Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Boycott Samsung!!

Samsung doesn't find satirical spoof amusing. Samsung shows its arrogance as former criminal, Chairman Lee Kun-hee convicted for tax evasion and bribing two former presidents, re-takes control of Korean chaebol, by suing British columnist for satiric Christmas story.

Samseong-eul Saenggakhanda. One wonders how you can be sued for damage to its reputation if the one suing has already damaged itself.

Samsung doesn't find satirical spoof amusing

Oh, and just so you don't think this is a one off thing" They've done it before many times: Samsung can't take a joke or real criticism, resorts to bullying: Samsung, the great vampire squid

And this: "'Isn’t this a comedy?' Mr. Kim, 52, said in an interview. 'I am challenging them to slap my face, to file a libel suit against me, but they don’t. They treat me like a nut case, an invisible man, although I am shouting about the biggest crime in the history of the nation.' 'Think Samsung': Corporate corruption and unethical government influence

And from 2006 - old but the phone isn't the issue, how they deal with the 'little people' is:
Samsung Lets The World Know Its Phones Are Breakable

And if you think it's bad for the customers - think about the workers of this chaebol corporate monster:

"While Samsung corrupt practices are being revealed, at the same time the dead left by Samsung's refusal to allow trade unions and to fully protect its electronics workers, are now coming to haunt him. Already 10 workers have died, of leukemia or other blood cancers, and a total of at least 26 have been known to have fallen ill. Most recently, former semiconductor factory worker Park Ji-yeon died at the tender age of just 23, after working only 3 years."

For more from the group of workers and victims who demand accountability from Samsung (SHARPS), see Samsung workers die on the job

More: Samsung Tries to Sue Its Way to Mohammunity

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