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Apple refusing to allow any content that satires public figures or draws controversy in some way is akin to a religious person being afraid to read a Richard Da
by patrickk 17y ago
Apple refusing to allow any content that satires public figures or draws controversy in some way is akin to a religious person being afraid to read a Richard Dawkins book or listen to him speak for fear of being tainted, or hearing something that contradicts their own world view.
Both to me would seem to indicate that a person or organisation has a deep-seated lack of conviction in their own position, whatever that position may be.
- GHFigs 17y agoThat's a poor analogy. Apple is not acting in the role of the "reader" here. They're the store. They are choosing what they want to sell. It makes no sense to attribute something as simple as not wanting to be in the soapbox business to fear and lack of conviction. It projects emotion onto something that can be much more accurately attributed to the entirely reasonable and rational desire to run a store that makes a lot of money without a lot of complaints. If you really believe that retailers should be required to stock everything that anybody wants to sell, regardless of whether they want to be in the business of selling that product, I'd ask why.