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Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine by scarejunba on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:14PM (#18592469)
True. Just like people working at Amazon can justify the conditions they impose on their warehouse employees. Or people at Boeing/Lockheed-Martin/Northrup-Grumman can rationalize their work despite it being aimed at killing people - not all of whom were about to cause harm.

There's no way any of us would accept not being employed over principle like this when the harm is so far removed from us. This guy is an exception.

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Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine by ironmagma on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:46PM (#18592798)
It’s very different for a current employee versus a prospective employee, though. There are an unknowable number of people simply not applying to work at your company if you are engaging in unethical practices. I certainly know a few quality candidates who have knocked companies out of their pool of interest on morals alone.
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Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine by pmoriarty on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:29PM (#18592596)
"Or people at Boeing/Lockheed-Martin/Northrup-Grumman can rationalize their work despite it being aimed at killing people - not all of whom were about to cause harm."

The overwhelming majority of casualties in modern warfare are civilians.

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