If this guy and all of his friends would actually get off their lazy butts and get a job, they might understand the need for other people to work. We all need to make money to live, have a roof over our heads, and feed our family. Just because you don't have a job or an income doesn't mean other people shouldn't either.
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
#22This 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.
San Francisco almost never issues such licenses. If memory serves, only two people currently have CCW licenses issued by the City and County of San Francisco. Those two people who have them have serious political connections.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#23I lived in Berkeley for 5 years, and I can totally imagine this happening. While some parts of the condemnation are crazy (2 story palace!?) I nevertheless see the kernel of truth that lies somewhere in the murky rationale of that rant.
Now, it's certainly not fair or reasonable to target a private individual like this, but I used to work in a DoD lab and I've considered many of the same issues raised by the protestors.
I think the bizarre nature of this protest reflects a widespread confusion over the best way to surface the issue of government/commercial collaboration on the topic of surveillance. On the collaboration point, the protestors are right on. Like so many Berkeley events, lucidity comes with a parade attached to it.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#24 I feel for the plight[1] these people are facing, I really do and I want to help. _BUT_ if you started showing up at my home protesting and making my family uncomfortable, that creates a different problem entirely. Anyways I'm assuming this site is fake because I can't find this being reported anywhere else... and I assume the protesters know better than to pull a stunt like this.
1. Let's be clear though, this is a first-world problem.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#25Where were these uber-concerned citizens while George Bush was raping the US and Iraq? Why are they not protesting at the White House or stopping NSA employees from getting to work? But yeah, trample the rights of individual people, that will help. It's easy (and a lot less dangerous) to hate and pester a guy who makes more money than you. Forget about who's ruining the country and focus on the guy you think is respo…
In primary school? Seriously, this sounds exactly like the pseudo radical bullshit you'd expect from not-quite-20 year old college freshmen.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#26Where were these uber-concerned citizens while George Bush was raping the US and Iraq? Why are they not protesting at the White House or stopping NSA employees from getting to work? But yeah, trample the rights of individual people, that will help. It's easy (and a lot less dangerous) to hate and pester a guy who makes more money than you. Forget about who's ruining the country and focus on the guy you think is respo…
Maybe they through Iraq war is a good idea and support surveillance state?
I do not understand what SF issue is really about, but it seems to be local problem unrelated to international or security politic.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
mm last year I almost brought a listed building and it's mentioned in pevenser (the definitive guide to uk architecture) - obviously the SF mob would have me guillotined.
I work in eCommerce, and I live in/own a Grade I listed house that has several pages in Pevsner. I am, clearly, satan incarnate.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#28This 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.
The only place that a member of the public can get a PPW in the UK is Northern Ireland.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Do you honestly think that carrying a weapon in the san francisco bay area is a good idea?
Yes. But clearly you have an opposing view on the right to defend yourself with a firearm. No need to make this into a gun debate.
Re: Demonstration at Home of Google Developer. Google Bus Blocked in Berkeley
#30Excellent. If engineers and technologists refuse to take personal political and ethical responsibility for the future they help build, they need to be reminded to do so.
We need more of this.