"Corporations HAVE done good things,
and they continue to do good things.
But I'd like you to quantify your argument
that the good they do outweighs the bad."

I have no more a way of quantifying my belief than you have of disproving it. Because there are some unscrupulous people out there running big business doesn't mean that big business as a whole should be demonized...should I lump all those concerned about the environment with the radicals who work directly for Green Peace?

"In order to preserve our standard of living,
corporations probably are a necessary part of
our everyday lives. However, the terrible damage
they inflict to life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness--this is not necessary"

Actually, I think they enable me to better pursue a more comfortable life than could ever have been imagined 150 years ago. What was the average life span for a man or woman then? Certainly no where near what it is today.

"Do you not understand the severe implications
of selling policy to corporations?"

I don't care for the politics that you've described anymore than you do. But I won't color all of big business with this same brush anymore than I would make assertions about a persons character based on the color of their skin.

Kevin Gilmore