i should have known better than to read this
Published Friday, October 24, 2008 by geo.
Good on Apple for donating $100,000 toward opposing a ban on gay marriage in California. Bad on me for actually reading some of the comments in a Mac rumours forum. There are many that are blatantly outright offensive, but there were a couple threads that left me scratching my head in disbelief:
MacPossum: While I find it disappointing that Apple would publicly come out against Prop 8, [cut]
leekohler: Why are you disappointed? Gay people are people too.
MacPossum: Of course they are. I treat my gay friends the same way I would treat any straight person. However, marriage is a privilege given to a man and a woman and I believe that because someone has chosen to be gay [emphasis mine] does not automatically grant them the same right.
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extraextra: [cut] it couldn't be that perhaps banning gay marriage is discrimination and a violation of human rights, could it...
Aranince: Oh lets not discriminate against anyone! Don't discriminate against robbers, murderers, sex predators...they are people too! Don't treat any different!
Skunk: Are you equating homosexuals with robbers, murderers and sex predators?
Beric: I view their activities as morally the same, yes.
However, I have no problem with associating myself with any of those people groups. But I still view them as confused people who need serious help.
WTF?!? Why the fuck do I allow myself get trolled like this?!?
MacPossum: While I find it disappointing that Apple would publicly come out against Prop 8, [cut]
leekohler: Why are you disappointed? Gay people are people too.
MacPossum: Of course they are. I treat my gay friends the same way I would treat any straight person. However, marriage is a privilege given to a man and a woman and I believe that because someone has chosen to be gay [emphasis mine] does not automatically grant them the same right.
************
extraextra: [cut] it couldn't be that perhaps banning gay marriage is discrimination and a violation of human rights, could it...
Aranince: Oh lets not discriminate against anyone! Don't discriminate against robbers, murderers, sex predators...they are people too! Don't treat any different!
Skunk: Are you equating homosexuals with robbers, murderers and sex predators?
Beric: I view their activities as morally the same, yes.
However, I have no problem with associating myself with any of those people groups. But I still view them as confused people who need serious help.
WTF?!? Why the fuck do I allow myself get trolled like this?!?
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