Actually I think it takes guts for even 35 employees to stand up like that at I'd assume a considerable risk to their careers.
This group, today? They're just asking for their employer not to engage in unethical legal practices.
Ironic, given the topic of seeking the afforded freedoms...even if it's idiotic.
> Not even remotely comparable situations.
Pretty close, especially since what you have successfully done. I mean it's not the end of the career for anyone Google fires, so that's hyperbole, granted. It's comparable because you baked it down to a phrase in both cases, which describes behavior that runs contrary to Google's interests (in one way or another).