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http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/08/europe/vatican-pope-family/index.html

designr said:

antkm1 said:

An open letter is a good gesture, but if they really want to make a statement, Apple and other big companies would threaten to leave the states in question.  What better way to say FU than to take away tax revenue.  Since most conservative states want the US to be run 'like a business', why not speak the language of business.  

So you're suggesting that Apple (and others) ought to exercise their right to not do business with certain people based on their sincerely held beliefs, values and morals?

Beliefs and "morals" end when they deny others their basic rights and freedoms, which reach BEYOND "beliefs" and (religious) "morals." This is actually LAW in most places in modern, democratic countries. 

For foamy-mouthed Christians, it's probably bad news, but when was this absurd level of monotheism ever good news?

Someone seems to get it:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/08/europe/vatican-pope-family/

But the Church is still kicking and screaming out of the Dark Ages. Maybe in another generation or two...

roake said:

For example, take a random mom and pop Christian bakery with a gay couple as customers.  Most would not have problems selling items to the couple, but when it comes to endorsing or celebrating that gay union (bake a cake by that bakery, with those names on the cake, in the bakers box), then they have the right to draw a line, if not an obligation.  Within their religion and most closely-held beliefs, to make that cake is wrong, and places their own souls at jeopardy for not doing what they believe to be right.

This attitude is barely distinguishable from Fundamentalist Muslim radicalism. 

Yeah the world is over and the celebration of the 40th is nothing but a harbinger of doom. Apple won't innovate anything anymore for the rest of their existence. Regardless of their plans, or of what we know or *don't* know, this is it form here on out. 






Steve Jobs is dead. Let him go, already. We have absolutely no idea what he would have done after his death. He was as famous for changing his mind as he was for his vision about the relationship between people and their tools. 

Frankly, the more folks invoke his name in this odious way, the more apparent it is that Steve Jobs' name and memory are nothing but a liability to Apple. So on the subject of looking to the future and leaving the past behind, forget about Steve Jobs; he's no longer a company officer, advisor, or employee. 

Lol @ anyone who trusts the Breen. 

Apple did their job, living up to their responsibility. They put the deed into their creed.

What the FBI does with the phone(s) they have is out of Apple's control. Apple simply need to stay the course and continue to improve security. Nothing else can be done here. Expecting the government to play ball with Apple on this matter (revealing their methods, etc.) is a fantasy to begin with.