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I love how Google always gets a free pass. People say Jobs is a cult, but this isn't much different.
It's not a free pass. They explicitly do not support SOPA, this is the same as being told you're a co-conspirator in a crime committed by a homeless man because you gave him $1 when he was sitting in the street.
And $20.4k to senator Ron Wyden: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ...
Both strongly opposing SOPA/PIPA.
So I wouldn't read too much into that arbitrary data point the OP chose to share with us.
>Smith says his bill does not apply to lawful websites, and opponents like Google are "spreading lies" about the legislation
Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/200133-g...
Lamar Smith has basically been calling the politically active chairman of his $17.5K donor a liar for the last two weeks or so.
Witch hunt much?
They've also contributed $43.7k to congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... And $20.4k to senator Ron Wyden: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... Both strongly opposing SOPA/PIPA. So I wouldn't read too much into that arbitrary data point the OP chose to share with us.
To draw an analogy, the CIA once supported Osama Bin Laden before September 11, 2001. We don't blame the CIA for what happened to us, do we?
They've also contributed $43.7k to congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... And $20.4k to senator Ron Wyden: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... Both strongly opposing SOPA/PIPA. So I wouldn't read too much into that arbitrary data point the OP chose to share with us.
Not just that, but these donations have all been made prior to SOPA becoming an issue so there's really no legitimate reason to make any connection here. To draw an analogy, the CIA once supported Osama Bin Laden before September 11, 2001. We don't blame the CIA for what happened to us, do we?
They've also contributed $43.7k to congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... And $20.4k to senator Ron Wyden: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... Both strongly opposing SOPA/PIPA. So I wouldn't read too much into that arbitrary data point the OP chose to share with us.
Not just that, but these donations have all been made prior to SOPA becoming an issue so there's really no legitimate reason to make any connection here. To draw an analogy, the CIA once supported Osama Bin Laden before September 11, 2001. We don't blame the CIA for what happened to us, do we?
What proves that bribing politicians is an endless game.
> To draw an analogy, the CIA once supported Osama Bin Laden before September 11, 2001. We don't blame the CIA for what happened to us, do we?
What do you mean with "blame"? Of course the CIA didn't plan 9/11, but was it smart to support such an assassin as Osama bin Laden? Was it smart to support Saddam Hussein? The list of mass killers supported but the CIA is endless. No wonder some of them end attacking us.
>Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has said the bill would "criminalize" the Internet, and warns it would create a Web censorship regime similar to ones used in authoritarian countries like China. >Smith says his bill does not apply to lawful websites, and opponents like Google are "spreading lies" about the legislation Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/200133-g... Lamar Smith has basically been…
Google is too big, and supports too many things, to not in have in some way contributed money to just about everything. Relax and put down thy pitchfork, SOPA hurts them in many ways and they do not want it. If we want to make it a big PR fiasco like like we did for Go Daddy, whom i think the internet was just looking for an excuse to hurt, then we can but why? Bad target, not worth the effort, no efficacy. Right not…
I love how Google always gets a free pass. People say Jobs is a cult, but this isn't much different.
They've also contributed $43.7k to congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... And $20.4k to senator Ron Wyden: http://transparencydata.com/contributions/#Y29udHJpYnV0b3JfZ... Both strongly opposing SOPA/PIPA. So I wouldn't read too much into that arbitrary data point the OP chose to share with us.