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> 13/ I encourage employees of Google who have been asked to work on censored products to stand up against these requests, as I did in 2006, and make it known t
by mikejb 8y ago
> 13/ I encourage employees of Google who have been asked to work on censored products to stand up against these requests, as I did in 2006, and make it known that Google's willingness to censor is immoral.
I'd rather formulate it this way:
I encourage employees of Google who have been asked to work on censored products to take a look from different perspectives, apply their values and morale, make an informed decision on whether they want to support what they're asked to work on - and have the spine to follow through with their decision.
The reason why I disagree with the original statement is that it feels like people are forcing their own moral decisions on others. "I'm convinced it's bad, so you have to agree and act like it".
- pimmen 8y agoI would try to simplify it like this: "would you be able to look the people China will suppress with your technology in the eye and tell them 'I built the tools China use'?" edit: reformulated it to something less loaded
- mikejb 8y agoThat's pretty loaded. Try to reformulate it with less of your own bias.
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- davidcbc 8y agoHonestly, hearing the opinions of many Chinese people with family still in China who want Google to go to China due to the current state of affairs with Baidu is what made me consider that there may be reasonable arguments on both sides of this (For full disclosure I have heard the opinions of Chinese people with family in China who disagree with Google going to China as well). I haven't come to a firm conclusion either way, but like most things it is more complicated than it original seems.