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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8923096" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Define &quot;hurt.&quot;Do we need to talk about the employment practices of Amazon?Shall we discuss the environmental practices of ExxonMobil? No? How about the ways in which the rare earths got into your cell phone?Okay. How about the anti-competitive practices of WalMart? Facebook? Google? Maybe we engage in some round-robin discussion about actual harms done by corporate entities, from the big ones to the small ones?So you ask if this is okay with me. And my answer is this- yeah, actually. I totally understood why they did what they did, and I also am glad that they have backed down. How do you actually know that? We had a lot of pushback, and things have changed, but my goodness ... if people cares 1% as much about the actual harm being done as they do about this, then the world might be a better place, right? Seriously ... no actual harm happened. None. No, what is disturbing is people comparing this to murder, like you. Buy whatever you want, from whatever company you want. But I think individuals comparing this to murder or spousal abuse have either live a very charmed life or need to get a serious grip on their analogies, because that's offensive. Sorry ... disturbing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8923096, member: 7023840"] Define "hurt." Do we need to talk about the employment practices of Amazon? Shall we discuss the environmental practices of ExxonMobil? No? How about the ways in which the rare earths got into your cell phone? Okay. How about the anti-competitive practices of WalMart? Facebook? Google? Maybe we engage in some round-robin discussion about actual harms done by corporate entities, from the big ones to the small ones? So you ask if this is okay with me. And my answer is this- yeah, actually. I totally understood why they did what they did, and I also am glad that they have backed down. How do you [I]actually[/I] know that? We had a lot of pushback, and things have changed, but my goodness ... if people cares 1% as much about the actual harm being done as they do about this, then the world might be a better place, right? Seriously ... [I]no actual harm happened. None. [/I] No, what is disturbing is people comparing this to murder, like you. Buy whatever you want, from whatever company you want. But I think individuals comparing this to murder or spousal abuse have either live a very charmed life or need to get a serious grip on their analogies, because that's offensive. Sorry ... [I]disturbing[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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