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Being afraid to take legal action and defend your rights out of fear of bad PR is... not cool. This is somewhat the equivalent of being afraid to speak against
by rootlocus 9y ago
Being afraid to take legal action and defend your rights out of fear of bad PR is... not cool. This is somewhat the equivalent of being afraid to speak against an abusive partner.
- girvo 9y agoExcept we’re talking about private for-profit companies. Sort of changes the calculus a little, I think. I don’t have sympathy for either company here.
- rootlocus 9y agoThe law doesn't consider your sympathy in either case, and that's the point.
- Nadya 9y agoAnd the court of public opinion often doesn't consider the law and that's their point. Even if completely justified under the law it can be bad PR. For example, McDonalds could have refused to give St. Jude winnings for one of their Monopoly games because pieces were given to St. Jude in such a way that broke the rules. Or asked for the money back once it was found to be part of a fraud scheme. Is McDonald's going to back out of paying the winnings and eat the bad PR of "Refuses to give money to hospital known for saving dying children." just because they have the legal right to do so? Hell no. [0] http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/10/lt.12.html http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/10/lt.12.html
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoI'm not saying they're in the wrong, or that they shouldn't have done this, just that it's a factor that needs to be considered. There's plenty of people in this thread knee-jerk condemning them, and HN is considerably more thoughtful than most forums. It sucks, but there it is.