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by agota 2470 days ago
I don't think that companies should be held responsible for crimes committed using their products.

Why not directly punish the person who committed the crime?

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Because it's easier to punish the people who enable it.
I don't understand why you see companies packaging their products as enabling littering.

If a company produces a product, and then someone uses that product to commit a crime, did the company enable the criminal?

Do you apply this reasoning to any other crimes?