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Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:26PM (#20779181)
> Guns shouldn't be political

Guns are power, power is political.

Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by lukifer on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:32PM (#20779272)
Sex is power, power is political.

Freedom is power, power is political.

The unfortunate reality is that there are no closed systems in nature. Nothing can be completely firewalled off from politics, power, game theory, status, memetics, social dynamics, tribal value-signaling, etc.

The best we can probably hope for is localized, fuzzy consensus on taboos. We might all decide it's inappropriate to criticize sexual behaviors, or bring up religion in polite company; but it's probably fine if someone has strong feelings about adding a stoplight to 3rd & Main, or increasing funding to national parks.

Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by frenchyatwork on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:28PM (#20779204)
By that standard, most interesting work is political.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by ixtli on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:50PM (#20779509)
Yes. Also, the most boring work. Also all work. Also work itself.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by malka on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:31PM (#20779242)
Everything is political. So Google is obviously banning a subset of politic.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by Koshkin on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:49PM (#20779494)
> Everything is political.

Math is not political.

Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by krapp on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:29PM (#20781615)
You should look up the history of the introduction of Arabic numerals to Europe (particularly the use of the numeral zero in accounting) or "illegal numbers" and reconsider your point of view.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by malka on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:52PM (#20779553)
everything involving human if you prefer.
Re:Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:43PM (#20779403)
Yep.