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On 2/2/06, Daniel P. Stasinski <mooooooo@avenues.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 10:53 -0700, Randy Melder wrote:
> > What's really sad is that if it were Microsoft agreeing to censorship,
> > you'd be all over them... for some reason, Google gets a pass? Why?
>
> I find myself in the same boat, and not sure of the reasons.  Perhaps
> it's the perception that Microsoft's goal is to dominate the world -vs-
> Google, who only wants to be the greatest thing since sliced cheese,
> block cheese and cheese in a can.
>
> Then again, perhaps it's the perceived difference between the barbarian
> busting down the door and the barbarian who knocks on the door, smiles,
> and then gets invited in.  In the end they're still barbarians.
>
> I like Google's stance on "Do No Evil" but then I always look back to a
> great quote by C.S. Lewis:
>
> "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may
> be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons
> than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may
> sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those
> who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do
> so with the approval of their own conscience... To be 'cured' against
> one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to
> be put on a level with those who have not yet reached the age of
> reason... You start being 'kind' to people before you have considered
> their rights, and then force upon them supposed kindnesses which they in
> fact had a right to refuse, and finally kindnesses which no one but you
> will recognize as kindnesses and which the recipient will feel as
> abominable cruelties."
>
> It applies in a highly vague sence.
>
> I love what Google offers, but I am wary.
>
> Daniel
>
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