You just did "ooh look a monkey"

Post #414,344 by pwhysall 10/7/16 6:05:54 PM 10/7/16 6:05:54 PM Reply	You just did "ooh look a monkey" Whatever Apple does or does not do has no bearing on Google's shitbaggery.
Post #414,384 by mmoffitt 10/9/16 11:02:25 AM 10/9/16 11:02:25 AM Reply	All I'm saying is one is no better or worse than the other. The reasons may vary, but both are evil.
Post #414,408 by pwhysall 10/9/16 11:54:13 PM 10/9/16 11:54:13 PM Reply	So what? I'm not talking about Apple. It literally doesn't matter to my point whether Apple pays its (few) taxes in the souls of cute enslaved children and Tim Cook drinks blood from the skull of a failed underling. The whole reason Google said "don't be evil" and "this is the definition of open" was to get moral traction. I'm simply pointing out that Google is being an arsehole in direct contradiction of its stated position; this arseholery stands on its own irrespective whether Apple is also being an arsehole. And Apple never said they weren't going to be an arsehole. Look! A shiny, shiny monkey! Whataboutery kills debate and discussion. Quit it.
Post #414,414 by mmoffitt 10/10/16 8:13:39 AM 10/10/16 8:13:39 AM Reply	Exactly. "So what?" Your point about Google back stepping it's stated goal of "doing no evil" is irrelevant in the market place precisely because Capitalism is part and parcel of doing evil. If you're going to have one of these gadgets, you're going to be doing business with companies engaged in evil. No sane person believed Google's initial claim of "doing no evil" and properly understood it to mean, "doing no evil until we get enough market share. Then, like all good Capitalists, we'll be as evil as the market allows." So, why are you complaining about Google? But, you're not talking about Apple. I'm asking, "Why not?" Your position here misses the larger point. That's all. You may not want to address it and that's fine. But taking a gander at the entire forest instead of focusing on a tree doesn't limit anything. It enhances the vision.
Post #414,423 by pwhysall 10/10/16 1:49:33 PM 10/10/16 1:49:33 PM Reply	And I just told you why not. You want to go and talk about Apple? Fine. Go make a thread. But please stop with this seagull threadcrapping whataboutery bullshit, just because someone doesn't want to frame the debate in your schizophrenic communist-in-america way. Y'know, capitalism is really bad. But what about socialism, eh? What about every other failed ideology? You haven't mentioned them! Why not?

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