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Re: Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith

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Post by [deleted] »

falling wrote: post #23
Rhapso wrote: post #17

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.

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Re: Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith

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Post by DanBC »

falling wrote: post #23
Rhapso wrote: post #17

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.

It's not so much as a "free pass" as it is "watch and wait". There's not nearly enough information to suggest anything at the moment.

I'm trying hard to avoid Politics and partisan side-choosing.

Giving small amounts of funding to all politicians is better than picking a side and giving large amounts to that side; it helps even out spending wins. Funding pro-SOPA politicians at least gives you an edge when you talk to them: "We hate SOPA, we like you, we even gave you some cash,but this SOPA thing is awful. Please, let us explain why."

While I'm here: I'd be really really interested to see a pop-economics analysis of votes and spending; a bit like "Moneyball" but for politics.

Re: Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith

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Post by mattmcknight »

ascendant wrote: post #29
falling wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love how Google always gets a free pass. People say Jobs is a cult, but this isn't much different.

17.5k is like finding 2 quarters in your couch cushions in the world of politics. Relax.

Exactly. The question is how much more Google and friends need to give to this guy to get him to change his position.

Re: Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith

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Post by falling »

DanBC wrote: post #32
falling wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love how Google always gets a free pass. People say Jobs is a cult, but this isn't much different.

It's not so much as a "free pass" as it is "watch and wait". There's not nearly enough information to suggest anything at the moment. I'm trying hard to avoid Politics and partisan side-choosing. Giving small amounts of funding to all politicians is better than picking a side and giving large amounts to that side; it helps even out spending wins. Funding pro-SOPA politicians at least gives you an edge when you talk t…

To all: no, I don’t think Google supports SOPA – what you explain here might be reasonable, there are other reasonable positions in other threads.

I am noticing the fact that people here are taking the “watch and wait” approach, trying to explain that an explicit donation doesn’t necessarily mean support, or finding all the possible ways this could be seen as defensive, while other companies have been profusely grilled just for not explicitly taking a stance against it.

Re: Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith

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Post by sunchild »

Rhapso wrote: post #17

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…

Reminds me of the old strategy of hiring all the divorce lawyers in town so your wife can't find a good one.

Re: Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith

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Post by citricsquid »

falling wrote: post #23
Rhapso wrote: post #17

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.

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.
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