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Post by nailer »

kelvin0 wrote: post #39

I guess Tim Cook and Brendan Eich don't see eye to eye on some issues.

I don't share Eich's views, but he's 58 - the cultural concepts that made it difficult for Tim Cook to be public about his sexuality may be the same thing that makes Eich against gay marriage.

Edit: I can't comment due to rate limits, but a poster below hasn't read what I wrote above and is suggesting I am saying the men grew up in different times. I am suggesting the exact opposite: they grew up in the SAME period/culture.

Re: Tim Cook Speaks Up

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Post by venomsnake »

super_mario wrote: post #32

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.

According to recent comments from the Pope - he is something of a authority in the religious world I have heard, seems that God has no deep hatred for gays, was involved in the Big Bang and watched observantly life evolved.

You don't really need a superficial reason to hate other humans, if your heart so desire.

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Post by Shivetya »

darrellsilver wrote: post #3

Why do you think he chose to come out now?

honestly I could care less. I really just don't care who is gay or not. I really don't give one whit to those who think its some special event when they do.

your personal life, keep it personal, its no one's business and it certainly is not something to exploit for personal gain or to guilt another with

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Post by aikah »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #94
aikah wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hmm ,i guess he is talking about Alan Turing who was literaly sentenced to a horrible treatment for being gay. That's one of the greatest shame of UK,it symbolizes bigotery in its purest form.

Compared to which country that has never persecuted anyone for being gay?

This isnt a bigotery contest hey? I was talking from the point of view of someone who has the greatest respect for what Turing has done.I mean that's a shame that everything he has done for his country mattered very little when he was judged for being gay.

Re: Tim Cook Speaks Up

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Post by super_mario »

venomsnake wrote: post #113
super_mario wrote: post #32

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.

According to recent comments from the Pope - he is something of a authority in the religious world I have heard, seems that God has no deep hatred for gays, was involved in the Big Bang and watched observantly life evolved. You don't really need a superficial reason to hate other humans, if your heart so desire.

They are certainly converging ever closer to the truth. They should just come out and say Jesus never existed as well, and they are not sure there is a god and apologize for being the biggest trolls in the history of humanity. Then they would gain some respect.

This is the organization that to this day stays opposed to reason, advancement of science that meddles into research and politics and tells other people what they must think and do because of what they believe without evidence and that has done the biggest damage to progress of civilization and horrible destruction of ancient civilizations and their achievements, now comes to us with an ingratiating smile, because it had to give up so much power, and says how it stands for progress. But we should not forget how it behaved when it really did think it had god on its side.

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Post by jacquesm »

nailer wrote: post #109
downandout wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>There are undoubtedly many people who will no longer purchase Apple products because of this I disagree. First, I think it was widely assumed that he was gay, and if it wasn't, he was accidentally outed during a live TV broadcast a few months ago by a CNBC reporter [1]. Second, the people that think this way probably already avoid Apple products, as both Tim Cook and Apple have been vocal on gay rights for quite som…

Wow. That doesn't sound like an accident - you don't say someone "is fairly open about being gay" unless you're damn sure they are. What an unpleasant person.

That's a mistake but it should be a career limiting mistake nonetheless.

Re: Tim Cook Speaks Up

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Post by [deleted] »

Mahn wrote: post #8

I wish we lived in a society where people weren't pressured into "publically acknowledge" their sexual orientation just because it's different than the norm. You don't see heterosexual CEOs publically acknowledging they are banging their wife, why should it be different for other sexual orientations? Just let everyone be.

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Re: Tim Cook Speaks Up

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Post by jacquesm »

super_mario wrote: post #69
mokkol wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is not the bible god wrote. That is a book written by people. And written far later than the year 0.

Of course not. I'm an atheist, anti-theist in fact, and I know perfectly well the history of the bible how it was written, and that it is not the word of imaginary god etc. I am just saying what the religious people say it is. And this is the irony.

As a fellow atheist I would very much appreciate it if you educated yourself a bit further before hurting your self-proclaimed cause.

Re: Tim Cook Speaks Up

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Post by calvin_c »

aikah wrote: post #40
tux3 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps because everyone who cares/matters already knew, there isn't really a point in denying or hiding it anymore. A month or two ago some journalist accidentally said it on air if I remember correctly.

Yep on CNBC i believe( I hate that channel,it's just ridiculous). What was stupid is that one journalist said T.Cook was gay,others insisted he wasnt.Like "noooooooooooo he's not!" multiple times. That sums up the whole NBC network for me. Frankly,nobody cared about Jobs sexual life,and he did a good job at shielding his family from the media frenzy.

I'm pretty sure the reporter said that Tim Cook was open about being guy, which led to everyone reminding him that he isn't, in fact, open about it.
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