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FSogol

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38. Good one.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #36)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 10:51 AM

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Activists target a Google engineer at his Berkeley home [View all] Nye Bevan Jan 2014 OP

I absolutey disagree with the author. Th1onein Jan 2014 #1

Salon also had an article by someone who agrees with you el_bryanto Jan 2014 #2

I guess she would be cool with Google hiring geek tragedy Jan 2014 #29

I suspect from her perspective it's more tribal el_bryanto Jan 2014 #30

there's a SCOTUS case about the Operation Rescue crowd using similar tactics nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #37

what are you blathering on about? CreekDog Jan 2014 #4

What are YOU blathering about? Th1onein Jan 2014 #7

LOL snooper2 Jan 2014 #35

. PeaceNikki Jan 2014 #19

Hey, Randall Terry is quite the role model geek tragedy Jan 2014 #25

"Target their families"? Really? Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #6

NOT employees. The CEO of Google. Th1onein Jan 2014 #8

above, you just justified harassing an employee of Google CreekDog Jan 2014 #9

You apparently cannot discuss anything without being rude. Welcome to Ignore. Th1onein Jan 2014 #13

. CreekDog Jan 2014 #17

+100. He also likes to lie. n/t Skip Intro Jan 2014 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Jan 2014 #43

I tend to agree. They are the ones stealing our privacy, why should they keep theirs? El_Johns Jan 2014 #10

This is an engineer who was targeted, not an executive. pnwmom Jan 2014 #11

Did he have a hand in the spying? Th1onein Jan 2014 #14

The article doesn't say he did. n/t pnwmom Jan 2014 #33

Seriously? Savannahmann Jan 2014 #16

You're a sick fuck. Target their families? nt. NCTraveler Jan 2014 #22

"Target their families." geek tragedy Jan 2014 #24

Target their families? tammywammy Jan 2014 #28

assholes better watch out snooper2 Jan 2014 #3

This will end in violence. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #5

And then someone will blame the bloody outcome on "gunz!" cherokeeprogressive Jan 2014 #20

OTOH, if people suffer consequences as a result of their go along to get along decisions, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #12

So you want to replace the surveillance society with a coercive society hack89 Jan 2014 #18

Thugs who try to intimidate Raytheon employees should go to prison. Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #26

So, you endorse thuggishness in practice geek tragedy Jan 2014 #27

Engineers everywhere are laughing at your imagined salaries for them. n/t pnwmom Jan 2014 #34

You do NOT threatens people's families EVER. MicaelS Jan 2014 #39

So what enables "gentrification"? High salaries. So paying its employees good salaries pnwmom Jan 2014 #15

That last part is what concerns me... Adrahil Jan 2014 #32

Bet they used google to figure out who he is. NCTraveler Jan 2014 #21

Assholes, not activists. nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #23

Asstivists? Assholetivists? FSogol Jan 2014 #31

assholitarians. nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #36

Good one. FSogol Jan 2014 #38

Executive, engineer, or cleaning lady - TBF Jan 2014 #40

What a bunch of nutjobs Dash87 Jan 2014 #42