Comment by renewiltord
5 years ago
Yeah, I think we are on opposite sides here, friend. You have a view that slave labour is something that permits boycotts but there are things that do not. Now, I agree on that myself. But I don't presume to claim that there is a universal list of acceptable things and a universal list of unacceptable things. So to permit the places where I am wrong I have to let other people choose different lists. And that's why I need to let you ask my employer to fire me because I don't like spaghetti. My employer will say no and we will lose you. But that is freedom.
> Something which leads to big loss for those who is attacked (ruined career, ruined personal life, loss of money, loss of business).
Yeah, definitely on opposite sides. It's not my responsibility to keep your business alive. If I tell people things and they decide they don't want your product, then that's life. Information wants to be free. I'm not going to go ask anyone to suppress that Facebook targets ads because that causes loss of business to Facebook. That is totally insufficient.
> friend
I'm sorry, but I'm not friend of yours.
If we met in real life (like in the office), you would probably do a lot to hurt me for my views. (Because you have legal rights to do so, because it's not your responsibility to keep me alive, and because information should be free.)
But I would never do that to you.
That's the difference between us.