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What have the been accused of? Breaking a few city laws? The execs haven't committed rape or murder. They aren't infringing on people rights by sending the gov

What have the been accused of? Breaking a few city laws? The execs haven't committed rape or murder. They aren't infringing on people rights by sending the government our emails, texts or phone conversations; as far as I know. As far as businesses, and the objectives of any given one, go they're alright in my book. Patents, however, I am against.

thrwy10 12y ago
Shouldn't 'breaking a few city laws' land them in jail or with a hefty fine or something? If everyone 'breaks a few city laws', the situation would be unsustainable.
- travisp 12y ago
  If you believe Gordon Crovitz (granted, his view is controversial), the average person commits three felonies a day: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/09/28/three-felonies-a-day-say-it-aint-so-fellow-citizens/ http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/09/28/three-felonies-a-day-say...
- closetnerd 12y ago
  If you're going to do that you probably wan't to commit every other business to jail as well. Might also consider committing yourself. And I'm not being snarky here. I seriously don't believe that all laws are inherently ethical or justified. Most times they get used by incumbent businesses to avoid competition.
modfodder 12y ago
Add sabotaging a competitor, spying on customers, and threatening to muckrake reporters to that list.
- finid 12y ago
  As far as @closetnerd is concerned, that's just "breaking a few city laws". Provided they don't commit rape or murder, that's just fine by him.
  - closetnerd 12y ago
    Its true. I'm sure I'm breaking laws everyday. Your problem is that you assume that laws imply some sort of ethics we've all agreed to. But unless your a mindless zombie, you'd realize that quite a few laws don't make sense. And in business, you don't get very far if you're not some laws. Rest assured that every single successful business has broken laws and is likely continuing to do so.
- closetnerd 12y ago
  The competitor claimed sabotage. Spying on customers? And I agree that the one informal comment made by one of the execs was stupid. But frankly there IS a war being waged against Uber by its competitor through the media.

thrwy10 12y ago

Shouldn't 'breaking a few city laws' land them in jail or with a hefty fine or something? If everyone 'breaks a few city laws', the situation would be unsustainable.

travisp 12y ago
If you believe Gordon Crovitz (granted, his view is controversial), the average person commits three felonies a day: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/09/28/three-felonies-a-day-say-it-aint-so-fellow-citizens/ http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/09/28/three-felonies-a-day-say...
closetnerd 12y ago
If you're going to do that you probably wan't to commit every other business to jail as well. Might also consider committing yourself. And I'm not being snarky here. I seriously don't believe that all laws are inherently ethical or justified. Most times they get used by incumbent businesses to avoid competition.

modfodder 12y ago

Add sabotaging a competitor, spying on customers, and threatening to muckrake reporters to that list.

finid 12y ago
As far as @closetnerd is concerned, that's just "breaking a few city laws". Provided they don't commit rape or murder, that's just fine by him.
- closetnerd 12y ago
  Its true. I'm sure I'm breaking laws everyday. Your problem is that you assume that laws imply some sort of ethics we've all agreed to. But unless your a mindless zombie, you'd realize that quite a few laws don't make sense. And in business, you don't get very far if you're not some laws. Rest assured that every single successful business has broken laws and is likely continuing to do so.
closetnerd 12y ago
The competitor claimed sabotage. Spying on customers? And I agree that the one informal comment made by one of the execs was stupid. But frankly there IS a war being waged against Uber by its competitor through the media.