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Can we stop with this hyperbole anytime something is changed? What do emoji have to do with the iTunes store? You're assuming an awful lot about Apple's intenti
by cooper12 10y ago
Can we stop with this hyperbole anytime something is changed? What do emoji have to do with the iTunes store? You're assuming an awful lot about Apple's intentions with stuff like "such stimulation might lead him to commit homicide, such is the simple relation between the two".
- CamperBob2 10y agoCan we stop with this hyperbole anytime something is changed? No. Monkeying with the language and symbols we use for self-expression is defensible only if you think of 1984 as a progressive manifesto.
- cooper12 10y agoYep, changing the look of an emoji is tantamount to state-sanctioned censorship and oppression. Ridiculous statements like these only spawn more ridiculousness. Try grounding your arguments in reality rather than an Atlas-sized persecution complex and that stupid Orwellian meme. Private companies are free to do what they want, the first amendment only applies to the government.
- cmdrfred 10y agoPick one, it's important or it's not. Anti-gun people seem to posit it's an important move to change the lexicon by removing the symbol and replacing it with a water gun as that will have an effect on the public consciousness. Someone points out that this sort of looks like newspeak from 1984 (replacing words that make people feel bad with things that are incomprehensible) and all of the sudden it's a trivial unimportant move that will have no effect.
- CamperBob2 10y agoExactly. To the extent the change is meaningful, it's Orwellian. To the extent the change is meaningless, it's unnecessary.