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by megous 794 days ago
Israel's government is directly and intentionally killing an maiming about 250 children daily for 190 or so days in a row 15-20 thousands of them dead right now, and 10s of thousands more wounded. And this is not even the first genocide Israel was involved in or helped carry out. They have quite a legacy in south america, where they were supporting now (self-)recognized genocide of Maya (https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/10/guatemala-un...).

Yes, Google could wait for "final" decision, like these companies always wait for final decisions when some of their employees rape or assualt someone (or is accused of such), or when their employees kill 10 children on camera, or take a buldozer and crush entire families in tents to death. They'd surely wait until final decision of the court to fire them, and stop doing business with them. Their all about fairness, and respecting the presumption of innocence. :D

It's all about the money, who cares how many people they help kill. Just like with all the data abuse. It only was somewhat limited when there was threat to Google from some governments. Quiting some employees is < $ than quiting a billion dolar contract. That's all there's to it, quite likely.

Pretty sure there are billions to be made between now and some 20-30 years later when the genocide may be recognized by some international court.

I commend these people for deciding to get quited by Google in the manner they did. They made the point publicly, instead of just silently quiting.