Posted by NRen2k5 on 06/13/06 05:11

Don M. wrote:
> "Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote in message
> news:michelle-A11C20.08240712062006@news.west.cox.net...
>> In article <e6jqk502ljk@news4.newsguy.com>,
>> Stephen Adams <adamst@no.spam> wrote:
>>
>>> You didn't explain how they violate either. Remember, simply being a
>>> monopoly is NOT illegal if you didn't use illegal methods to get
>>> there or use illegal methods to keep competitors out.
>> These guys are fanatics, and no amount of reason or facts will change
>> their minds. If you want to argue with them because it amuses you to do
>> so, by all means, go for it. But if you actually expect to change their
>> minds, fahgettit!
>>
>> They are to Apple as the religious right is to gays and abortion.
>>
> ==========
>
> Interesting insight! So... you're saying that being gay is like following a cult, with
> the implication then that gays are gays by choice, peer pressure or brainwashing. Your
> association of abortion and cult may sound plausible to some, with the 'blood sacrifice'
> et al. However, and ironically, your analogy is in the same line of thinking of the
> religious right!

Well said!

At this point I apologize if I have personally insulted you at any
point, as I can see that you are speaking independantly rather than as a
supporter of these Mac nuts.

- NRen2k5

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