On Sun, 5 Feb 2012, michael perelman wrote:
> There is a difference between abolishing corporations and abolishing
> corporate personhood.
IIUC, legally speaking, a person is any entity that can sign contracts. There is a distinction between "natural" persons (flesh and blood) and all other kinds of persons. But if you abolish the legal personhood of corporations, you abolish their ability to sign contracts, and thus to function.
Michael