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Re:Google Plans To Split Shares 2-for-1 by davidw on Friday April 13, 2012 @03:56AM (#3835819)
You're taking what I said and making a very black and white statement from it, which does nothing to further a good discussion of the subject.

We're not talking about inhumane working conditions here, backbreaking labor, or an employer risking people's lives to make some extra bucks.

Re:Google Plans To Split Shares 2-for-1 by dpark on Friday April 13, 2012 @10:37AM (#3836916)
You're trying to make a false distinction between small immoralities and big immoralities. If Google is doing something immoral with respect to its employees, the fact that those employees can depart is irrelevant. Employee freedom does not neutralize employer immoralities, no matter what the size of those immoralities.

Now, if you want to argue that what Google is doing is not immoral, then fair enough. I might even agree with you. But if we're taking it as a given that this action is wrong, then employee freedom doesn't make it right.

Re:Google Plans To Split Shares 2-for-1 by davidw on Friday April 13, 2012 @11:34AM (#3837196)
Exposing someone to danger because you're too cheap to pay for proper safety is what I'd consider immoral.

Not offering employees a certain class of shares is maybe lame, but not in the slightest what I consider immoral.

Re:Google Plans To Split Shares 2-for-1 by dpark on Friday April 13, 2012 @12:09PM (#3837397)
That's reasonable.