GreigKM said:
People need to realize that freedom of speech only extends to anything not "obscene" or infringing on the rights of others. You can't just spew bigotry and expect to be protected. Good on Apple for removing this.
The_root_of_all_evil said:
I think Alan Chambers has every right to have his app there on App Store. He is talking about freedom of information, and that's true: he should be able to place his app there.
All he needs to do is prove that his claims work. He just needs to cure one gay person.
Anyone really, as long as we can be sure that this app can turn a homosexual person into a straight person, I've no trouble at all with it being on the app store. In fact, I'll welcome it. I'm sure that he won't mind reverse-engineering it so you can turn people gay as well, if you so desire.
I mean otherwise, he'd be trying to release an app. that would be attempting to do something that it was incapable of, and he could be sued for damages - and we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?
First of all, to the above (EDIT: Except not really, because the above are saying the same thing as I am) and to everyone who claims this Chambers guy has a point about free speech (which he does), it doesn't matter here because the Apple store is a closed and private distribution network. This means that Apple has the right to decide whether or not they want to distribute your app.
Just as chambers and his Exodus organization have the right to their beliefs about homosexuals, Apple, as an organization, has their right to decide whether or not they want to support this particular set of beliefs by helping to disseminate them.
Secondly, I like how whenever these bigots get their shit slapped down it's always something like,
"OH NOEZ! YUR INFINGIN ON OUHR RITE TO FREE SPEECH! DHURR!"
They won't say that they're right, or that their intentions in distributing this stuff are just and wholesome, or even that the public at large wants to hear what they have to say, because they KNOW they can't get any traction going that route. No, they just whine about free speech, as if to say that not only is it their God-given right to say whatever they like (which is true), but we also have an obligation to just sit back and let them spew this tripe in our faces (which is NOT ALWAYS true).
You can ***** about the "evils" of Homosexuality on a public forum or in your own home or church all day if you want, but if you take anti-gay propaganda posters and start sticking them on someone's front door, they have the right to take them down.
