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Quote: Originally Posted by singularity 46 pages of racist, homophobic bigots trying to justify their abhorrent viewpoint and why they should be allowed to discriminate. To think Apple use to be synonymous with liberal, progressive and inclusi…
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Quote: Quote: Originally Posted by nowayout11 Then imagine for one minute how it's been for gays and their REAL subjugation for centuries. Have you ever been insulted in the street because you were straight? Fulminated at and told you'd bu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ned bulous If a divorced and remarried abomination of a sinner wanted a wedding cake, would the baker also be condoning this immoral marriage? If a Christian bakes a Bar/Bat Mitzvah cake, is the baker denying Je…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ned bulous You apparently weren't paying attention. Obama ended torture and warrentless wiretapping, as well as the illegal Iraq War. I, for one, don't believe killing Bin Laden was immoral- Pakistan was clearly no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Obvious they don't want to be thrown in jail. Exactly! Or jeopardize their business. Bashing religious people, and asserting that the government at gunpoint will dictate who a shop owner may or may no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nowayout11 This is what Libertarians wanted. They want businesses to be able to discriminate against anybody they want to. The free market has spoken, and they said screw homophobes. The fact that they're so far …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone 100% owned by Apple Inc. a US company. What is your point? Point being that the reason Apple China doesn't make direct political attacks on Chinese leaders and policy is obvious; it has nothing to do with …
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flaneur wrote: » It's probably going to add to "Apple's bottom line," in your utilitarian words. No one reasonable expects Apple to poke its nose so far into other countries' affairs. Why not? Can you guess? Answer: Apple is an American company…
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quadra 610 wrote: » Probably time to outgrow nonsensical "survival instincts", like most of the rest of the modern democratic world. I wonder why we don't have these "survival instincts" up here? Haven't had them for decades. All these "surv…
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reefoid wrote: » Don't be so simplistic. This law will cause discrimination against Apple customers and harm Apple's ability to attract and retain employees. To think there will be no harm to business as a result of this law is naive to the …
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SpamSandwich wrote: » This (whether it's completely accurate or not is beside the point) is why a consumer electronics business should stay out of socially and politically sensitive matters. Completely agree. It's polarizing. There are at least…
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muppetry wrote: » No - I'm not trying to, nor have I succeeded in, proving anything, and you read all kinds of things that I didn't say. What you seem to regard as a limitation of science is its very strength. It makes no unqualified assumptions, …
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radarthekat wrote: » I just finished the new book. To my mind, it provides a fair appraisal of the complexion of a person whose every though, every quote, and every decision has been scrutinized for several decades. I had the fortune to spend 26…
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@Muppetry: Inadvertently, I think, you've proven several of my points. You seem to agree with my entire argument about Geocentrism, which is that perspective and limited understanding often limit the value of science. In those days you would be ab…
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suddenly newton wrote: » Your post is a textbook example of anti-science rhetoric. Question is: are you intellectually honest enough to admit your rhetorical argument, or do you really believe what you wrote? Can you show where I specifica…
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cjcampbell wrote: » I worry a lot about civil liberties. And what I see is the rise of a new McCarthyism, complete with Hollywood blacklists and public denouncing of heretics. "Are you now or have you ever been a member of a church that preaches a…
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muppetry wrote: » I'm late to the party to point out that your post clearly indicates that you have little or no understanding of science. Firstly, there is no place for beliefs in science, since that would go entirely against the fundamental scie…
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cjcampbell wrote: » An income tax on churches would have the same effect and be just as illegal as an income tax on political parties. Are you advocating that the Democrats should be forced to pay an income tax on their contributions? Not at …
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anantksundaram wrote: » That's entirely fine. And sadly, predictable. But if you spew nonsense on a public forum that accepts different viewpoints, you should expect to get called out on it. Right back atcha my friend: 1. You made an asse…
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anantksundaram wrote: » Look, I can't help you if you conflate a government agency -- although it has a scientific division with lots of scientists -- that uses the word 'consenus' in its website with scientists. Let me repeat what I said: find…