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Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract by aalleavitch on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:51PM (#21704725)
And claiming that something is apolitical doesn't make it so. Are you going to present an actual argument?

The reality of the world is that no company operates in a vacuum. If a political organization gains power it wouldn't have had because you willingly entered into a contract with it, you are absolutely responsible for that. Pretending otherwise is just trying to absolve yourself of the real harm that you have done.

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Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract by LiNeXT on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:12PM (#21705047)
It's software. What you or anyone else does with it is your own responsibility.
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Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract by aalleavitch on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:17PM (#21705123)
"Look, I don't explode the atomic bombs I just make and sell them"?

If people were more cognizant of the effects the things they made put out into the world, we'd be living in a better one. Claiming you have no responsibility doesn't absolve you of anything.

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