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Google's Shareholders Vote Against Human Rights
yo_cruyff notes a Computerworld article on Google's recent annual shareholder meeting, which was dominated by argument over the company's human rights policies. Google's shareholders, on advice from their board, have voted down two proposals on Thursday that would have compelled Google to change its policies. "Google [has been] coming under fire for operating a version of its search engine that complies with China's censorship rules. Google argues that it's better for it to have a presence in the country and to offer people some information, rather than for it not to be active in China at all... [S]hareholders and rights groups including Amnesty International... continue to push Google to improve its policies in countries known for human rights abuses and limits on freedom of speech... Sergey Brin, cofounder and president of technology for Google, abstained from voting on either of the proposals. 'I agreed with the spirit of these proposals,' Brin said. But he said he didn't fully support them as they were written, and so did not want to vote for them."
You don;t hinestly believe that we went to Iraq to bring Freedom and Democracy do you? You know that was like the 3rd or fourth justification for this fucking war, right? Let me clear up any misconceptions. This war was started in order to gain control of oil in a country who's leader was outwardly hostile toward the U.S.
Uhm no. We went to Iraq because Saddam was bluffing. We didn't know he was bluffing until after so we had to do the prudent thing and depose him. In retrospect this was a bad move but at the time we couldn't know.
Yeah except for all the intellegence at the time that said there was no weapons and never was.
It was a war to make rich men, richer. And to the other poster who said I was offtopic. The war should apply to everything right now, because we are wrecking the world because of it. Sorry you felt it was offtopic, but I couldn't watch that comment and stomach it. Mod me offtopic, troll, whatever you like. My point still remains. We entered into an unjust war to further our own agenda, without regard to the people who occupied the land. The same thing we did to the natives of our own country. We all sit here and act more evolved and look back on history as if we are not truely connected to the atrocities that have been committed. Unfortunately if we do not admit our wrong doings we are doomed to repeat them. And it does not seem that we are willing to admit when we are wrong. Otherwise we'd be looking for the solution to what we have caused in Iraq, instead we are currently looking at the next country to attack and someone to blame for what is now the current situation there. We are a bunch of fucked up assholes who don't give a shit about anyone but ourselves. The sooner we admit that the sooner we will be able to start rectifying the problem we've created. But it first takes us claiming responsibility.