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RE: Death
By kattanna on 6/26/2009 1:42:55 PM , Rating: 3
It's a tongue-in-cheek comparison; don't be so serious.

i see none of that anywhere in the article, he seems quite serious on the matter

in fact, it reminds me of those "reporters" and politicians who equate someone smoking a joint in their own home with child molesters.

RE: Death
By JasonMick (blog) on 6/26/2009 1:58:59 PM , Rating: 4
It is tongue and cheek, I wrote it so I should know. :)

Maybe I need to include some humor/sarcasm tags?

Obviously Apple isn't killing anybody, but it does have a history of bad behavior. The two are very different. China is a country that behaves inappropriately in an era where industrialized nations are supposed to grant their populace freedoms. And it has killed many who have opposed its policies.

Apple is obviously much more harmless. If anything its actions boil down to stupidity and mainly hurt itself. meanwhile From a business perspective it has been very foolish in trying to stifle potential business and revenue sources such as third party OS X boxes and "mature" iPhone apps. As such it has failed to hold the market share it could have.

Obviously very different... Don't take it too seriously! :)

RE: Death
By kattanna on 6/26/2009 2:50:40 PM , Rating: 2
Maybe I need to include some humor/sarcasm tags?

while the obvious tags wouldnt hurt, the thing, to me at least even re-reading it, im simply left thinking you honestly think the comparison works and is a valid one.

anyways, i will grant you that humor and sarcasm can at times be difficult to impossible to convey on the sly on the internet.

RE: Death
By JasonMick (blog) on 6/26/2009 3:00:10 PM , Rating: 3
I figured lines like...




would help convey that it is a bit tongue at cheek... but you're right maybe it can be lost on the internet...

But while it may be a bit of comedy, like most lampoonings there's some truth amid the humor.

RE: Death
By FaaR on 7/7/2009 3:58:50 AM , Rating: 2
The reason Apple bans porn apps and whatnot isn't censorship (although that IS the ultimate end-result), nor is it trying to 'legislate morality' for its users. Perhaps that was tongue-in-cheek too, but in that case I'll pretend I didn't notice. :)

No, the real reason they do this is because the U.S. is such a morally constipated society where it's more acceptable (or at least not as controversial) to watch people getting killed by shooting them in the head with a handgun, than it is to watch porn. Violent movie gets PG13 rating. Pornographic movie gets R rating. The pen is not the mightier weapon than the sword; apparantly the penis is...

Apple simply doesn't want to deal with the unavoidable headaches of dozens/hundreds of morally uptight picketers starting campaigns in every media available to them to fight Apple's alledged promotion of porn - which is what NOT banning porn will be construed as by these insane people.

Accuse Apple of taking the easy way out in a society where it's perfectly legal to call black people sub-human, and jews the spawn of satan if you will, that they're guilty of, but trying to legislate morals for you... No. They're just covering their asses, that's all. Blame those who scream the sky is falling and the end of society is nigh just because some people like to watch naked men and women enjoying each other. :P

