Corperations are people, my friend - Agree or Disagree?

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It's quite true, and it's been this way since practically forever. How else could we hold a corporation liable for its actions?

This is not a new concept brought about by some recent Supreme Court decision...

A person is recognized by law as such, not because he is human, but because rights and duties are ascribed to him. The person is the legal subject or substance of which the rights and duties are attributes. An individual human being considered to be having such attributes is what lawyers call a "natural person."[17] According to Black's Law Dictionary,[18] a person is:
In general usage, a human being (i.e. natural person), though by statute term may include a firm, labor organizations, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personhood