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Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by ErikBjare on Monday March 09, 2015 @04:58AM (#9169924)
Since when is Google a he? Perhaps it is some quirk of your language that makes the direct translation take masculine form?

Edit: Sorry if this came off as rude, was not intended.

Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by tomp on Monday March 09, 2015 @05:52AM (#9170066)
Instead of just criticising, maybe you could suggest how parent should improve? I'm always very confused about what personal pronoun to use for organisations or companies.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by ErikBjare on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:33AM (#9170182)
Not criticizing, first I was confused then I realized it was likely to be a side-effect of being a native speaker of German or another language. Sorry if it came out wrong.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by masklinn on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:02AM (#9170089)
The singular impersonal "it" when talking about Google as a corporate entity (its component personnel would likely be "Googlers"). So "Google pays its taxes" and "Google doesn't pay its taxes".
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by JonnieCache on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:25AM (#9170155)
It's standard in british english to refer to all companies/coporate entities/groups as "they." Personally I enjoy the moral implications of this.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by tomp on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:11AM (#9170111)
Isn't "they" used sometimes as well? At least it's frequently used for "police"...
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by Symmetry on Monday March 09, 2015 @09:13AM (#9170680)
You would use "they" to refer to the class of people who are police but "it" to refer to organizations like a police department.
Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by benihana on Monday March 09, 2015 @07:36AM (#9170342)
>Interestingly, here in Belgium

This clued me in as to why someone might call google 'he.'