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kanislatrans
post Oct 11 2010, 10:24 PM
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I got a chance,between changing diapers and not sleeping,to sit down with a couple of players from my younger group and one of the things they had problems grasping was how a mega could be so damn powerful and as corrupt as SR corps seem to be. They are young enough(bless their innocent little hearts) and although they have a suspicion of the powers that be, were debating the idea that corporations could be powerful and also be a force for good in the world.

We talked about that for an hour or so and although I think some of my paranoia and cynicism may have sunk in, they still believe the corp line about "for the good of all"

However, I just came across this article and have emailed it to them with the question "If modern companies that are supposed to be helping people are capable of this type behavior, How do you expect a company hundreds of time large to behave any better"
marketing the disease and selling the cure


And so, fellow DS'ers, I will put the same question to you...
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- kanislatrans   Just how evil are your Corps?   Oct 11 2010, 10:24 PM
- - KarmaInferno   Evil? Not at all. Amoral, profit-driven, and pow...   Oct 11 2010, 10:27 PM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Oct 11 2010, 11:27 ...   Oct 11 2010, 10:29 PM
||- - Nath   QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Oct 12 2010, 12:29 AM)...   Oct 12 2010, 08:06 AM
|||- - Saint Sithney   QUOTE (Nath @ Oct 12 2010, 01:06 AM) - Th...   Oct 13 2010, 11:26 PM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Oct 12 2010, 12:29 AM)...   Oct 12 2010, 08:26 AM
||- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Mäx @ Oct 12 2010, 09:26 AM) That ...   Oct 12 2010, 12:52 PM
|- - Neurosis   QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Oct 11 2010, 05:27 ...   Oct 12 2010, 12:29 AM
- - KarmaInferno   Well, I was speaking of the general nature of Mega...   Oct 11 2010, 10:30 PM
- - Sixgun_Sage   My megas fall along the spectrum of enlightened se...   Oct 11 2010, 10:51 PM
- - Critias   I'm with Karma on this one. They're not a...   Oct 11 2010, 11:59 PM
- - Nifft   In my 6th World, the Corps aren't evil. They a...   Oct 12 2010, 12:52 AM
- - Glyph   Corporations are amoral - they don't have a si...   Oct 12 2010, 02:22 AM
- - jaellot   This notion comes up with my players from time to ...   Oct 12 2010, 02:23 AM
- - Kruger   I dunno how "evil" we've ever presen...   Oct 12 2010, 04:44 AM
|- - capt.pantsless   QUOTE (Kruger @ Oct 11 2010, 10:44 PM) An...   Oct 12 2010, 05:48 AM
- - sabs   My Dad worked for a big Chemical Company that boug...   Oct 12 2010, 01:01 PM
- - IKerensky   I am sorry but Corps ARE Evil. "They dont do...   Oct 12 2010, 01:05 PM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (IKerensky @ Oct 12 2010, 09:05 AM)...   Oct 12 2010, 08:31 PM
|- - IKerensky   QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 12 2010, 08:31 PM) I...   Oct 13 2010, 07:53 AM
- - Ascalaphus   I do think it's good to amp up the evil just a...   Oct 12 2010, 01:08 PM
- - Glyph   I think IKerensky's point, and mine, a bit ear...   Oct 12 2010, 09:38 PM
|- - Brainpiercing7.62mm   QUOTE (Glyph @ Oct 12 2010, 11:38 PM) But...   Oct 12 2010, 10:17 PM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (Glyph @ Oct 12 2010, 04:38 PM) I t...   Oct 12 2010, 10:35 PM
|- - Kruger   QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 12 2010, 02:35 PM) C...   Oct 13 2010, 12:33 AM
- - jakephillips   Just people who make their own rules and arn't...   Oct 12 2010, 11:25 PM
- - Kyrel   You know, in order to answer a question about ...   Oct 13 2010, 12:36 PM
|- - Neraph   QUOTE (Kyrel @ Oct 13 2010, 07:36 AM) You...   Oct 13 2010, 04:14 PM
||- - Kyrel   QUOTE (Neraph @ Oct 13 2010, 06:14 PM) I ...   Oct 13 2010, 05:44 PM
|- - Myrgan   QUOTE (Kyrel @ Oct 13 2010, 02:36 PM) If ...   Oct 13 2010, 09:48 PM
- - Ascalaphus   I put it in reverse. First I assume that all the b...   Oct 13 2010, 02:58 PM
- - sabs   You do not need religion to have a set of moral gu...   Oct 13 2010, 06:02 PM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (sabs @ Oct 13 2010, 06:02 PM) You ...   Oct 13 2010, 06:04 PM
||- - sabs   QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Oct 13 2010, 07:04 PM)...   Oct 13 2010, 06:09 PM
||- - Mäx   QUOTE (sabs @ Oct 13 2010, 08:09 PM) It...   Oct 13 2010, 07:21 PM
|||- - sabs   QUOTE (Mäx @ Oct 13 2010, 08:21 PM) Not i...   Oct 13 2010, 07:32 PM
|||- - Mäx   QUOTE (sabs @ Oct 13 2010, 09:32 PM) Dude...   Oct 13 2010, 07:42 PM
||- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (sabs @ Oct 13 2010, 06:09 PM) It...   Oct 13 2010, 07:39 PM
|- - Neraph   QUOTE (sabs @ Oct 13 2010, 12:02 PM) Grea...   Oct 14 2010, 04:32 AM
|- - Nifft   QUOTE (Neraph @ Oct 14 2010, 12:32 AM) I ...   Oct 14 2010, 04:43 AM
- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Myrgan @ Oct 13 2010, 11:48 PM) If...   Oct 14 2010, 12:01 AM
- - Mercer   It reminds me of the old addage about evil triumph...   Oct 14 2010, 12:02 AM
- - Mercer   I think that in this instance "amoral" i...   Oct 14 2010, 07:05 AM
- - Brainpiercing7.62mm   Oh, but it's so simple: Whenever you conscio...   Oct 14 2010, 11:10 AM
- - Wordman   The only force acting 100% of the time on a megaco...   Oct 14 2010, 03:37 PM
- - AppliedCheese   I am generally of the opinion that the Megas, as a...   Oct 14 2010, 08:31 PM
- - AppliedCheese   The designers of non-double post stopping BBs are ...   Oct 14 2010, 08:32 PM


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