Comments on: Apple Gives $100K To Bite Prop 8 http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90649 Ed Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:19:08 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90649 I think it's great that Apple has chosen this PR route but the accolades that they are receiving is overblown. $100,000, while great, is a flash in the pan for Apple. It would be nice for a corporation to really take a stand and threaten to remove business from the cash strapped state of CA. Then we would really see progress. It's not like they stand to lose much, if any, sales with this move. It just seems sad that we expect so little in our culture when the issue at hand has to do with civil rights for any group. I think it’s great that Apple has chosen this PR route but the accolades that they are receiving is overblown. $100,000, while great, is a flash in the pan for Apple. It would be nice for a corporation to really take a stand and threaten to remove business from the cash strapped state of CA. Then we would really see progress. It’s not like they stand to lose much, if any, sales with this move.

It just seems sad that we expect so little in our culture when the issue at hand has to do with civil rights for any group.

]]> By: Hot http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90558 Hot Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:13:51 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90558 -----Blackgirlsconnect.com----- ? It is really a funny and interesting place to date attractive girls or hot guys. Many hottie videos and photos at this site, you can enjoy latest interesting videos or talk about hot topic with other friends. I've met many thoughtful singles who were trying to find true love. —–Blackgirlsconnect.com—– ? It is really a funny and interesting place to date attractive girls or hot guys. Many hottie videos and photos at this site, you can enjoy latest interesting videos or talk about hot topic with other friends. I’ve met many thoughtful singles who were trying to find true love.

]]> By: psy http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90528 psy Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:30:27 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90528 I know from a friend who works for apple that they're very gay-friendly towards their employees. It's one of the reasons I buy Apple. I know from a friend who works for apple that they’re very gay-friendly towards their employees. It’s one of the reasons I buy Apple.

]]> By: Snoodle http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90515 Snoodle Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:11:22 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90515 Also: Churchill and Mr.C need to calm the f-ck down. o.O Also: Churchill and Mr.C need to calm the f-ck down. o.O

]]> By: Snoodle http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90514 Snoodle Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:10:19 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90514 So nice to see a major company taking a stance on this :) So nice to see a major company taking a stance on this :)

]]> By: Johnny Underscore http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90490 Johnny Underscore Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:31:17 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90490 Mark (no 17 above) hit it right on the head! Thank you Apple for helping to protect the fundamental freedom to marry. Mark (no 17 above) hit it right on the head! Thank you Apple for helping to protect the fundamental freedom to marry.

]]> By: CitizenGeek http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90452 CitizenGeek Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:22:48 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90452 This but one more way Apple has deserved it's great favourability among gay consumers! This but one more way Apple has deserved it’s great favourability among gay consumers!

]]> By: M Shane http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90438 M Shane Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:29:14 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90438 Apple has always been a Company with persons in mind: even the design is people friendly. What else. Apple has always been a Company with persons in mind: even the design is people friendly. What else.

]]> By: mark http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90418 mark Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:53:44 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90418 I'm glad we cast OURSELVES as Mac in the NO on PROP 8 commercials Thanks Apple I’m glad we cast OURSELVES as Mac in the NO on PROP 8 commercials

Thanks Apple

]]> By: Mr C http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90353 Mr C Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:58:40 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90353 You BUM BITCH Churchill-Y, You own an Apple product???????? Which one, a Granny Smith Apple? Because surely not anything Steve Jobs run. Your Wallyworld hating low wage ass couldn't buy a i-pod from a thrift store. That's right queen I forgot you call it an eye-pard...LOL And why did allow your sister to go to Pittsburgh and create that lie on a Black Man and cause all that commotion? Do you have a "B" on your face also, BITCH? You BUM BITCH Churchill-Y,

You own an Apple product????????
Which one, a Granny Smith Apple?
Because surely not anything Steve Jobs run.

Your Wallyworld hating low wage ass couldn’t buy a i-pod from a thrift store.
That’s right queen I forgot you call it an eye-pard…LOL

And why did allow your sister to go to Pittsburgh and create that lie on a Black Man and cause all that commotion?
Do you have a “B” on your face also, BITCH?

]]> By: pickles http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90326 pickles Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:56:14 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90326 Let them know how much they ROCK! http://www.apple.com/contact/searchfeedback.html Good companies need encouragement to know that putting their neck on the line is worth it. I love my Apple goods, but now I"m even more psyched about them as a company. Send word. It takes 45 seconds to type a fast kind note. The other side will no doubt be sending their evil messages against Apple's generous, compassionate move. Let them know how much they ROCK!
http://www.apple.com/contact/searchfeedback.html

Good companies need encouragement to know that putting their neck on the line is worth it. I love my Apple goods, but now I”m even more psyched about them as a company. Send word. It takes 45 seconds to type a fast kind note.

The other side will no doubt be sending their evil messages against Apple’s generous, compassionate move.

]]> By: John http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90312 John Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:10:44 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90312 I suspect Al Gore had a lot to do with this. The former Vice President is on the Board of Directors at Apple. And it is no coincidence that Tipper Gore was at a fundraiser for "No on 8" this week (where she pledged that her husband is fully committed to defeating the proposition). Looks like the Gore family came through for us. Thank you Al Gore. And of course, a special thanks goes out to Apple CEO Steve Jobs as well. I suspect Al Gore had a lot to do with this. The former Vice President is on the Board of Directors at Apple. And it is no coincidence that Tipper Gore was at a fundraiser for “No on 8″ this week (where she pledged that her husband is fully committed to defeating the proposition).

Looks like the Gore family came through for us. Thank you Al Gore. And of course, a special thanks goes out to Apple CEO Steve Jobs as well.

]]> By: Dave http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90302 Dave Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:13:48 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90302 I am proud that I have bought Apple's products. I own a MacIntosh desktop, Ipod, and Iphone. Now I can feel good about buying products from a gay friendly company. Way to go Apple! I will continue to buy your fine products. I am proud that I have bought Apple’s products. I own a MacIntosh desktop, Ipod, and Iphone. Now I can feel good about buying products from a gay friendly company. Way to go Apple! I will continue to buy your fine products.

]]> By: marcus http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90293 marcus Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:48:29 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90293 I love Apple, they are so cool and this helps people to see that voting no to that Nazi Prop. 8 is not cool either. I love Apple, they are so cool and this helps people to see that voting no to that Nazi Prop. 8 is not cool either.

]]> By: Scudder http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90241 Scudder Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:25:19 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90241 Yay! This makes up for the original iPhone price plunge that left early purchasers pissed for paying $200 extra! Yay! This makes up for the original iPhone price plunge that left early purchasers pissed for paying $200 extra!

]]> By: seitan-on-a-stick http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90233 seitan-on-a-stick Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:10:39 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90233 Apple is NOW that lion's share of the Computer market but mostly through I-POD sales until the under $1000 laptops when I will gladly go back from the nightmare of Microsoft Windows. Heck, they could pull the US out of a recession alone! Churchill-y, don't forget, Republicans vote on Wednesday, November 5th but you are in Massachusets so you must be ready to bend over for Governor Deval Patrick; a pro-gay Muslim-American. Democrats, as the lines for Obama will probably take all of Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 please advise your Republican friends to Vote November 5th, or 6th for the elderly. It was a kind gesture, I think. Apple is NOW that lion’s share of the Computer market but mostly through I-POD sales until the under $1000 laptops when I will gladly go back from the nightmare of Microsoft Windows. Heck, they could pull the US out of a recession alone!

Churchill-y, don’t forget, Republicans vote on Wednesday, November 5th but you are in Massachusets so you must be ready to bend over for Governor Deval Patrick; a pro-gay Muslim-American.

Democrats, as the lines for Obama will probably take all of Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 please advise your Republican friends to Vote November 5th, or 6th for the elderly. It was a kind gesture, I think.

]]> By: Jackie http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90219 Jackie Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:48:24 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90219 Yea, Apple!! I always knew there were intelligent people running the company. This just proves it. Excellent product! I belong to a computer club and we apple people are a minority - about 5%. A little less than the gay population. I am so glad to not be in the conversations about which virus protection system to use and all the other weird problems pc users have. Yea, Apple!! I always knew there were intelligent people running the company. This just proves it.
Excellent product!
I belong to a computer club and we apple people are a minority – about 5%. A little less than the gay population.
I am so glad to not be in the conversations about which virus protection system to use and all the other weird problems pc users have.

]]> By: L http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90214 L Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:38:51 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90214 Churchy, what a sour, tired, pathetic old thing you are. Got news for you, babe. You are a minority. And even just one of you is overpopulation. I love Apple. Have been with them since I got a Mac with 512K of RAM back in the 80's. They rock! Churchy, what a sour, tired, pathetic old thing you are. Got news for you, babe. You are a minority. And even just one of you is overpopulation.

I love Apple. Have been with them since I got a Mac with 512K of RAM back in the 80′s. They rock!

]]> By: CHURCHILL-Y http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90202 CHURCHILL-Y Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:47:38 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90202 Thank you apple! I'm glad I'm the proud owner of one of your products. Having said that, I do realize that no amount of money whether from Apple or from average hardworking Americans like me or not even phone calls like the ones I have made to various people through CA in order to try and convince voters to vote NO on Prop 8 will not bring us the victory we GLBT people want. The state is overpopulated with minorities that hate Gay people and Obama being on the ballot won't only bring the usual suspects to vote against us but it will bring out an obscene amount of voters from the most notorious minority group that's prone to homophobic behavior where ever they happen to be living, from Harlem to Compton ............we all know it. Thank you apple! I’m glad I’m the proud owner of one of your products.

Having said that, I do realize that no amount of money whether from Apple or from average hardworking Americans like me or not even phone calls like the ones I have made to various people through CA in order to try and convince voters to vote NO on Prop 8 will not bring us the victory we GLBT people want. The state is overpopulated with minorities that hate Gay people and Obama being on the ballot won’t only bring the usual suspects to vote against us but it will bring out an obscene amount of voters from the most notorious minority group that’s prone to homophobic behavior where ever they happen to be living, from Harlem to Compton …………we all know it.

]]> By: JJ http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90193 JJ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:31:25 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90193 I wish I could afford an Apple laptop. I've come to hate my Dell laptop. I wish I could afford an Apple laptop. I’ve come to hate my Dell laptop.

]]> By: donsnyc http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90183 donsnyc Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:11:53 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90183 I love Apple. I love Apple.

]]> By: Jon http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90167 Jon Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:36:28 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90167 Wow, I've never liked anything Apple until today. I think I'll turn in my Zune and go buy an iPod. Wow, I’ve never liked anything Apple until today. I think I’ll turn in my Zune and go buy an iPod.

]]> By: REBELComx http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90153 REBELComx Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:16:50 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90153 That's awesome. Has Microsoft done anything yet? I want to see these religious nuts try to boycott BOTH companies. Muahahahaha That’s awesome. Has Microsoft done anything yet? I want to see these religious nuts try to boycott BOTH companies. Muahahahaha

]]> By: Steff http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90152 Steff Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:16:22 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90152 Wow, that's actually pretty decent of them! Wow, that’s actually pretty decent of them!

]]> By: fredo777 http://www.queerty.com/apple-gives-100k-to-bite-prop-8-20081024/#comment-90145 fredo777 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:07:15 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=31220#comment-90145 Lo-oove it. Lo-oove it.

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