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Google's idea of improving the world is hardly apolitical. Consider the YouTube rule changes on firearms -- whether or not they improve the world is going to d

Google's idea of improving the world is hardly apolitical. Consider the YouTube rule changes on firearms -- whether or not they improve the world is going to depend on your views, but Google is surely throwing its weight around in a political way.

snowpanda 9y ago
Or the fact that Google has a doodle for every single holiday people never heard about, but of course skipped the Easter doodle. Yeah very apolitical indeed /s
hcnews 9y ago
Only in the US can actions regarding firearms be considered a political move. (Most of) Rest of the world sees it as a safety issue and is happy to give away their firearms.
- gdwatson 9y ago
  The U.S. has a somewhat different take from much of the world on several civil liberties issues, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion. As an American I'm quite proud of that fact.
  - hcnews 9y ago
    Proudness is quite an unimportant emotion when the betterment of human society is at stake. In fact, there are tons of examples where proudness leads to blindness (most probably close to 100% of the time). I personally explicitly try not to be proud of anything to avoid any oversight. Anyways, its interesting to see how people frequently forget about progress and hold on to old ideas. They forget the importance of continuously fixing problems. They also forget that usually the solution to a problem is usually the simplest one (especially one that's been proven).
  - Paradigma11 9y ago
    And yet some guys flew 2 planes in a building complex and you got the patriot act.
- zombieprocesses 9y ago
  > (Most of) Rest of the world sees it as a safety issue and is happy to give away their firearms. Because we should aim to be more like china, russia, europe, middle east, africa, etc. No thanks. You guys can have your tyranny. We'll stick to our rights.

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Google's idea of improving the world is hardly apolitical. Consider the YouTube rule changes on firearms -- whether or not they improve the world is going to d

by gdwatson 9y ago

snowpanda 9y ago
Or the fact that Google has a doodle for every single holiday people never heard about, but of course skipped the Easter doodle. Yeah very apolitical indeed /s
hcnews 9y ago
Only in the US can actions regarding firearms be considered a political move. (Most of) Rest of the world sees it as a safety issue and is happy to give away their firearms.
- gdwatson 9y ago
  The U.S. has a somewhat different take from much of the world on several civil liberties issues, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion. As an American I'm quite proud of that fact.
  - hcnews 9y ago
    Proudness is quite an unimportant emotion when the betterment of human society is at stake. In fact, there are tons of examples where proudness leads to blindness (most probably close to 100% of the time). I personally explicitly try not to be proud of anything to avoid any oversight. Anyways, its interesting to see how people frequently forget about progress and hold on to old ideas. They forget the importance of continuously fixing problems. They also forget that usually the solution to a problem is usually the simplest one (especially one that's been proven).
  - Paradigma11 9y ago
    And yet some guys flew 2 planes in a building complex and you got the patriot act.
- zombieprocesses 9y ago
  > (Most of) Rest of the world sees it as a safety issue and is happy to give away their firearms. Because we should aim to be more like china, russia, europe, middle east, africa, etc. No thanks. You guys can have your tyranny. We'll stick to our rights.