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Why should we be ashamed of Textron?
8:35AM ON
05/24/2008
BY
Dave Segal
A slew of reasons. But within that paradigm that values entities — humans included — only insomuch as they yield economic ends, here’s an unintentional point against the bomb-throwing, Hussein-bribing conglomerate:
Rhode Islanders benefit from the big three’s presence here. Whenever CVS, Hasbro or Textron is mentioned in the national media, or by business consultants, so is their headquarters’ location in Rhode Island. That sends a message.
Indeed — when Rhode Island’s name is connected to gangsters who help wreak havoc across the globe, it casts a pall on all of us. In the country’s most anti-war and anti-Bush state, we should particularly take that seriously.
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