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The thing with being over 40 is that it happens to everyone if you live long enough. If its proven that IBM did engage in this behavior, may they burn to the ground and be made an example.

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I don't know if it's as effective to go after the company for this. In an ideal world, you'd go after the people who made the decision, even if they've left the company.

I think I see where you're coming from, but at the same time we shouldn't establish a precedent that makes it even easier for companies to hide behind some named scapegoat. The decision was carried out in IBM's name, and IBM bears responsibility for it.

Porque no los dos?

> we shouldn't establish a precedent that makes it even easier for companies to hide behind some named scapegoat.

As opposed to just hiding behind the corporate charter?

Not sure what kind of answer you expect. The existence of one oft-used loophole is a reason to create another?

IBM survived their instrumental role in Nazi Germany's war machine. They'll survive this.

Corporate crime seems to have become a slap-on-the-wrist offense in the US.

Downvoters perhaps need a history lesson: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/29/humanities.hig...

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