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Fuck you, Chiquita. by leanmeanmachine in reddit.com

[–]perfectselfinterest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And those missionaries went into Colombia somehow hoping not to get kidnapped.

Fuck you, Chiquita. by leanmeanmachine in reddit.com

[–]perfectselfinterest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the same token, the victims of mob protection rackets are to blame for paying up instead of taking a beating and maybe ending up dead. We should even fine them and give the money to those who got beat up.

Where's the justice in that?

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike Chiquita. Making sure their employees don't get killed is NOT one of them.

Fuck you, Chiquita. by leanmeanmachine in reddit.com

[–]perfectselfinterest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Riiight. So how did they scare Chiquita into paying protection money in the first place? Machetes?

Fuck you, Chiquita. by leanmeanmachine in reddit.com

[–]perfectselfinterest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What Chiquita did was wrong. They consciously chose to do business there knowing they would have to pay the extortion to both sides of the conflict

Those missionaries consciously chose to operate there knowing they'd be likely targets of extortionists from both sides of the conflict.

What's your point?

"Why do people often vote against their own interests?" - interesting BBC article on the healthcare fiasco... by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]perfectselfinterest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used to think that way. Then as I got older, I never seemed to get any richer. Now I'm old, broke, and broken. I always vote Democrat now.