"Following a civil case brought by eight Colombian families whose relatives were killed by the AUC, Chiquita has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) in damages to the families."
A civil lawsuit doesn't need to be anything like a speeding ticket from a legal point of view, from a normal person's point of view they can both result in a "you did something wrong, now you have to pay an amount set by the legal system".
I'm glad that some victims are getting some recompense, but frankly, justice has not really been served.
Seems like you might be as confused as they are!
> The people you're complaining about don't really care whether or not it's government or civil action.
They do, because it's always in the context of how the "gov't" levied a fine on some business, when it was actually a civil suit and there's no governmental action at all.
> They care that these people are getting away with murder and mass extortion and the only penalty they face is a meager chunk of the profits.
That's not what I'm talking about!
You'd be wrong, then.
>I'll leave it there and agree to disagree, as you've been ignoring the points made by both of us who replied to you.
Well you both keep making up scenarios that aren't what I'm talking about.
Okay, but when people are complaining about fines in this cases and similar cases, that is what they're talking about.
You can take a fine detail and make an argument out of it, but it's not a point anyone else cares about.