Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by dubswithus on Thursday June 16, 2022 @08:50PM
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It’s insane to me that children are allegedly being groomed and molested but the topic of the day is nepotism.
The business should do what it thinks is right and deal with the fallout. Take a stand.
People are fired all the time for posting their personal opinions on FB. Especially if they make the company look bad. Fire these idiots for supporting a child molester.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by madrox on Thursday June 16, 2022 @09:35PM
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We like it when businesses take a stand on things we agree on. We don't like it when it's about, say, making a gay couple a wedding cake. What stand, exactly, are we saying Google should take? That they don't employee people associated with organizations where leaders engage in pedophilia? If so, we should also have a word with 1.2 billion catholics.
You may not like it, but figuring out policy is important to a functioning society. It's how we avoid descent into fascism and witch hunting.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by seigando on Thursday June 16, 2022 @11:29PM
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>If so, we should also have a word with 1.2 billion catholics.
Yes, we should
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by madrox on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:42PM
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If that's the attitude you want to take then I wish you luck. It sure sounds good and principled to say such things, but there comes a point where you're no longer building a better society and simply witch hunting. Being guilty by association has a long, storied history in law.
Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit
by Dylan16807 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @08:51PM
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> I think the point was that you can't really go after nepotistic hiring practices alone without also throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
The comment just said "investigate"! This is getting very strawmanny.
This comment thread is about what policy, if any, can these people really be investigated or fired for. If association with an organization whose leadership engages in grooming and pedophilia, while distasteful, is a firing offense, then should we be firing all catholics? There seems to be no way to articulate a policy here that a lot of well-meaning people wouldn't run afoul of, and you can't selectively implement policy without then running afoul of discriminatory business practices.