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“Richards argument about OxyContin mirrored the libertarian position of a firearms manufacturer who insists that he bears no responsibility for gun deaths….It is a peculiar hallmark of the America economy that you can produce a dangerous product and effectively off-load any legal liability for whatever destruction that product may cause by pointing to the individual responsibility of the consumer.”
— Nov 02, 2024 02:48PM
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Omar
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They could produce a rehearsed simulacrum of human empathy, but they seemed incapable of comprehending their own role in the story, and impervious to any genuine moral epiphany. They resented being cast as the villains in a drama, but it was their own stunted, stubborn blindness that made them so well suited to the role. They couldn’t change.
— Nov 24, 2024 11:08PM
Omar
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“…[T]his was the very scenario he had feared: the prosecutors in a little satellite office in Abingdon devoted a substantial chunk of their careers to putting together an airtight case against Purdue, only to have handful of white-shoe influence peddlers in Washington go straight over their heads and short-circuit the whole endeavor.”
— Nov 11, 2024 07:41PM
Omar
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A narrative page-turner, not without an aspect of tacit dry humor from the author:
But the space program was a great coup and priceless publicity for the company. "Splash-down!" a Purdue Frederick advertisement clamored, noting that while NASA might use Betadine for space germs, it was also available, here on earth, as a "mouthwash/gargle."
— Oct 18, 2024 09:54PM
But the space program was a great coup and priceless publicity for the company. "Splash-down!" a Purdue Frederick advertisement clamored, noting that while NASA might use Betadine for space germs, it was also available, here on earth, as a "mouthwash/gargle."
