Originally posted by laurence82:
I regret I have to disagree. The main point, as I have explained before, is that nti exploited the loopholes in the MLM Act.
They broke the law in spirit, rather than to the letter. And there are companies who were closed down, even if they dont break the law technically. Singapore courts practised equity you know, on top of common law, which is too rigid.
Hard selling is one thing, using a system to amass large revenue that leaves little room for distributors to earn income and with hardly any focus on the products is another thing.
Its how people react to it. For example to you and I, we feel that it is a very wrong system and very not ethical way to do so, which I really do feel that way. However, there will still be people thinking that this is a good system for them to earn a lot, since they feel that it's easier to look for people. But the sad thing is that there are such people around.
Laws are dead, but human brain is moving. There will be people who will exploit the loop holes. Laws are set up cos people felt that some actions are not right or not ethical. Just like why do we implement a death sentence to a person who own above a certain amount of cocaine, while in some countries, like Holland for example, its legal. It's how we feel about an issue, then make it black and white and implement that in the law book.
Now that cos of loop holes, NTI looks legal on top of the common law, sad to say. Unless the MLM Act is amended to clear up all the loop holes, there will still be companies which exploit the loop holes. That's the only way I see so far.
Rather than letting the such companies closed down through courts, why not stop letting such companies exist in the first place. Differentiate them into black and white areas through laws, instead being in a gray area as of now.