In my job I was at a meeting yesterday for a community coalition where they were talking about taking money from tobacco comanies or their affiliates. They are not allowed to because the American Cancer Society would take away their money for some of their programs, plus they don't want to because it would support evil big tobacco (their words exactly).
This includes money from companies like Kraft and Miller, subsidiaries of Phillip Morris.
Though they seem alright with taking the tobacco settlement monies.
Just my insights.
I intend to smoke a cigar when I do my American Cancer Society relay for life mile.
Though they seem alright with taking the tobacco settlement monies.
i see your point.
would you also say that someone accepting money from someone else they are sueing is wrong or hard to defend?
i think the resistance is due to the influence these companies might exert by the threat of the money's removal, and not due to any distaste with touching their money.(a similar effect is seen in the electoral lobby system)
to put my original point another way, you wouldnt accept a bribe or a sweetener before a trial, but you would take the settlement if you win.
Posted by: mark at April 14, 2004 10:12 PM
