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Re: Linux Spits Apple Out

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____/ Gregory Shearman on Sunday 11 Sep 2011 12:57 : \____

> On 2011-09-11, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Sunday 11 Sep 2011 09:32 : \____
>>
>>> On 2011-09-11, Hardon <hardon.quirk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:12:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:37:52 -0700, Sneaky Weasel wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> The days of the iPhone are coming to an end. People are too smart
>>>>>> to keep buying them just because they have an Apple logo. What else
>>>>>> do they have that the Android phones do not?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well... you don't have to turn the iPhone off in church, because the
>>>>> phone's crappy antenna won't get a signal anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you need to turn a phone off in church? Oh, you mean church
>>>> service. Don't tell me you believe in some god myth.
>>> 
>>> Please don't belittle the beliefs of others. I'm an atheist and I hope
>>> everyone else respects my lack of belief, as I respect the beliefs of
>>> others.
>>> 
>>> I think it is the right of anyone to believe in whatever they want,
>>> without censure, no matter how whacky such beliefs may appear to
>>> non-believers.
>>> 
>>> The human world is a big and an amazing place. Our intellect makes this
>>> a human world of infinite variety. I hope it stays that way. It's both
>>> an asset and a joy.
>>
>> Apple too is a religion. Should we respect it through self censorship? :-)
> 
> People are entitled to their beliefs, even in the religion of apple.
> What would have to be censored? Facts aren't belief.

Right. :-) And therefore we can be critical of things that are factually
incorrect, even if it might upset someone.

To use an extreme example, should we not say that planes brought down
buildings in 9/11 cause it might upset some "truthers"?

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