Yea, I've been thinking about this alot and i'm sure it's only a matter of time.

A wiki would cut it, but even better would be some sort of web 2.0 site with intelligent ways of comparing severity of transgressions, reccomending alternatives, etc. Then you run into the problem of user disagreement, so you might need some sort of standard and that will alienate users who don't like the standard. Or I suppose you could build it so that each user is given a custom view relative to thier opinions of what is bad and what is good. (You've got people who think that anything good for business is good for the world in general, people who think that all companies are evil, and everything in between). Still, major issues like massive environmental destruction, and human casualites, child labor, would be universally agreed upon I think.

Then you still have the problem of having some of the biggest companies in the world trying to get your site down any way they can. (Freenet is an option, but not a great one at this point.)

But really it's gotta happen sooner or later. Not only would it discourage companies from doing the wrong thing, but it might even reward companies for doing the right thing, which is often not the case at the moment.

GOURANGA! :)

As sad as it is, I would rather the govenment just pump huge amounts of money into patent office so that they can hire lots of good lawyers to stop bad patents before they exist. I mean we have to pay for all these lawyers anyway everytime we buy a product, as well as receiving less competitve products. We might as well just simplify the system by moving all the lawyers into the patent offices, then at least products don't suffer.

...(assuming the app doesn't unfairly vilify homosexuality), but I don't know why you felt it would be helpful to include a "completely unrelated point" about you finding homosexuality disgusting (for various undisclosed reasons). The Catholic Church hasn't exactly been a shining light in terms of sex and gender (particularly in regard to the rape of children, and ensuring the swift and effective prosecution of such rapists by secular authorities). Also women in the clergy?, Contraception? And of course homosexuality. If you don't like the idea of having your Catholic Church inspired, backwards beliefs about sexuality criticized, then how about you don't add them to the discussion.

In a completely unrelated point, I find the Catholic Church's dogma to be disgusting for various reasons; plus I'm an Atheist and have moral beliefs about religious dogma. That has nothing to do with my opinion of your comment though, so please don't respond criticizing my beliefs and preferences.