Comments on: Veterans Day and the Military Industrial Complex http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/2008/11/veterans-day-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ University of Akron School of Law Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:48:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Reverend http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/2008/11/veterans-day-and-the-military-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-665 The Reverend Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:16:15 +0000 http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/?p=639#comment-665 "I find myself fascinated by the role of our conception of the corporation as a "person" with free speech rights that make anyone challenging their right to freely petition/influence government appear downright un-American." True. I'm more pissed off than fascinated, but that is surely the crux of the matter. All corporate reform, military-industrial, or otherwise, I think, hinges on that misguided interpretation. "I find myself fascinated by the role of our conception of the corporation as a "person" with free speech rights that make anyone challenging their right to freely petition/influence government appear downright un-American."

True. I'm more pissed off than fascinated, but that is surely the crux of the matter. All corporate reform, military-industrial, or otherwise, I think, hinges on that misguided interpretation.

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