\nI would be inclined to agree with you. <\/span>The fact that China provides <\/span>us with so much stuff that we do not need, should not justify our <\/span>overlooking their human rights record and policies. <\/span>Part of our role <\/span>is to be a witness and a model in our support for those that<\/span> <\/span>are oppressed, and suffering. <\/span>To the best of my knowledge, and ability, I <\/span>do not buy anything from China and haven’t for years. <\/span>Realizing that this <\/span>could compromise our ability to share information within the group, I would <\/span>support not using Yahoo, and letting the company know the reason. <\/span>My guess <\/span>is that we would find that not using Yahoo would not be that much of a<\/span><\/p>\nsacrifice for us, after all the USPS still functions, and they are not <\/span>affiliated with China, well, I don’t think that they are.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
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I agree. . . . But I would add – as one of my bosses once told me – if you bring me a problem you best come with a solution in mind. Like he says – it is everywhere.<\/p>\n
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After some back-and-forth posts, I decided to ask you if you knew of any Catholic alternatives to using Yahoo for our Group. I tried searching but couldn’t come up with an appropriate term that yielded any results<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This note, from a reader, addresses an issue I’ve been grappling with for a while, but not blogged on because it’s so complicated, and I have nothing definitive to say, just questions. It’s not just Yahoo, of course. It’s Google, big time. My husband and I belong to a Yahoo Group with a Catholic base…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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