The LGBT Pride flag plastered all over iTunes and the App Store each month is offensive to me and other Christians, yet Tim Cook won't support our moral standards.
The christian cross is offensive as a symbol of systemic hatred and exclusion. Not to mention child abuse, in certain sects.
You don't think that homosexuals and transgenders have EVER been attacked? Come on! They don't even have to fly a flag before they have historically been beaten and/or killed, they simply have to be suspected of it.
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The LGBT Pride flag plastered all over iTunes and the App Store each month is offensive to me and other Christians, yet Tim Cook won't support our moral standards.
Your moral standards are wrong and stupid. Get over yourself.
I thought Apple was a liberal company that supported free speech and First Amendment rights. Should Apple next remove any apps that reference the Bible since some people find the bible offensive?
liberal != supported free speech
What precisely do you think political correctness is?
The main thing it's missing is single payer. That is the only thing that will bring down costs while guaranteeing everyone healthcare.
The ACA is an unholy alliance with insurance companies. The majority of the population gets sacked and stuck with the bills to pay coverage for a small slice of the population, which could've theoretically been covered 100% by cutting back on military spending instead.
The ACA is an unholy alliance with insurance companies. The majority of the population gets sacked and stuck with the bills to pay coverage for a small slice of the population, which could've theoretically been covered 100% by cutting back on military spending instead.
Universal healthcare doesn't work if you only pay for you own healthcare. The costs must be distributed across the entire population. In the long run, everyone benefits, with the possible exception of stingy, wealthy people who can easily afford to pay for their own healthcare out of pocket.
The main takeaway is that the ACA was too accommodating to the right wing, hence the irony that the right wing is attacking it. The ACA was basically a Republican strategy - nearly identical to one implemented by Romney in his state. Obama pushed it because his main priority was establishing universal healthcare and he figured Republicans would overwhelmingly approve. But as we well know, the GOP's single objective over the last six years has been to oppose anything and everything Obama wanted, even if it were in their party's interest.
Military cuts would've been great, except it never would have passed and we still wouldn't have national healthcare - the only developed country with that dubious distinction.
The confederate flag is being used today, the swastika is not. The context is different.
I'd suggest it is the same context since neither should be used today. That said, I repeat in a historical setting such as film or game set in that period of course it should be allowed as is a swastika. Anyone flying it today, be it a State or an individual is deliberately sending a message as to their refusal to admit the south lost and all that went with that it seems to me.
Universal healthcare doesn't work if you only pay for you own healthcare. The costs must be distributed across the entire population. In the long run, everyone benefits, with the possible exception of stingy, wealthy people who can easily afford to pay for their own healthcare out of pocket.
The main takeaway is that the ACA was too accommodating to the right wing, hence the irony that the right wing is attacking it. The ACA was basically a Republican strategy - nearly identical to one implemented by Romney in his state. Obama pushed it because his main priority was establishing universal healthcare and he figured Republicans would overwhelmingly approve. But as we well know, the GOP's single objective over the last six years has been to oppose anything and everything Obama wanted, even if it were in their party's interest.
Military cuts would've been great, except it never would have passed and we still wouldn't have national healthcare - the only developed country with that dubious distinction.
whether you sympathize with the sentiments behind flags or any other symbols, the very concept of apples' censorship here violates even more fundamental liberties. This is going way too far and it also appears discriminatory.
I wouldn't call the Dukes of Hazzard TV show for rent on iTunes a historical reference. Note the flag on the General Lee (car). Not only is Apple being ridiculous, they are hypocritical. You got your ears on Apple? Political correctness is in hot pursuit...gui gui guuiiiii
While not a fan of confederate flag in Government context, especially state house, I think the inclusion within historically accurate games is entirely reasonable, just like the swastica or hammer and sickle in other games.
The effort to ennoble the confederate states with some kind of local rights advocacy vs national or economic oppression is a gross misrepresentation of the fundamental basis of the civil war, that is, pro-slavery and the wealth it represented.
However, blanket bans make no sense. There was nobility, courage, and sacrifice by great people on both sides of the civil war - this should not be lost or misrepresented. Apple's blanket ban is too extreme and needs to be tempered. If the flag is used to degrade people or ennoble racism and bigotry, then it needs to be eliminated, as any other hate speech. However, merely using it to represent rebellion against authority or to reflect on historical reality or dare I say heroic behavior should not be so casually suppressed.
There sure are a lot of people who come out of the woodwork to defend the Confederacy.
As a Southerner, I can say with confidence that the Confederacy was a 'country' of traitors and the Dixie flag meant little to us in the South until it became apparent that African-Americans were going to be recognized as people with equal rights in the 50s and 60s.
It could have stayed one of many flags of history, but racists ruined that for us fans of history.
https://itunes.apple.com/…/the-dukes-of-hazzard…/id168268871 I wouldn't call the Dukes of Hazzard TV show for rent on iTunes a historical reference. Note the flag on the General Lee (car). Not only is Apple being ridiculous, they are hypocritical. You got your ears on Apple? Political correctness is in hot pursuit...gui gui guuiiiii
Apple and Tim Cook would have also been called hypocritical after Cook's Twitter statement for the removal of the flag from the SC capital followed by businesses removing merchandise with the Confederate flag. But in both cases there is no hypocrisy. At most, peer pressure, but not hypocrisy.
Universal healthcare doesn't work if you only pay for you own healthcare. The costs must be distributed across the entire population. In the long run, everyone benefits, with the possible exception of stingy, wealthy people who can easily afford to pay for their own healthcare out of pocket.
The main takeaway is that the ACA was too accommodating to the right wing, hence the irony that the right wing is attacking it. The ACA was basically a Republican strategy - nearly identical to one implemented by Romney in his state. Obama pushed it because his main priority was establishing universal healthcare and he figured Republicans would overwhelmingly approve. But as we well know, the GOP's single objective over the last six years has been to oppose anything and everything Obama wanted, even if it were in their party's interest.
Military cuts would've been great, except it never would have passed and we still wouldn't have national healthcare - the only developed country with that dubious distinction.
Universal healthcare is unconstitutional (there is no allowance for such a thing in the Constitution), even though it is currently "legal" (yes, those two things are possible at the same time).
I only mentioned the military cuts for effect. There is still no constitutional allowance for national healthcare, which is why this terrible collusion with insurance companies was passed as a tax after the fact, despite there being no language in the law to apply it as a tax.
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I strongly disagree with Obama on a couple of issues:
1) Continuing support of unbridled government surveillance & crackdown on whistleblowers
2) Lack of accountability for Wall Street crooks
On the plus side?
FCC passed Net Neutrality
Passed Health Care Reform
Passed the Stimulus
Passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
Ended the War in Iraq
Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan
Eliminated Osama bin laden
ned Around U.S. Auto Industry
Recapitalized Banks
Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Toppled Moammar Gaddafi
Told Mubarak to Go
Reversed Bush Torture Policies
Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spendi
Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards
Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis
Increased Support for Veterans
Tightened Sanctions on Iran
Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants
Passed Credit Card Reforms
Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay Equality Laws
Protected Two Liberal Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court
Improved Food Safety System
Achieved New START Treaty
Expanded National Service
Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection
Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco
Passed Fair Sentencing Act
Trimmed and Reoriented Missile Defense
Began Post-Post-9/11 Military Build down
Invested Heavily in Renewable Technology
Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges
Expanded Hate Crimes Protection
Pushed Broadband Coverage
Expanded Health Coverage for Children
Expanded Stem Cell Research
Killed the F-22
Libya and Egypt not so good right now. Dare I say worse than before?
The Middle East is a disaster zone right now.
And we release terrorists back into the wild!
Great stuff!
Thank you Dear Leader!
Wow. Zinger comeback. Especially the "Dear Leader" bit.
Then again, you're probably an "iSheep". (see what I did there?)
The LGBT Pride flag plastered all over iTunes and the App Store each month is offensive to me and other Christians, yet Tim Cook won't support our moral standards.
The christian cross is offensive as a symbol of systemic hatred and exclusion. Not to mention child abuse, in certain sects.
I think you read that wrong. I think he was saying the lynching mob never had a rainbow flag.
Yes, I did read that wrong.
Hopefully it's just a temporary thing to be sure they're historical games or have legitimate value before returning them.
The LGBT Pride flag plastered all over iTunes and the App Store each month is offensive to me and other Christians, yet Tim Cook won't support our moral standards.
Your moral standards are wrong and stupid. Get over yourself.
I thought Apple was a liberal company that supported free speech and First Amendment rights. Should Apple next remove any apps that reference the Bible since some people find the bible offensive?
liberal != supported free speech
What precisely do you think political correctness is?
I don't know if your profile means Berlin Germany or not. The problem with healthcare in the U.S. is no where near being fixed.
The main thing it's missing is single payer. That is the only thing that will bring down costs while guaranteeing everyone healthcare.
The main thing it's missing is single payer. That is the only thing that will bring down costs while guaranteeing everyone healthcare.
The ACA is an unholy alliance with insurance companies. The majority of the population gets sacked and stuck with the bills to pay coverage for a small slice of the population, which could've theoretically been covered 100% by cutting back on military spending instead.
The ACA is an unholy alliance with insurance companies. The majority of the population gets sacked and stuck with the bills to pay coverage for a small slice of the population, which could've theoretically been covered 100% by cutting back on military spending instead.
Universal healthcare doesn't work if you only pay for you own healthcare. The costs must be distributed across the entire population. In the long run, everyone benefits, with the possible exception of stingy, wealthy people who can easily afford to pay for their own healthcare out of pocket.
The main takeaway is that the ACA was too accommodating to the right wing, hence the irony that the right wing is attacking it. The ACA was basically a Republican strategy - nearly identical to one implemented by Romney in his state. Obama pushed it because his main priority was establishing universal healthcare and he figured Republicans would overwhelmingly approve. But as we well know, the GOP's single objective over the last six years has been to oppose anything and everything Obama wanted, even if it were in their party's interest.
Military cuts would've been great, except it never would have passed and we still wouldn't have national healthcare - the only developed country with that dubious distinction.
I'd suggest it is the same context since neither should be used today. That said, I repeat in a historical setting such as film or game set in that period of course it should be allowed as is a swastika. Anyone flying it today, be it a State or an individual is deliberately sending a message as to their refusal to admit the south lost and all that went with that it seems to me.
You are far too sensible for this thread.
https://itunes.apple.com/…/the-dukes-of-hazzard…/id168268871
I wouldn't call the Dukes of Hazzard TV show for rent on iTunes a historical reference. Note the flag on the General Lee (car). Not only is Apple being ridiculous, they are hypocritical. You got your ears on Apple? Political correctness is in hot pursuit...gui gui guuiiiii
For rent on iTunes. I wonder if Apple will edit the movie to remove the offending flag?
The effort to ennoble the confederate states with some kind of local rights advocacy vs national or economic oppression is a gross misrepresentation of the fundamental basis of the civil war, that is, pro-slavery and the wealth it represented.
However, blanket bans make no sense. There was nobility, courage, and sacrifice by great people on both sides of the civil war - this should not be lost or misrepresented. Apple's blanket ban is too extreme and needs to be tempered. If the flag is used to degrade people or ennoble racism and bigotry, then it needs to be eliminated, as any other hate speech. However, merely using it to represent rebellion against authority or to reflect on historical reality or dare I say heroic behavior should not be so casually suppressed.
There sure are a lot of people who come out of the woodwork to defend the Confederacy.
As a Southerner, I can say with confidence that the Confederacy was a 'country' of traitors and the Dixie flag meant little to us in the South until it became apparent that African-Americans were going to be recognized as people with equal rights in the 50s and 60s.
It could have stayed one of many flags of history, but racists ruined that for us fans of history.
Apple and Tim Cook would have also been called hypocritical after Cook's Twitter statement for the removal of the flag from the SC capital followed by businesses removing merchandise with the Confederate flag. But in both cases there is no hypocrisy. At most, peer pressure, but not hypocrisy.
Universal healthcare doesn't work if you only pay for you own healthcare. The costs must be distributed across the entire population. In the long run, everyone benefits, with the possible exception of stingy, wealthy people who can easily afford to pay for their own healthcare out of pocket.
The main takeaway is that the ACA was too accommodating to the right wing, hence the irony that the right wing is attacking it. The ACA was basically a Republican strategy - nearly identical to one implemented by Romney in his state. Obama pushed it because his main priority was establishing universal healthcare and he figured Republicans would overwhelmingly approve. But as we well know, the GOP's single objective over the last six years has been to oppose anything and everything Obama wanted, even if it were in their party's interest.
Military cuts would've been great, except it never would have passed and we still wouldn't have national healthcare - the only developed country with that dubious distinction.
Universal healthcare is unconstitutional (there is no allowance for such a thing in the Constitution), even though it is currently "legal" (yes, those two things are possible at the same time).
I only mentioned the military cuts for effect. There is still no constitutional allowance for national healthcare, which is why this terrible collusion with insurance companies was passed as a tax after the fact, despite there being no language in the law to apply it as a tax.
Ludicrous.