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I wonder how carefully crafted this line was: ... I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me. It seems a particularly odd thing to slip in, on so many levels.
That caught my eye also, but his support of that thesis was quite nice.
This is old news. Felix Salmon spelled it out in no uncertain terms when Mr.Cook was first named CEO, in 2011. [1]
The best place to hide something - not that Mr.Cook himself wanted his sexuality hidden; he merely did not want it to grab all the attention, away from Apple - is still in plain sight.[2]
This also begs the question, if enough vested interests or powerful people want something not to be talked about, is the fact still worthy of its truth value?
This applies to the trivial case at hand - of Mr. Cook's sexuality - as it does to the countless secrets of great gravity that were largely ignored - concerning at least a dozen nations not including the U.S. - that Wikileaks exposed.
[1] Don’t ignore Tim Cook’s sexuality
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/08/25/dont-ignore...
[2] The Purloined Letter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purloined_Letter#Plot_summa...
$AAPL down 1% pre-market :)
That would value a CEO's sexuality at 6 billion dollars. I sincerely hope that has nothing to do with this news.
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/10/29/end-of-qe3-means-f...
Being in such a progressive community (i.e. young nerdy people), it's easy to forget that this is an enormous deal for some people. A friend of mine recently came out as transgender and the general response was "oh, cool, good for you". It's hard to fathom what it's like for people who aren't in such a supportive environment. There are undoubtedly many people who will no longer purchase Apple products because of this…
So Tim just came out an idiot. He thanks god for making him gay, the same god who hates gays decided in his infinite wisdom to make him an object he hates. If he does not see the irony in that statement, then I have to wonder about the intelligence of the person.
At the risk of going down an off-topic rabbit hole... There really is only irony if this god actually hates gays (I'm assuming we're talking about your usual run of the mill Abrahamic deity). It may well be that Tim's theology is a bit more sophisticated.
But of course this is USA, where pandering to the religious is a must for any public figure, even if they don't agree with it themselves.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That would value a CEO's sexuality at 6 billion dollars. I sincerely hope that has nothing to do with this news.
The Federal Reserve voted yesterday to end quantitative easing (QE3). i.e. They will no longer be buying up instruments to prop up the economy. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/10/29/end-of-qe3-means-f...