What next? Pull out podcasts for shows like "Straight Plan for the Gay Man"?

 

people who dont like it dont have to download it. whats the problem here apple?

Guess its nothing new though.

 

lol... who would even think of such an app!?

 

"Ultimately, this issue comes down to what we, as a culture, believe about equality and the freedom to express our beliefs," Mr Chambers said.

While I'm not on either side of the fence on this one, I find it interesting hearing him talk of beliefs when that's exactly what this Exodus group was expressing were they not?

It would appear not all beliefs are equal. And if yours is not a part of popular culture then it is inherently incorrect.

 

I'm for freedom of speech, even if I don't agree with these people. But it's Apple's App Store, they can have whatever apps they like.

 

I can see where some people are coming from with this, but I do fully stand behind apples decision to pull it, those who demonise gay people are stupid. Even though freedom of speech protects it, it IS after all, Apples App store.

 

Apple...you get a thumbs up and a thumbs down for this one. THank you for pulling it, why was it allowed in the first place though?

 

I hate to be on Apple's side, but it's their store. They remove anything they want, even if it's unfair.

 

lol @ the "gay cure app"

 

They would lose all their customers

 

That's fair enough. Looks like a useless app and as many have said, it is their app store, they can do what they like.

 

This is a legitimate thing to do +rep apple on this one . you're freedom of speech and where others begin . by using this types of things you effectively go against the right for gays to live the way they are living and having the freedom of being together without having to cope with hate and persecution . Only fools would say different and I pity the fools...

like a great humorist one said here .

I RESPECT YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T SMOKE . SO RESPECT ME BECAUSE I SMOKE

it's like saying

I RESPECT YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T SLAP ME IN THE FACE. SO RESPECT ME BECAUSE I SLAP YOU IN THE FACE.

 

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Originally Posted by LuckySe7ens;12848896
people who dont like it dont have to download it. whats the problem here apple?

Guess its nothing new though.

The problem is that many gay people don't like it, and I'm guessing plenty of gay people own Apple computers... If I were Apple, I probably would of pulled it also.
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Originally Posted by Toransu;12848891
What next? Pull out podcasts for shows like "Straight Plan for the Gay Man"?

Perhaps terminology is the big issue here. To use gay 'cure' signifies being gay is a disease...

I think that perhaps the apps designer should of been a bit more PC with it's title.

 

It's probably for the best that they pulled it.. Leaving it up could have eventually lead to a slippery slope of various groups making loathsome political statements.

 

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Originally Posted by Shrimp;12848934
I'm for freedom of speech, even if I don't agree with these people. But it's Apple's App Store, they can have whatever apps they like.

Not something like that... it's quite offending. Some don't care, some do.. I do.

I think it will make people think bad of gay people,more bad than most people do already.. Think that we're some ****ed up things that just need to be made straight..

 

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Originally Posted by damian5000;12849435
Perhaps terminology is the big issue here. To use gay 'cure' signifies being gay is a disease...

I think that perhaps the apps designer should of been a bit more PC with it's title.

That wasn't the name of the app, that's just what the media is calling it in their headlines...

Anyway, stupid app, but I don't see the harm in it. The only idiots stupid enought to download it would be the people who already believe that "gay" is a disease that can be cured. When you're preaching to the choir, who's getting hurt?

 

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Originally Posted by Marc-Olivier Beaudoin This is a legitimate thing to do +rep apple on this one . you're freedom of speech and where others begin . by using this types of things you effectively go against the right for gays to live the way they are living and having the freedom of being together without having to cope with hate and persecution . Only fools would say different and I pity the fools... like a great humorist one said here . I RESPECT YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T SMOKE . SO RESPECT ME BECAUSE I SMOKE it's like saying I RESPECT YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T SLAP ME IN THE FACE. SO RESPECT ME BECAUSE I SLAP YOU IN THE FACE.

the app wasn't directly hateful towards Gay people though, it was expressing a religious belief. Prior to removal the app has received... +4 approval or something from apple. Checking out the Exodus Website, it is not filled with hate speech. People take offence to difference of opinions, mainly (i think) to how they interpret that. Sort of like observation statements vs value statements

Think
me -
"Honey you burnt the rice"
how she receives it
"you are a terrible cook"

People that have homosexual leanings & feel guilty about having those leaning. They have decided that for whatever reason that a homosexual lifestyle is not for them. Its people that feel this way that this (i think) app sought to target.

So somebody admitting to be homosexual and not wanting to be homosexual and someone else wanting to assist them in this is wrong. Whereas someone else telling individual to embrace it is not wrong.

Who is "right" and who is "not right" in the above example?

Also keep in mind that I am not suggesting that any of my examples came across as homophobic or hateful or condemning in the above examples.

I get the feeling that this thread is going to degenerate into a religious debate & flame war.

~sigh~

 

Discriminatory apps shouldn't be there in the first place. At least they had gutts to pull it down (even though they knew people would find it as a reason to complain even when not used!)

 

What, was it an app that showed boobies? That sounds like an awesome app.

 

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Originally Posted by Firann;12853200
Discriminatory apps shouldn't be there in the first place. At least they had gutts to pull it down (even though they knew people would find it as a reason to complain even when not used!)

Isn't Apple itself discriminating against my beliefs if I am anti homosexuality?

Things like anti-discrimination and tolerance are paradoxes. For instance, pushing tolerance inherently shows intolerance for the intolerant. Intolerance can never be eliminated without creating further intolerance in the process.

Apple merely traded politically incorrect intolerance, for politically correct intolerance.

 

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Originally Posted by Draygonn;12849028
They would lose all their customers

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pushing tolerance inherently shows intolerance for the intolerant

Whoa, that's psychotic, but logically correct. The only way to be is completely neutral, brother.

 

All i know is, Exit Only hahaha

but this is nothing new, they've pulled many other apps

 

Lol fail app is fail
Anyone who 'wants' their gayness 'cured' probably should see a counselor and not the appstore

 

When you manage things the way Apple does, these sorts of problems are going to pop up. Senators are now asking for Apple to remove DUI Checkpoint apps.

 

I just wonder what the app actually did in the first place..