Today they only care if I want to blow up a train station or office building.
Tomorrow they'll care if I plan to murder a single person.
Next week they'll care about rapes.
A month from now it will be any felony.
Next year, if I call up a friend to say I'm running late, but I'll speed a little to make up the time, I'll get a ticket mailed to me.
A generation from now, I'd hate to see what happens to my kids if they decide to make fun of a "Bushism" that the President has said. Its an extremely slippery slope. A police state is not worth the small level of extra security you may (or may not) get.
You clearly are not a Microsoft employee, nor do you know too many Microsoft employees.
Yes, the long term employees are filthy rich and never have to work another day in their lives. Pumping up the value of the stock doesn't change that fact in any way, shape, or form (if anything, it makes them even MORE filthy rich once they decide to retire and sell all their stock, which makes them more likely to retire in the first place).
Those who are not filthy rich are very happy to work there, because it is a great work environment, and the pay is damn good. Trust me, I know. Say what you will about their software - they treat their employees like gold.
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Today they only care if I want to blow up a train station or office building.
Tomorrow they'll care if I plan to murder a single person.
Next week they'll care about rapes.
A month from now it will be any felony.
Next year, if I call up a friend to say I'm running late, but I'll speed a little to make up the time, I'll get a ticket mailed to me.
A generation from now, I'd hate to see what happens to my kids if they decide to make fun of a "Bushism" that the President has said. Its an extremely slippery slope. A police state is not worth the small level of extra security you may (or may not) get.
You clearly are not a Microsoft employee, nor do you know too many Microsoft employees.
Yes, the long term employees are filthy rich and never have to work another day in their lives. Pumping up the value of the stock doesn't change that fact in any way, shape, or form (if anything, it makes them even MORE filthy rich once they decide to retire and sell all their stock, which makes them more likely to retire in the first place).
Those who are not filthy rich are very happy to work there, because it is a great work environment, and the pay is damn good. Trust me, I know. Say what you will about their software - they treat their employees like gold.