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Big Business advances government interests. I'm not surprised. This current administration is brazenly anti-2A and pushing corporations to get in line or feel t

Big Business advances government interests. I'm not surprised. This current administration is brazenly anti-2A and pushing corporations to get in line or feel the squeeze.

TechBro8615 4y ago
Google has strayed so far from their original "Don't be Evil" motto. I wonder if Sergei and Larry are embarrassed about it. They should be, but I think it's more likely they just don't care.
- DLA 4y ago
  Well said! This is purely those in control of a platform imparting their views on users because they can. The challenge is (one of the challenges) is the “rules” change on the fly for no particular reason or some contrived reason citing “safety” or … your guess is as good as mine. Maybe next week it will be a ban on drones with more the 6 motors doing “risky” maneuvers or pit pull dogs because they are “dangerous” (silly example: dog owner; dogs aren’t dangerous, stupid owners that don’t train, socialize, handle K9s properly are) or home made ice cream making because sugar is bad for you. I mean where does this end? These decisions should be more community powered, IMO.
- kderbyma 4y ago
  They are not role models anymore. Billionaires are all rotten. the power corrupts them every single time. These two lost their souls long ago
kosherhurricane 4y ago
Or maybe, just maybe, Google is responding to the recent string of mass shootings.
- alphanullmeric 4y ago
  I wonder if people like you support anything other than the redistribution of consequences. Seems like bread and butter at this point.
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    What does that even mean? "Redistribution of consequences"? Because the culture around firearms in the US sees a lot of families bearing the consequences of easy access to firearms. Are you concerned about the redistribution of those consequences also?
    - alphanullmeric 4y ago
      Redistribution of consequences, as in you seeking to punish someone for something another person did.
      - EdwardDiego 4y ago
        I'm not sure that trying to control the sale of certain firearms is a punishment, even if some people perceive it as such. I can no longer buy semi-auto centrefires thanks to a terrorist who shot up a mosque. I was somewhat disappointed about that because there were a few I wanted to buy for nostalgia's sake, like the L1A1 model that my Dad carried in Vietnam. But I never needed them for hunting, they would've simply been one of those "cool to have" purchases - like a 4800 piece Lego star destroyer, I don't need it, but it'd be cool. So was I punished when my previous right to buy a semi-auto centre-fire was removed? Or was my society made somewhat safer because it's now very hard to obtain guns that were designed as weapons for use against other humans first and foremost? At the intersection between the right to bear arms, and the right to not be shot at school or the mosque or the gay nightclub, which right should win?
        sarcasmatwork 4y ago
        >At the intersection between the right to bear arms, and the right to not be shot at school or the mosque or the gay nightclub, which right should win? Don't blame the object for the bad person behind it. My rights supersede your feelings. You know those places you list are almost ALWAYS gun free zones right? Why not change the law, so anyone can carry concealed? Bad people will always be out there, will always be armed. Guy in TX church took out a shooter, could have been alot worse.

Big Business advances government interests. I'm not surprised. This current administration is brazenly anti-2A and pushing corporations to get in line or feel the squeeze.

TechBro8615 4y ago

Google has strayed so far from their original "Don't be Evil" motto. I wonder if Sergei and Larry are embarrassed about it. They should be, but I think it's more likely they just don't care.

DLA 4y ago
Well said! This is purely those in control of a platform imparting their views on users because they can. The challenge is (one of the challenges) is the “rules” change on the fly for no particular reason or some contrived reason citing “safety” or … your guess is as good as mine. Maybe next week it will be a ban on drones with more the 6 motors doing “risky” maneuvers or pit pull dogs because they are “dangerous” (silly example: dog owner; dogs aren’t dangerous, stupid owners that don’t train, socialize, handle K9s properly are) or home made ice cream making because sugar is bad for you. I mean where does this end? These decisions should be more community powered, IMO.
kderbyma 4y ago
They are not role models anymore. Billionaires are all rotten. the power corrupts them every single time. These two lost their souls long ago

kosherhurricane 4y ago

Or maybe, just maybe, Google is responding to the recent string of mass shootings.

alphanullmeric 4y ago
I wonder if people like you support anything other than the redistribution of consequences. Seems like bread and butter at this point.
- EdwardDiego 4y ago
  What does that even mean? "Redistribution of consequences"? Because the culture around firearms in the US sees a lot of families bearing the consequences of easy access to firearms. Are you concerned about the redistribution of those consequences also?
  - alphanullmeric 4y ago
    Redistribution of consequences, as in you seeking to punish someone for something another person did.
    - EdwardDiego 4y ago
      I'm not sure that trying to control the sale of certain firearms is a punishment, even if some people perceive it as such. I can no longer buy semi-auto centrefires thanks to a terrorist who shot up a mosque. I was somewhat disappointed about that because there were a few I wanted to buy for nostalgia's sake, like the L1A1 model that my Dad carried in Vietnam. But I never needed them for hunting, they would've simply been one of those "cool to have" purchases - like a 4800 piece Lego star destroyer, I don't need it, but it'd be cool. So was I punished when my previous right to buy a semi-auto centre-fire was removed? Or was my society made somewhat safer because it's now very hard to obtain guns that were designed as weapons for use against other humans first and foremost? At the intersection between the right to bear arms, and the right to not be shot at school or the mosque or the gay nightclub, which right should win?
      - sarcasmatwork 4y ago
        >At the intersection between the right to bear arms, and the right to not be shot at school or the mosque or the gay nightclub, which right should win? Don't blame the object for the bad person behind it. My rights supersede your feelings. You know those places you list are almost ALWAYS gun free zones right? Why not change the law, so anyone can carry concealed? Bad people will always be out there, will always be armed. Guy in TX church took out a shooter, could have been alot worse.