Posts tagged “ethics”

Google's $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick, inventors of the world's most obnoxious advertising, officially ends the "Don't Be Evil" era. It's sad to watch one of capitalism's rare ethical giants finally go the way of all the others. Goodbye, non-evil Google. It was nice knowing you.

Both sides in the Israel/Hezbollah conflict are morally reprehensible. Israel's intention to avoid civilian casualties doesn't excuse the overwhelming disparity in deaths. Knowingly killing civilians to achieve your goals is a war crime regardless of provocation. Someone needs to separate these fuckers, and fast.

Remote-controlled internet hunting is idiotic. Hunting was always a thin justification for killing things, but at least it involved actually being there. Clicking a mouse to shoot a deer from your couch strips away every last pretense. If you can't afford the trip to Texas to kill things, maybe don't kill things.

Fair trade coffee eases our guilt by ensuring farmers earn a living wage, but it doesn't fix the underlying economic problem of too many workers and too few opportunities. We're not really solving anything. We just want to feel better about our moccha lattes.

I've had it with people making racist comments and then hiding behind "it's just an observation." My rule: would you say it if the group you're discussing was in the room? Silence implies acceptance, so I'll keep calling it out. Consider me black, Jewish, Pakistani, whatever it takes.