Hi Billy, On Apr 5, 2013, at 11:56 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Criticism of Google includes possible misuse and manipulation of search > results, its use of others' intellectual property, concerns that its > compilation of data may violate people's privacy, censorship of search > results and content, and the energy consumption of its servers as well as > concerns over traditional business issues such as antitrust, monopoly, and > restraint of trade. > That's kind of my point. a) Google's been doing questionable stuff for years. It's well documented, but it hasn't hurt their image. What could you possibly dig up that would change that perception? b) Google's "ethical nihilism" is, last I checked, the default morality of the mainstream media. Who's going to call them on it? And for that matter: c) What other large institution has a stronger claim to moral authority than Google? The US Government? The Catholic Church? Sure, feel free to criticize Google. They could use more, frankly. But I don't see any reason to expect it to be effective. I'd love to be proven wrong. -- Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
