Posted on 03/30/2015 1:35:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
I see it in the same light as “meat sacrificed to idols” in the Bible, as the Apostle Paul talked about it. ALSO ... it’s like what Jesus said in telling the disciples about the wheat and tares.
In the first instance (the meat) it’s not something to be concerned about, although some people are “weak” in their faith and they think it’s a problem.
In the second instance, the wheat and the tares, Jesus said that the tares should be left alone, so to not disturb the wheat.
SO ... I just buy the products for the product itself ... and then ... I go to the ballot box and to my conservative legislators for what to do in the political sphere!
Buy the products for what they do for you and in terms of how they meet your needs! Then vote with the conservatives! ... :-) ...
Start hammering on Microsoft and Android for their Homosexual agendas, which have been quite public and overt!
Id not want to base my choice of computer platform on the politics of the company CEO..just yet..
Apple’s stances are no different than any of their competitors, especially Microsoft.
Whatever gay stuff they do is nothing compared to Tim Kook and Apple. I know this is true because I never even hear about it. Its one thing to do less and do it quietly. Tim Kook is doing this with a big brass band playing "At The YMCA"
Apple is in_yo_face about their gayness and their gay agenda. Its revolting!!
Ive not ever read much about micrsoft management but it figures
Thanks.
I’m sure that while Cook is encouraging the little guy to boycott Indiana, he is more than happy to make as much money off of Indiana as he possibly can. If he were serious about his “principles”, he could just refuse to sell Apple products in states that he thinks are at odds with them. At the very least, he could close all Apple stores in those states. But, hey, that would cut into his giant paycheck, wouldn’t it?
You hear about Apple because Apple is HOT in the news. You don’t hear about Microsoft because no one cares ... LOL ...
And, you don’t hear about Android, because someone thinks you’re talking about a ROBOT! ... :-) ...
I suspect there's a lot more money changing hands over this in DC than there would have been in Indiana.
So do the writers. I could barely read it but I did get the jest of it.
I wish I could because I do think it will effect the bottom line of the business. So did Steve Jobs. Steve did not care what EMPLOYEES did with their own money on their own time so long as it did not reflect negatively on Apple. The infamous donation against Proposition 8 that was attributed to Apple in the popular press came from the Apple Employees' Political Action Committee, not Apple Computer Corporation., a completely independent organization.
No, Microsoft does it with MONEY. . . lots of it. . . donated to the political campaigns over the last ten years in numerous places. Microsoft gave money for the anti-gun campaigns. . . which worries me a lot more than Tim Cook writing a mis-guided screed in the Washington Post.
I will oppose Apple!
And, I’ll get my FRiends to oppose Apple!
And, they’ll get their FRiends to oppose Apple!
We’ll boycott Apple!
Oh but so many on here worship Rush Limbaugh who worships at the Apple Church and all things apple and everyone loves their Iphones and Ipads.
At some point you have to choose a side. We can’t keep riding the fence.
Thanks for your stand and clarity.
My problem is with Cook and what he is doing with his wealth in several states including his home state pushing the Gay agenda on the surface on under the surface.
Unfortunately, the controllers of our digital worlds are far lefties from Apple to Google to MS.
So we have to pick our evil to buy from if we use the digital world.
Again, thanks for your sincere and logical stand in this hot issue.
Don’t buy their overpriced wares, I have an anroid phone (although google seems intent on taking over the world), for my next phone I am considering a Windows, they seem the least worse of the bunch.”
Same here. I have an android for one phone number and a BB for another. When the bB goes I am thinking about Windows.
And where are you going to go? Microsoft has already had the same policy for ten years. . . So have most of the computer companies.
There were TEN TECH CEOs who signed that petition to Indiana's Governor along with Tim Cook . . . but the MAIN STREAM NEWS MEDIA latched onto the fact that Apple's CEO signed onto it because anything Apple does garners headlines and Internet CLICKS. The number of posts on this issue on FreeRepublic show exactly why that is the case! Not one of them has mentioned even one of the other nine companies who also signed the petition. MICROSOFT's CEO signed the petition. YELP's CEO Signed the petition, GOOGLE's CEO (Android) signed the petition. Those were three of the ten signees on Friday. There are more. . . and even more signed the petition on Monday.
Money going to Microsoft is going to pay for the campaign for gun control.
We are damned no matter which way we turn with the Liberals in charge of these companies. . . and those who are entitled to a large percentage of the profits. . . and perhaps even more important those who control the flow of information about what occurred.
Kruschev was absolutely correct when he said "You will sell us the rope we will use to hang you," unaware that it was a longer term statement and the USSR would not be around to be the hangman, but the amoral combination of government and Wall Street would inevitably lead to the destruction of our system. . . all in the name of preventing protecting the profits of the BIG businesses from competition and from failure. "Too big to fail" anyone? Government management mandating business policies? All of these are tyranical intrusions of government into business but are also forms of government sponsored anti-competitiveness that actually protect bigger businesses from the competitive threats of smaller business that do not have the resources to implement them.
How is Microsoft the "least worst of the bunch"? Microsoft embraced the LGBT agenda TEN YEARS AGO. . . Apple only this year accepted it as a legislative corporate policy because of Tim Cook . . . and I have not seen anything showing a vote of either the BOD or the Stockholders, just a statement from the CEO. Microsoft is funding Abortions around the World, Common Core, and the Gun Control agenda with direct contributions. Microsoft gave the Chinese government complete free access to the source code of both Microsoft Windows and Office but also Windows Phone.
Apple has been refusing to do that. . . and has only agreed to allow the Chinese government to review their network software for security compatibility and has REFUSED to allow them to have a KEY to their encryption.
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