I get what you're saying and I apologize if my comment seemed to attack you. That having been said, these ARE VERY important discussions, but I feel like the only one that serves as a criticism of Larry taking independent action is that it might support the "just let the super rich be charitable"... and I think a further discussion of that is a GOP tactic to distract from the bigger issue of making up the difference through a more guaranteed and reliable method (ie, public health care).
No worries; your comment didn't seem like an attack at all! It raised interesting points, and the only reason I'm joining in here is because I think it's an interesting conversation.
I think the criticism you brought up is the most interesting one as well. The other tangents have been lurking in my mind for unrelated reasons (I read a fun short fiction yesterday about Google using its dorms to breed families, which is the only reason I brought it up), but I'd have understood their inclusion in this discussion as well. And it makes sense that the various criticisms as a whole come across way more negatively than this news seems to deserve.
