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Will the Pope Declare Google Evil?

Posted by kdawson on from the and-all-you-others-too dept.

theodp writes "In the next few days, Pope Benedict XVI plans to issue his second encyclical, in which he is expected to denounce the use of tax havens as socially unjust and immoral in that they cheat the greater well-being of society. He is also expected to argue that the globalized economic world needs to be regulated. Prime technology companies playing the offshore 'profit laundering' game include Dell, Google, Microsoft, and Sun, who set up subsidiaries in Ireland, where the corporate tax rate is a low 12.5% and no taxes are charged on royalties (e.g. from patents)."

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  1. Re:I'm missing how this is bad... by abigor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, apparently the diety of a bunch of goat-herding nomads from thousands of years ago doesn't like it, so it's got to be stopped.

  2. what would the world expect from Pope is by porky_pig_jr · · Score: 5, Funny

    (a) should the Internet move to IPv6 or stick with IPv4? Which one is the lesser evil?

    (b) Blue-Ray vs HD-DVD: what would Jesus watch?