[aklug] Re: Google Evil? Was: Re: I'm an Android

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Bruce Hill <bruce@slackwarebox.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 08:15:25PM -0800, Arthur Corliss wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, larry collier wrote:
>>
>> > Can we lay the google bashing to rest.
>>
>> Buck up, buckaroo. =A0Christopher asked a legitimate question, and I ans=
wered.
>> No apologies.
>>
>> > Everyone has their opinion but anyone firmly believing that google is
>> > evil, needs to look at most large oil companies, microsoft, at&t prior
>> > to the breakup, hp under Carli (though you could just ay Carli on that
>> > one), the railroad companies in the 1880s, newspapers at the turn of t=
he
>> > century ( and now also), etc......
>>
>> :-) At what point did I endorse the robber barons?
>>
>> > Google does stuff we don't like. =A0It also does stuff we do like. =A0=
At
>> > least I like searching, maps, and others. =A0Get over the china stuff,
>> > they obey the legal government of the country. =A0If you want an 'evil=
' to
>> > bash, bash them.
>>
>> It may not matter to you, but it does to me because it demonstrates the =
true
>> nature of the company. =A0They're founded and operating in the richest (=
albeit
>> hurting) economy in the world. =A0They *choose* to do business in China =
and
>> participate in the suppression of information to aid a corrupt governmen=
t.
>> And that's just the stuff we know about. =A0What kind of reporting on se=
arches
>> are they providing the Chinese goverment? =A0How many "dissidents" have =
been
>> arrested because of Google's cooperation? =A0All fair questions.
>>
>> To be sure, China is glaring example of the character of the company, bu=
t
>> it's not the only thing I care about. =A0In truth, I'm far more concerne=
d
>> about the damage Google is doing to America than I am about China. =A0If
>> America falls (or is "transformed") there is no place left to go.
>>
>> =A0 =A0"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men d=
o
>> =A0 =A0nothing." =A0Edmund Burke
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 --Arthur Corliss
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Live Free or Die
>
> Arthur has, as usual, expressed it very well and come directly to the
> point. Just read his Edmund Burke quote. Let me add an opinion to that:
>
> =A0 =A0"Those who do nothing are NOT good men." =A0Bruce Hill
>
> It matters not to me who considers this OT, but you pascifists who never
> do anything but talk better wake up before all the American freedoms are
> gone. The Muslim Kenyan Resident in Washington is a pawn, and his job is
> to destroy the fabric that America was built upon ... the Constitution an=
d
> Bill of Rights. He's doing a darn good job of that!
>
> He wasn't the first, and won't be the last. It matters not which party,
> either, as they all do the same thing.
>
> If you're not willing to lay your life down in defense of America, not as
> it is heading towards Communism, but from whence it came, you deserve to
> come live here in Red China. Your talk without experience is useless,
> also. "I think" and "I feel" is nothing against factual information.
>
> Those who only care about the usefulness they get out of companies such a=
s
> Microsoft and Google will one day pay for their apathy. You'd better wake
> up and read with understanding what Arthur wrote before it's too late ...
> "If America falls (or is "transformed") there is no place left to go."
>
> Bruce Hill
> --
> May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering!
>
> "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the
> lesson afterward. But properly learned, the lesson forever changes
> the man."
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If I wanted to read crackpot conspiracy theories, I'd read the Enquirer.

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