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Paypal, Visa, Amazon took political positions in the WikiLeaks case. But you didn't like it because it went against your politics. Amiright?

• andylei 16y ago
  how could they have not taken political positions? they could either bow to us federal pressure or not. by bowing to pressure, they acted politically, but if they had resisted, it would have been equally political.
  • p90x 16y ago
    They could simply follow the law and fulfill their contracts, could they not?
    • ebaysucks 16y ago
      There is no law, there's just politics. Rules only exist for those who don't make them.
    • andylei 16y ago
      they did fulfill their contracts, which said that they can terminate service for any reason
      • p90x 16y ago
        According to Wikipedia, PayPal claimed they canceled the service because wikileak's funding origination, Wau Holland Foundation, violated its "Acceptable Use Policy" by engaging in "illegal activities". Wau Holland Foundation is responding by suing PayPal. That's how the law works. Partisan politics has no place in business.
• guelo 16y ago
  Yes, I have a pro-freedom-of-speech politics. I like it when companies take my side on this and I don't like it when they don't. That seems simple and consistent. What do you stand for?
  • p90x 16y ago
    For profit corporations staying out of politics as much as possible, regardless of which side they take on an issue. Especially when the issue has to do with society in general and very little to do with their business as in the Visa Paypal case.