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		wumbo on May 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3M executives convinced a scientist forever chemic... If the janitor knew, but withheld the publically valuable information out of fear, they should still get some amount of punishment. Making bad decisions under duress is understandable but it’s still a serious issue to withhold this information. The execs need no less than life in prison.

reaperman on May 20, 2024 [–]

These days no one seems to talk with janitors … there’s an infinitesimally small chance any of them had any information to withhold in the first place.

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