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Old 04-16-2008, 10:32 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arminius View Post
It's not bad ethics. It's a noble endeavor.
I don't think we can see eye to eye on this then - only because our disagreement is on a a fundamental level.

I'll use Google as a example. One of the points of their corporate philosophy is:
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You can make money without doing evil.
As simplistic/easy way to say it - but to the point.

Intentionally destroying other business - ones that don't even compete with you - is unethical... There's nothing noble in taking away other people's livelihoods. It's just "evil" as the people at Google said.... Is it business, yes - but I, for one, will not run my business that way.

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Your example involves illegal activity, so it's not a good parallel.
It's not the parallel - it's the point. Replace cocaine with something legal if it makes you feel better

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Sooooooo...World food supply anyone?
Here's something I wrote up on the blow awhile back that I mentioned awhile back...

http://ecomodder.com/blog/2008/01/23...ew-black-look/
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