Comments on: Informant!, The – A Movie Review http://deep.mastersfamily.org/2009-09-20/informant-the-a-movie-review/ Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. ~~Mark Twain Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christopher Waldrop http://deep.mastersfamily.org/2009-09-20/informant-the-a-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-60267 Christopher Waldrop Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:06:31 +0000 http://deep.mastersfamily.org/?p=2669#comment-60267 I heard about this guy on the radio the other night and how stressed he became while working as both an informant for the FBI and embezzling from the company. I think it would be difficult to do either one, but to do both at the same time is unbelievable. The final thought, about corporations not being punished, made me think of a peculiar event in Tennessee early in the 20th Century. An elephant killed her handler, was tried for murder, and hanged. Corporations, unlike elephants, can defend themselves in court, and, unlike even most people, corporations have very deep pockets. That explains why they can get away with murder. I heard about this guy on the radio the other night and how stressed he became while working as both an informant for the FBI and embezzling from the company. I think it would be difficult to do either one, but to do both at the same time is unbelievable.

The final thought, about corporations not being punished, made me think of a peculiar event in Tennessee early in the 20th Century. An elephant killed her handler, was tried for murder, and hanged. Corporations, unlike elephants, can defend themselves in court, and, unlike even most people, corporations have very deep pockets. That explains why they can get away with murder.

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