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Re:Comcast is donating to defeat mayor who is bringing gigab... by thekevan on Thursday October 31, 2013 @05:49PM (#6650232)
Preventing a company from getting gigabit connections is not bad for you if you are the company that competes against those gigabit connections. It isn't wrong or shady of Comcast to donate like this, just like it isn't wrong for the original poster of this link to post it here and get awareness and activism for the other side.

As an aside, I despise Comcast, Time Warner and many of their ilk, but they are completely well within bounds to do this.

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Re:Comcast is donating to defeat mayor who is bringing gigab... by lawnchair_larry on Friday November 01, 2013 @08:17PM (#6657483)
There is a benefit to society getting access to fast and affordable communications.

There is no benefit to denying society this option.

Therefore, preventing it, especially in the name of your corporate interest, is "bad". To say what they are doing is good is sociopathic.

Legalities have no relevance to this at all.

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Re:Comcast is donating to defeat mayor who is bringing gigab... by thekevan on Sunday November 03, 2013 @10:16PM (#6666563)
I didn't say it was good or bad. It is a legally, ethically and economically acceptable practice. They are exercising their right to protect their business.

That being said, I hope they lose.

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Re:Comcast is donating to defeat mayor who is bringing gigab... by mercurial on Friday November 01, 2013 @03:52AM (#6652406)
As a European, that's something I have a hard time understanding. How can it be legal for a corporation to buy politicians? Corporations are not people in any meaningful sense of the word.
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Re:Comcast is donating to defeat mayor who is bringing gigab... by thekevan on Sunday November 03, 2013 @10:14PM (#6666554)
They are not buying any more than you are buying a politician by donating to their campaign, putting up a sign with their name on it in your yard or voting for them.

Many people think this is buying, it is simply helping the candidate you agree with the most win the election.

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