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Originally Posted by SpiderMatt
Yeah... sorry. I do that. It's a character flaw. ;-)
If Google's actions are more beneficial to society, how are they not more virtuous? Because they hoped to profit from it (you said Google's "motivations were surely not noble or altruistic"--I would argue atruism doesn't truly exist and nobel actions may include people looking for a profit)? I don't get the demonizing of capitalist intentions. Why is so bad to better your business (and employees as a result, I might add) as well as society?
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Because it was illegal. Corporations acting in defiance of law because they are big and powerful enough to do so - I see nothing noble in that, unless we're using "nobility" in an historical sense.