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Wow I hate corruption. The fact that this was a UK company is interesting, because it means there's actually a chance of some kind of justice. The execs of this company should be tried for fraud + multiple manslaughter, or at least product liability resulting in multiple deaths. The investigators should also dig to find out if they bribed any officials to make the sales.. in which case I consider this mass-murder.



How does bribery switch the crime from multiple manslaughter to mass murder in your mind?


One feels like allowing people to die (offering a dangerous product), and the other feels like forcing people to die (coercing officials to require use of a dangerous product).


The man behind the fraud was arrested yesterday: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8476381.stm




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