Topic: Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Showing the Flag (Read 1170 times)
July 02, 2015, 12:54:44 PM
Apple is puppet in the hands of the media and its politically correct customers.
July 02, 2015, 10:35:21 AM
Cool move
June 27, 2015, 11:34:11 PM
FRACK APPLE. 
June 27, 2015, 11:27:04 PM
Perfect example of what the media does to such a small and almost irrelevant matter. Apple isn't doing this because they're the "good guys", they do this because they want to keep the people happy so their stock shares don't get cut in half over an outrage from ignorant people that would get offended over a flag in an app...
June 27, 2015, 08:49:51 PM
those who use the confederate flag as a symbol of racist motivations are wrong
actually England and other outsiders bankrolled the south in the civil war to undermine the north
many in the south were sympathetic since the north wanted to limit trade
regardless when things like the tpp pass we will all have many other things to worry about
that will screw everyone over black, white , everybody else too
actually England and other outsiders bankrolled the south in the civil war to undermine the north
many in the south were sympathetic since the north wanted to limit trade
regardless when things like the tpp pass we will all have many other things to worry about
that will screw everyone over black, white , everybody else too
June 26, 2015, 08:55:00 AM
Wow, that's a ridiculously silly move for Apple to make. I'm surprised that seemingly otherwise intelligence people are doing it; maybe it's because they feel pressured to do it by a media culture of political correctness easily carried away by even slight signs of difference of opinion.
Tim Cook must be a very smart guy. Surely he and other Apple folks don't privately think this is worth doing.
Tim Cook must be a very smart guy. Surely he and other Apple folks don't privately think this is worth doing.
Make up your mind... What is it? And, yes, tim cook IS apple...
June 26, 2015, 08:29:21 AM
What a fucking joke.. like what an utter fucking joke. Merica is full of bitches now adays.
June 26, 2015, 05:45:26 AM
time for a new avatar
June 26, 2015, 05:31:01 AM
Op, can you remove the image from the first post as to not offend? 
Apple seems to "support" it just fine: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/lynyrd-skynyrd/id97262
Look at all those album covers. And I say "support" because they're not supporting anything to do with slavery by selling stuff that includes a flag. And I hope iTunes are going to remove all rap songs featuring the word "nigger"... sorry "The N Word". As a white person I find it very offensive. Do they not know the damage that was done by that word?
I'm glad Apple doesn't stand for or support racism, slavery, or the ownership of another human being. And I'm OK with the fact that as a business they made a decision to not be in the cross-hairs of a newly sparked controversy that has been going on in the US for a very, very long time.
Apple seems to "support" it just fine: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/lynyrd-skynyrd/id97262
Look at all those album covers. And I say "support" because they're not supporting anything to do with slavery by selling stuff that includes a flag. And I hope iTunes are going to remove all rap songs featuring the word "nigger"... sorry "The N Word". As a white person I find it very offensive. Do they not know the damage that was done by that word?
June 26, 2015, 03:38:46 AM
I can't stand this level of PC-pandering. It's ridiculous. If you're offended by a game or anything in it - don't play the game. Problem solved. And what's next? Removing Shindler's List and Inglorious Basterds from itunes? I love how they've been fine with the confederate flag up until a couple of weeks ago.
Haha, "PC-pandering", you're funny.
So it's just politically correct to not be racist?
So it's just politically correct to not condone slavery?
So it's just politically correct to not condone the ownership of another human being?
That's what the Confederacy stood for. That's what that flag stands for. Did you know that in Germany, where the Nazi flag is banned, the Confederate flag is used during neo-Nazi protests? It's a symbol for hate. It shouldn't be illegal for one to own it, but those that celebrate it celebrate all that it stands for.
I'm glad Apple doesn't stand for or support racism, slavery, or the ownership of another human being. And I'm OK with the fact that as a business they made a decision to not be in the cross-hairs of a newly sparked controversy that has been going on in the US for a very, very long time.
None of your argument is relevant to anything here. The game isn't racist and it featuring a historical flag does not mean it condones anything. You want games to not be historically accurate just so it can please the PC control? You cannot censor history except this is usually what tyrants want to do and that's how tragedies and human rights abuses are pushed under the rug in an attempt to be forgotten about. Do you think documentaries, textbooks and films etc should be removed as well? Let's start burning all fact and historical fiction books that feature a flag on the cover or inside so someone like you can sleep a little smugger at night.
It's also funny you say you're glad Apple doesn't support slavery. You should check where the minerals/metals come from to make their iPhones and who's actually making them and for how much.
June 26, 2015, 01:51:32 AM
So it's just politically correct to not condone slavery?
So it's just politically correct to not condone the ownership of another human being?
That's what the Confederacy stood for. That's what that flag stands for.
It's funny that you love puffing up your PC feathers and finger-wagging so much that you say the same thing twice, using only slightly different words. As if browbeating constituted argument...perhaps in your shitty ghetto school it does?
The Confederacy was defined by the question of secession. The US Constitution doesn't say States may never exit once they join the Union.
Slavery played a role in forcing that issue, but it was hardly the casus belli alleged by the white-guilt-ridden Marxist SWJs of late.
It's obnoxious and disrespectful to the people who lived/died in the Civil War to second-guess their patriotism, despite soldiers from both sides being buried with honor at Arlington, etc.
You and the insufferable, pandering, revisionist shitlords of Apple truly deserve each other.
June 26, 2015, 01:44:50 AM
This is so stupid. We can't pretend that history didn't happen, we should remember it and celebrate it. The confederates did lose the war after all. The american civil war is very good for strategy games, because there are things like the railroads, rivers, crops, and things that fit very well into a game.
What really makes me angry is apple makes a big deal about a stupid flag, but they have working conditions so bad that they need suicide nets in their buildings. Just put that into context and think about what is more important.
What really makes me angry is apple makes a big deal about a stupid flag, but they have working conditions so bad that they need suicide nets in their buildings. Just put that into context and think about what is more important.
June 26, 2015, 01:35:00 AM
Apple's move is no different than the stance countries take on visa applications from other countries, would you call that politically correct? It's akin to "No shoes, no shirt, no service."
Apple isn't censoring anything, they're just choosing not to be a disseminator of those games. The game can still be used, sold, enjoyed by anyone who wants it...they just can't do it through Apple. That's not politically correct, it's business.
Apple isn't censoring anything, they're just choosing not to be a disseminator of those games. The game can still be used, sold, enjoyed by anyone who wants it...they just can't do it through Apple. That's not politically correct, it's business.
June 26, 2015, 01:31:52 AM
The only thing I probably agree with you on is the goofiness that they decide to take a stand on it now. More companies should stand behind their morales, we'd have better business in this world as a result. Business should lead with purpose as much as the do revenue or image. Perhaps revenue or image is their purpose, that would be fine as long as they declare it, celebrate it.
Apple could have gone the other route and said "While we personally believe XYZ about the use of the Confederate flag, we believe in the freedom of being able to subscribe to products or services that aren't illegal." This would enable them to share their true purpose with their customer base but not have to pick sides in the controversy to the extent that it impacts their revenue.
Apple could have gone the other route and said "While we personally believe XYZ about the use of the Confederate flag, we believe in the freedom of being able to subscribe to products or services that aren't illegal." This would enable them to share their true purpose with their customer base but not have to pick sides in the controversy to the extent that it impacts their revenue.
June 26, 2015, 01:22:10 AM
AFAIK, apple bans a lot of products from it's store.
You need a licence to create an app, you can only create an app on a mac,.... Bloody expensive to make an apple app if you ask me.
For android, your whole development kit is completely free, and if google doesn't allow your app in their store, you can still spread the .apk without users having to root (jailbrake in apple terms) their device to install your product...
PS: i don't want to start an android-iOS debate, just noticed the price difference between developing an app for both platforms
You need a licence to create an app, you can only create an app on a mac,.... Bloody expensive to make an apple app if you ask me.
For android, your whole development kit is completely free, and if google doesn't allow your app in their store, you can still spread the .apk without users having to root (jailbrake in apple terms) their device to install your product...
PS: i don't want to start an android-iOS debate, just noticed the price difference between developing an app for both platforms
June 26, 2015, 01:14:56 AM
I can't stand this level of PC-pandering. It's ridiculous. If you're offended by a game or anything in it - don't play the game. Problem solved. And what's next? Removing Shindler's List and Inglorious Basterds from itunes? I love how they've been fine with the confederate flag up until a couple of weeks ago.
Haha, "PC-pandering", you're funny.
So it's just politically correct to not be racist?
So it's just politically correct to not condone slavery?
So it's just politically correct to not condone the ownership of another human being?
That's what the Confederacy stood for. That's what that flag stands for. Did you know that in Germany, where the Nazi flag is banned, the Confederate flag is used during neo-Nazi protests? It's a symbol for hate. It shouldn't be illegal for one to own it, but those that celebrate it celebrate all that it stands for.
I'm glad Apple doesn't stand for or support racism, slavery, or the ownership of another human being. And I'm OK with the fact that as a business they made a decision to not be in the cross-hairs of a newly sparked controversy that has been going on in the US for a very, very long time.
June 25, 2015, 05:07:22 PM
Wow, that's a ridiculously silly move for Apple to make. I'm surprised that seemingly otherwise intelligence people are doing it; maybe it's because they feel pressured to do it by a media culture of political correctness easily carried away by even slight signs of difference of opinion.
Tim Cook must be a very smart guy. Surely he and other Apple folks don't privately think this is worth doing.
Tim Cook must be a very smart guy. Surely he and other Apple folks don't privately think this is worth doing.
June 25, 2015, 04:08:26 PM
Take up Farrakhan's cause, and help him demand Apple, etc. also get rid of the American flag. Because History!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/06/25/louis-farrakhan-we-need-to-put-the-american-flag-down/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/06/25/louis-farrakhan-we-need-to-put-the-american-flag-down/
He's got a point. The Stars and Stripes has killed more people than the Confederate flag ever has and is probably much more 'offensive' around the world than that ever will be.
June 25, 2015, 03:36:50 PM
This is beyond ridiculous, and a useless PR stunt.
They have to remove everything related to pretty much every country in the world if they're going to be impartial, specially European countries, if they're going with the racist argument.
They have to remove everything related to pretty much every country in the world if they're going to be impartial, specially European countries, if they're going with the racist argument.
June 25, 2015, 02:53:18 PM
The flag is a part of history. I do not think the games are promoting or glorifying the Confederate ideals, there is no harm showing the flag in the game to be true to history. If anyone is offended by the imagery, they can stop playing the games! Is Apple going to remove WWII games that has the nazi flag too?
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