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**nvideoe** · 11-03-2011, 10:22 PM

A "mob" action being, what, a protest? A boycott?

Once you start getting into extortion, though, that's where you may start breaking the law, and clearly that would be unacceptable. But, I'd leave that to our resident expert (OSB) to tell us whether that would qualify as extortion or not.

I do very much support companies getting a good "oh shit" moment right about now as they start thinking about political contributions for 2012. I'm hopeful that corporate (and union) America pulls their money out of the political process, period, because it becomes FAR more costly to them. As it is now, it's cheap to buy a senator. Let's make it much more expensive.

Mob action....I don't know....something along these lines might qualify depending on your political bent

I also have to question websites like this one which post links to screenshots such as this one which don't bother to disclose that the figure they refer to includes employees of M&I, excludes that they also gave $24,000 to Democrat candidates including $12,000 to Walker's opponent and doesn't jive with the records from the Wisconsin GAO.

I don't have the time to really drill this hole right now but this is looking more and more like an action geared strictly to stir up anti-capitalist sentiment and may the truth be damned.

11-03-2011, 10:22 PM	#37
nvideoe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	A "mob" action being, what, a protest? A boycott? Once you start getting into extortion, though, that's where you may start breaking the law, and clearly that would be unacceptable. But, I'd leave that to our resident expert (OSB) to tell us whether that would qualify as extortion or not. I do very much support companies getting a good "oh shit" moment right about now as they start thinking about political contributions for 2012. I'm hopeful that corporate (and union) America pulls their money out of the political process, period, because it becomes FAR more costly to them. As it is now, it's cheap to buy a senator. Let's make it much more expensive. Mob action....I don't know....something along these lines might qualify depending on your political bent I also have to question websites like this one which post links to screenshots such as this one which don't bother to disclose that the figure they refer to includes employees of M&I, excludes that they also gave $24,000 to Democrat candidates including $12,000 to Walker's opponent and doesn't jive with the records from the Wisconsin GAO. I don't have the time to really drill this hole right now but this is looking more and more like an action geared strictly to stir up anti-capitalist sentiment and may the truth be damned.
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