I'm pretty sure it's illegal to kill people in Antarctica as well :) Anyway I agree that is dodgy for Google avoiding tax using Luxemburg, while Starbucks situation seems morally ok. But the main culprit is are the law makers IMHO. And anyway the "don't do evil" Google rule is completely bullshit, like anybody who had commercial relation with Google can testify.
Uberto On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Ricky Clarkson <ricky.clark...@gmail.com>wrote: > That's like saying it's ok to murder someone if you happen across an area > without any laws against murder (e.g., the Moon, Antarctica(?)). > > There's no law against writing a bug in your code but svn blame and git > blame still happily put the blame on you. > On Nov 14, 2012 8:33 AM, "Uberto Barbini" <ube...@ubiland.net> wrote: > >> Still at the end it's the US/UK law makers that allowed for loopholes >> like the one Google and other are exploiting. >> >> It's unfair to blame the companies, when it's clearly their fault. It's >> like blaming the users if they found bugs... no wait, blaming the users is >> ok. >> >> Uberto >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < >> fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:40:54 +0100, Ricky Clarkson < >>> ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm quite glad that the UK government doesn't just change the laws on >>>> the >>>> spot when something happens that it doesn't like, and having lived in a >>>> more.. latin country the last couple of years I've seen the dangers of a >>>> government that can propose an idea and have it become law in one >>>> sitting. >>>> A more predictable government helps individuals and businesses. >>>> >>> >>> I definitely agree (unfortunately I live in a latin country, from this >>> respect). But this doesn't affect my point. Take some time to decide what >>> should be legal or not, then once you've decided just live with it for a >>> while. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. >>> "We make Java work. Everywhere." >>> http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/**blog <http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog>- >>> fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscribe@** >>> googlegroups.com <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. >>> >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
