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China censorship damaged us, Google founders admit
The Guardian ^
| January 27, 2007
| Jane Martinson
Posted on 01/26/2007 8:34:38 PM PST by george76
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posted on
01/26/2007 8:34:39 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
The hip progressive companies turn into rank hypocrites when it comes o big bucks? Who knew./s
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posted on
01/26/2007 8:35:54 PM PST
by
zarf
To: george76
The hip progressive companies turn into rank hypocrites when it comes o big bucks? Who knew./s
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posted on
01/26/2007 8:36:03 PM PST
by
zarf
To: george76
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posted on
01/26/2007 8:39:21 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
>From what was said yesterday a policy change seemed unlikely
>in the near future.
So why the handwringing?
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posted on
01/26/2007 8:49:50 PM PST
by
ROTB
(Our Constitution...only for a [Christian] people...it is wholly inadequate for any other.-J.Q.Adams)
To: george76
"On a business level, that decision to censor... was a net negative."
How about on the ethical, moral, and principles basis?. Principles and ethics/morals don't matter if the business level takes precedence? So then, when it comes to business, your principles can be bought and your morals and ethics aren't worth anything?
The company has only once expressed any regret and never in as strong terms as yesterday.
Baloney! Their only regret was on the business level only. Their morals and ethics weren't mentioned.
Mr Brin said the company had suffered because of the damage to its reputation in the US and Europe.
But, the business suffered only as a result of the morals and ethics that they were willing to sell. They're not willing to acknowledge that.
Last year in a speech in Washington Mr Brin admitted the company had been forced to compromise its principles to operate in China. At the time, he also hinted at a potential reversal of its stance in the country, saying "perhaps now the principled approach makes more sense".
But, the only reason they're willing to acknowledge that their decision was unprincipled is because their business was hurt on the "business level". That's hypocrisy on the highest level.
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posted on
01/26/2007 8:53:13 PM PST
by
adorno
To: george76
This just in!
Fire is still hot!
To: zarf
Google dissing patriotic holidays in their art department doesn't help either. Compared to the big bucks and all it's rather petty I know but some things stand on principle.
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posted on
01/26/2007 9:22:52 PM PST
by
swheats
(OUR VICTORY STILL DEPENDS ON YOU!)
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posted on
01/26/2007 9:51:35 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
To: george76
It's more than china that's hurting you....your sorry search engine works against conservatives........
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posted on
01/26/2007 9:54:21 PM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: shield; NYer
Merry Christmas (apparently not) from the Google Grinches:
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:39:50 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: ROTB
They are handwringing because they are losing money.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:41:28 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: adorno; potlatch
They are very two faced :
Speaking about one of the hot topics of this year's meeting in Davos, Mr Brin said he had decided to offset his carbon emissions after growing concerned about his own use of private jets, despite not really being sure about the efficacy of such programmes.
"I was concerned about my private jet travel and whatnot ...
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:45:43 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: figgers3036; Milhous; Liz; onyx; kcvl
Larry Page said: "I believe in the future of newspapers," before admitting that he reads all his news online.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:47:40 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
They are handwringing because they are losing money. Hahaha! Google has a revenue of $7 billion with less than 10,000 employees (and a net profit of $1.5 billion). They aren't losing money. The only thing that is slowing them down in making money is that they are over-stressing the wheelbarrows full of cash that they keep carting in.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:49:49 PM PST
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: ROTB
Because maybe they've already sold out to just about everyone they could make big bucks off of by selling out. If they turn down a little country like Lichtenstein's request for a censoring Google, it's not going to hurt them.
To: burzum
You are correct.
They are not losing money directly.
I ment that they are losing extra money from some conservatives ( like me ) who refuse to click on their paid inclusions, refuse to add the google tool bar, etc.
They can still fly around in their private jets and then publically cry about global warming being caused by our suv's.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:57:51 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I switched to Yahoo more than 6 months ago, do a lot of searching, and do not regret it. Not that Yahoo is so conservative, but at least is better than Google.
Uh, no. Google damaged ITSELF by willingly going along with something against the basic idea behind their product -- the free and easy dissemination/distribution of information by the public.
They sided with tyrants for a few extra bucks.
To: adorno
do no evil
unless the money is right
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posted on
01/27/2007 1:14:34 AM PST
by
Enduring Freedom
(President Bush - Your Public Relations Team Sucks!)
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