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furrygirl, let's play here.
Let's say someone has a business with a dozen employees, makes good money, but sometimes is resticted by, say, unfair import duties on their products. Perhaps they are losing business because another country pays their employees much less to do the same job. They have a fairly big business, and they work with the process of government, lawyers, and pressure to improve their situation and make it work out as well as can be considered.
You will notice that none of those business people were standing out on the street at the G8 summits wearing gas masks, destroying buildings, throwing firebombs, and attacking police.
The people on the street had little, so they had little to lose. They don't understand or care how their actions might affect other people, they don't care about the businesses destroyed or the people injured or the mayhem caused, as long as their points got somehow heard. Often, their points are lost in the noise of overdone protest.
Understanding and accepting that there are rules and regulations that cover our buisnesses (including such ignorant things as zoning, business permits, and obscenity laws) and the pressures applied by partner companies (such as hosting, credit card processing, and search engines).
Our industry serves itself well (IMHO) when it is careful to nurture the type of positive relationships with companies that will alow the industry to continue to grow long term. When it comes time to disagree with those partners, we do best to choose our battles wisely and use captial wisely to get them to stay in the game and perhaps open their minds a little bit more.
You have a different opinion. You are welcome to it.
Alex
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