for long enough in the hope that it will all go away.
Case in point Mine Safety.
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