[brigandish]

You're proposing a binary version of "hurt", they are proposing a spectrum. If a regulation hurts company A but it will survive whereas company B, A's main and essentially only competitor stopping A from a monopoly, will go out of business from that regulation, you know that company A won't fight it.

[pocksuppet]

Then it doesn't hurt company A. It helps company A. They have more money with the regulation than without.

[brigandish]

If I participate in a boxing match can I:

a) be hurt

b) win

Consider whether this is a binary or a multiple choice question (and even whether any choices need be made).