I challenge you to find me an instance where the US government has forcibly via a court order removed a:
1 - Anti-War Site
2 - Site advocating equal right for gay people or any other group
The US may have freedom of speech issues, but not the extent of allowing the DNS System to be run by the UN. Just remember the UN Human Rights committee is chaired by who? Or what is state of free speech in China (I love all the chinese blogs we freedom in the title)?
"The U.S. has laws governing polution, working conditions, benefits, etc. When American investors take their money and invest in overseas operations that aren't bound by those rules, people in both countries suffer. Locals lose jobs, and the country that takes on the work continues its policies instead of making the lives of workers better. "
The problem with this statement is that citizens of those countries don't demand those things until they have more economic security. You find stories about Japan in the 60's & 70's where they had major pollutions problems.
Another problem with don't buy for companies that outsource, or utilize sweatshops, is that does not take into effect the local alternatives to employment. I am willing to bet for the developing world, that foreign multinational pay a much better wage than local alternative.
Slashdot Mirror
1 - Anti-War Site
2 - Site advocating equal right for gay people or any other group
The US may have freedom of speech issues, but not the extent of allowing the DNS System to be run by the UN. Just remember the UN Human Rights committee is chaired by who? Or what is state of free speech in China (I love all the chinese blogs we freedom in the title)?
"The U.S. has laws governing polution, working conditions, benefits, etc. When American investors take their money and invest in overseas operations that aren't bound by those rules, people in both countries suffer. Locals lose jobs, and the country that takes on the work continues its policies instead of making the lives of workers better. " The problem with this statement is that citizens of those countries don't demand those things until they have more economic security. You find stories about Japan in the 60's & 70's where they had major pollutions problems. Another problem with don't buy for companies that outsource, or utilize sweatshops, is that does not take into effect the local alternatives to employment. I am willing to bet for the developing world, that foreign multinational pay a much better wage than local alternative.
I just checked All the Web and Yahoo and they have sponsored links. So maybe it is more than just Google doing this.