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Post by cajeanne on Mar 31, 2015 18:12:25 GMT
So Apple will no longer do business with Indiana but does business with countries who kill gays. Alrighty then. Guess there is a real war on Christians in this country. And before anyone gets their panties in a knot, I don't agree with what Indiana is doing.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on Mar 31, 2015 18:19:58 GMT
You lost me at 'war on christians'.
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Post by jediannie on Mar 31, 2015 18:21:18 GMT
Me too (lost me at "war on Christians"), I posted something, then deleted because I know it would fall on deaf ears.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 18:22:29 GMT
Good for Apple!
Maybe they feel more invested in trying to make a change in their own country, rather than trying to change the rest of the world first.
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Post by freebird on Mar 31, 2015 18:25:03 GMT
I suspect that this will be a popular stance for a while for publicity. However, they have the right to do business with who they wish. As do I.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 18:25:52 GMT
Do you have a link to the story? I've googled but can only find that he has spoken out about what's going on not that he has refused to do business with Indiana. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
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Post by scrapsotime on Mar 31, 2015 18:35:16 GMT
Do you have a link to the story? I've googled but can only find that he has spoken out about what's going on not that he has refused to do business with Indiana. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place? i couldn't find it either. |
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Post by alittleintrepid on Mar 31, 2015 18:35:17 GMT
I don't really understand your post OP but I think that Tim Cook is right to speak out against discrimination. Good for him!
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Post by Fairlyoddparent on Mar 31, 2015 21:12:16 GMT
Maybe this will cause my husband to finally switch to the Android. I'm sure Apple will happily sell their products in Indiana though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 21:24:06 GMT
Try being in a true minority religion and then get back to me about a "war on christians". You truly have no idea.
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Post by Skypea on Mar 31, 2015 22:24:07 GMT
Maybe this will cause my husband to finally switch to the Android. I'm sure Apple will happily sell their products in Indiana though. sure they will. If they pull all their product out of IN, someone plz post it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 22:29:02 GMT
Irony is seeing Hobby Lobby throw a tantrum and a law suit about having to provide contraception coverage within their employee health insurance coverage yet does most of their business with China who is the worst offender of forced birth control in the world.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 31, 2015 23:34:13 GMT
China's laws do not affect apple's bottom line, Indiana's might
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Post by katybee on Mar 31, 2015 23:35:11 GMT
I would have to say that the influx of technology Apple has helped provide for the world has led to greater civil rights for everyone. The Arab spring and other democratic uprisings were started through technology. Is the world perfect – God no! Atrocities still happen every day. But technology has helped bring more of these atrocities to light and shown people that might not have otherwise known that there is a whole world where civil rights are a fact of life.
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Post by scrapaddie on Apr 1, 2015 3:08:31 GMT
Do you have a link to the story? I've googled but can only find that he has spoken out about what's going on not that he has refused to do business with Indiana. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place? This.... Also. What is the bit about war on Christians.? |
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Post by lucyg on Apr 1, 2015 6:07:44 GMT
Wait, what?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 6:13:59 GMT
I don't drink very often and I didn't tonight but I am not following the War on Christians thing. How? Who is waring with whom?
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Post by grinningcat on Apr 1, 2015 11:17:55 GMT
Oh for fuck's sake... THERE IS NO WAR ON CHRISTIANS. Why not go to a country with REAL persecution of Christians and see how far you get with your claim that North American Christians are prosecuted and there's a war against them. You won't get far but maybe you'll learn what REAL Christian persecution is.
*shakes head*
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Post by Dalai Mama on Apr 1, 2015 12:42:17 GMT
So Apple will no longer do business with Indiana but does business with countries who kill gays. Alrighty then. Guess there is a real war on Christians in this country. And before anyone gets their panties in a knot, I don't agree with what Indiana is doing. Preach it sister! Christians are treated like third class citizens.
I dream of the day that the US overcomes its prejudice and elects its first Christian president!
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Post by kirspend on Apr 1, 2015 13:04:51 GMT
Sorry @dalai Mama, but MOST of our presidents have been Christian! A quick Wikipedia search will tell you this!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 13:09:00 GMT
Sorry @dalai Mama, but MOST of our presidents have been Christian! A quick Wikipedia search will tell you this! I think that was sarcasm/satire. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 15:04:45 GMT
Sorry @dalai Mama, but MOST of our presidents have been Christian! A quick Wikipedia search will tell you this! Sarcasm. |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Apr 1, 2015 15:07:00 GMT
Sorry @dalai Mama, but MOST of our presidents have been Christian! A quick Wikipedia search will tell you this! Sarcasm. Too subtle?  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2015 15:10:03 GMT
Sorry @dalai Mama, but MOST of our presidents have been Christian! A quick Wikipedia search will tell you this!  |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Apr 1, 2015 15:16:52 GMT
Sorry, kirspend - it's hard to read tone on the internet when you don't really know a poster.
FTR, I'm an atheist Canadian who volunteered with various organisations 10 years ago that lobbied heavily for same sex marriage in my country. |
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Post by lucyg on Apr 1, 2015 16:45:30 GMT
This thread just gets better and better.
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Post by Skypea on Apr 1, 2015 17:20:47 GMT
Oh for fuck's sake... THERE IS NO WAR ON CHRISTIANS. Why not go to a country with REAL persecution of Christians and see how far you get with your claim that North American Christians are prosecuted and there's a war against them. You won't get far but maybe you'll learn what REAL Christian persecution is. *shakes head* oh such language...
and gays could go to a country where they would have more to worry about than what bakery will make them a wedding cake.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 1, 2015 17:59:13 GMT
Oh for fuck's sake... THERE IS NO WAR ON CHRISTIANS. Why not go to a country with REAL persecution of Christians and see how far you get with your claim that North American Christians are prosecuted and there's a war against them. You won't get far but maybe you'll learn what REAL Christian persecution is. *shakes head* oh such language...
and gays could go to a country where they would have more to worry about than what bakery will make them a wedding cake.
oh honey ... they're already living in that country. Matthew Shepard ring a bell? When was the last time we heard about a Christian being tortured and murdered for being Christian in this country? |
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Apr 1, 2015 19:44:35 GMT
For the record, my opinion is that any Federal or State law that allows discrimination under the veil of religious freedom should be deemed unconstitutional.
That being said, I do see the hypocrisy of Apple taking a stand against Indiana while it manufactures its products in China at Foxconn where working conditions were so bad that workers were committing suicide and rioting. I think it is a good thing for CEO's to embrace a culture of corporate social responsibility but it appears like politicians they do so when it is expedient.
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