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Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:17AM (#16421418)
That sounds like a cancerous organism, in which case the solution is excision and destruction.
Re:The Case Against Google by aje403 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:48PM (#16422240)
Great thinking, the world is full of immoral people, should we burn that down too?
Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:58PM (#16422331)
No, but we have these neat things called society, and government, regulations, and laws to minimize the damage they can do.
Re:The Case Against Google by aje403 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:24PM (#16422571)
Which ideally should try to solve problems pragmatically, rather than resorting to "excision and destruction"
Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:36PM (#16422676)
It depends, we do have prisons and life sentences.

Edit:...And the death penalty, which I oppose, but has been a constant for thousands of years.

Re:The Case Against Google by yesenadam on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @06:10PM (#16425165)
Your assumption that the two are always mutually exclusive doesn't seem justified to me.
Re:The Case Against Google by cobookman on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:34AM (#16421563)
Corporations today might be the cold. But If you kill them off you might be left with something like Ebola.

Just because something isn't perfect doesn't mean it's not the best outcome.

If you've got a better idea let's hear it.

Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:37AM (#16421595)
Kill the bad actors, not the whole system. That has been historically what is done, and it works.

Edit: The Chickenshit Club is a good read which relates this in more detail.