I'm surprised ( a little) that Apple seems to have forgotten or overlooked the Striesand effect. Maybe they think it doesn't apply to them...they are, after all, Apple.
The more they drag this out, the more of us who didn't really care one way or the other (me!) get interested enough to go look.
It's interesting to see how much Apple can act like a little kid forced by parents to appologize when their heart ain't in it. Lawyers+Public Relations*arrogance=entertainment*amazement/irritation.
Am I the only one that cringes when I see headlines such as "Limits to free speech?"
If it's limited, it ain't free. I'll go so far as to say yelling "fire" in a crowded theater isn't some kind of abuse of free speech... it is inciting panic. You could do the same thing by setting off a firecracker or something. All of this also assumes the theater is not, in fact, on fire.
Free speech is often offensive, often untrue, frequently intentionally misleading and hurtful. That's a shame.
If we can't handle the bad with the good then we have to do away with all of it. If you don't think there's enough good to outweigh the bad, that's a shame, too.
Those of us who believe the good far outweighs the bad and maybe even that some of us might be just a touch too sensitive, have to be careful when we are dealing with speech we don't like.
In the US, where we use the phrase "free speech" constantly, that freedom has already eroded. The legal definition of "hate speech" ought to scare hell out of everyone.. but we now have a lot of forbidden words well beyond George Carlin's list.
This bozo on Twitter was merely a thoughtless dimwit. So far, that is legal. Anyone who believes everything they read on Twitter is a moron. That is also legal.
Can't we just move on? Grow up? It isn't all that easy, but it IS that simple.
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The Apple Effect?
The more they drag this out, the more of us who didn't really care one way or the other (me!) get interested enough to go look.
It's interesting to see how much Apple can act like a little kid forced by parents to appologize when their heart ain't in it. Lawyers+Public Relations*arrogance=entertainment*amazement/irritation.
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Free speech is hard, man.
If it's limited, it ain't free. I'll go so far as to say yelling "fire" in a crowded theater isn't some kind of abuse of free speech... it is inciting panic. You could do the same thing by setting off a firecracker or something. All of this also assumes the theater is not, in fact, on fire.
Free speech is often offensive, often untrue, frequently intentionally misleading and hurtful. That's a shame.
If we can't handle the bad with the good then we have to do away with all of it. If you don't think there's enough good to outweigh the bad, that's a shame, too.
Those of us who believe the good far outweighs the bad and maybe even that some of us might be just a touch too sensitive, have to be careful when we are dealing with speech we don't like.
In the US, where we use the phrase "free speech" constantly, that freedom has already eroded. The legal definition of "hate speech" ought to scare hell out of everyone.. but we now have a lot of forbidden words well beyond George Carlin's list.
This bozo on Twitter was merely a thoughtless dimwit. So far, that is legal. Anyone who believes everything they read on Twitter is a moron. That is also legal.
Can't we just move on? Grow up? It isn't all that easy, but it IS that simple.
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