On 16/02/06, AJ McKee <aj.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> While I don't agree with what Google are doing, they are performing
> what the market dictates and in the interest of their shareholders. If
> you don't like it, you can always become a shareholder or lobby your
> government/financial institutions to apply pressure and withdraw
> investment. The is noting wrong with a socialy responsible investment.
"The market" is amoral at best and in practice often highly immoral.
Why should those who have a complaint about the behaviour of a company
be restricted to pursuing the complaint within the very structure that
produced the immoral behaviour?
If a publicly traded company started dumping toxic sludge over your
garden wall would your first move be to buy a couple of shares?!
David
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