tedster - 6:29 pm on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0)

I never said they are a Perfect People's Champion or somthing like that - only that they are "more" in that direction than many other big businesses.

As I see it, anyone with as much power as Google has needs to walk a very fine line if they cross a government agency. And Google has been willing to say "no". This is an area and a time for pragmatism, not knee-jerk idealism.