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Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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This is shameful behavior - it is tantamount to mob rule & harassment, with the effective statement that "We strongly dislike what you're doing, so we are going to disturb your private residence and prevent you from going to work".

No person who isn't committing a serious crime deserves that whatever his/her beliefs.

Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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Meanwhile, Kiev is under siege by a REAL threat, and children in Africa are starving.

Every single one of these "demonstrators" seeking to prevent people from working, harassing them, and destroying their personal property needs to seriously rethink their priorities in life.

Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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All of you other tech companies, all of you other developers and everyone else building the new surveillance state--We're coming for you next.

Given that this seems to cover almost anyone involved in telecoms, if they are successful how will they know?

Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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Is this serious or supposed to be satire or something? Cause it reads like something a deranged person would write to me... Making comments about how Google employees automatically bring police, "All of Google's employees should be prevented from getting to work", etc. Yeah they do bring police.. to deal with nutjobs that decide to randomly show up at their houses and stop them from working, stop a bus in the middle of the street and cause a disruption, etc.

Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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post #4

I know it must be worth a lot for the area he lives in but it's still amusing they call his two story plain looking house a "palace."

And "pompous," don't forget pompous. My house in Minneapolis is easily twice the size of that. I wonder what they'd think of me?

Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley

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post #2

This is shameful behavior - it is tantamount to mob rule & harassment, with the effective statement that "We strongly dislike what you're doing, so we are going to disturb your private residence and prevent you from going to work". No person who isn't committing a serious crime deserves that whatever his/her beliefs.

If I where a Googler working in SF id have to start seriously thinking about getting a PPW license.

PPW is short hand for the Uk licence to carry a gun for personal protection - and yes there are tech companies that do have staff that do that.

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