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They do deserve it, just not a censored one.
As a Chinese living abroad, I censor my internet voluntarily via custom ublock cosmetic filters that kick in automatically upon match of certain regex patterns. I call it my "outer great firewall". Very effective protection against hate speech
> MRAP's are for combat, not police work While they were designed for combat, they are effectively the same thing that Brinks uses to transport money. They are meant to stop bad things from killing the people inside. They have 0 offensive weapons. They are entirely defensive vehicles that have been used to rescue downed officers, civilians in harms way (gunfire), and multiple times in natural disasters where other ve…
I'm going to go with the vets' opinion on this one. If Brinks trucks do the same work, use Brinks trucks. They are civilian vehicles and all of the tasks you list are civilian tasks. Militarization of the police force is a very, very, very bad idea.
It’s really a question of training rather than equipment or appearance.
And if the employees placed thier values over profits, why are they still there? I wonder if they are going to refuse their stock based compensation?
> btw if I quit on Feb 1, I'm walking away from half a million dollars in stock. This has some serious monetary consequences for me. https://twitter.com/lizthegrey/status/1067469950594486272
> MRAP's are for combat, not police work While they were designed for combat, they are effectively the same thing that Brinks uses to transport money. They are meant to stop bad things from killing the people inside. They have 0 offensive weapons. They are entirely defensive vehicles that have been used to rescue downed officers, civilians in harms way (gunfire), and multiple times in natural disasters where other ve…
If you think that denying information to Chinese people because their Orwellian government demands it is the same as the stone you use to grind your obviously conservative axe on, you may need to pause and think a bit more on it.
Even if Google did not remove blacklisted sites from results, users clicking on the link would still not be able to load the site because it's China censoring the content, not Google. How do you feel about Google respecting the EU's right to be forgotten? Over 40,000 requests from politicians have been received to remove themselves from search results. Do you agree with Google abiding by this form of censorship? Whic…
Think of the user. Does a user benefit from being able to clear a permanent record, long after punishment has been served?
Does a user benefit if Google facilitates government spying?
You can be for the right to be forgotten (and admit to its abuses by politicians and rich hucksters), and against government censorship.
This distinction is powerful and therefor often abused: "It is for the good of the people that people can not dissent and revolt". But hard to argue that's the case for EU user protection laws.
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> Can a civilian buy an MRAP? If so, I think your argument works very well Yes you can if you found one for sale (not sure what that market looks like). Civilians can also buy decommissioned tanks, Two ton trucks, humvees, etc.
In that case, I'm definitely convinced to your side of the argument! If a civilian can buy it, I see no reason why a police force shouldn't be able to as well. That said, I'd love to hear any counter-arguments to this notion, if they exist.
I think, what these employees don't realize is: Even when a company places values over profits, it is still in an attempt to maximize profits over the long term. By placing values above profits, it increases it's goodwill with customers thus increasing it's moat and it's retention, as well as it's employee retention. This strategy made sense in the early days. Not anymore. As Google's position becomes increasingly st…
Huh, that's an excellent point. When a company is so big and entrenched it doesn't need to seem like the nice guy anymore. Perhaps similarly to anti-monopoly laws we should also have size caps on companies.