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"Can we all agree that the word Evil has a more sinister use - ie knowing endangering lives, environmental damage, maybe closing press freedoms? And, therefore, we should be more selective in its application?"

Using that version of "evil", makes it a completely empty marketing statement. Surely no company does "real" evil on purpose.

Actually, you'd be hard pressed to find a legit company that does "real" evil even by accident.




Some of the alleged business practices of United Fruit (Chiquita), De Beers, Monsanto, and APOC (BP) have been comic book levels of evil.




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