All posts There’s (NOT) an app for that
12/10/2010 12:23:42 PM
If you have an iPhone or an iPad you know there are thousands of apps (short for “applications”) that are available. Apps designed to inform, distract, entertain, simplify. The list goes on and on.
There are plenty of apps that I find personally offensive. Just among the list of the top 100 offerings there are apps featuring a “dirty mind” test, recordings of so-called “death screams,” assistance for locating the closest strip club, alcohol drinking games and plenty of apps featuring bloody, animated violence.
As a Biblical Christian, I am offended by use of the term “bible” in the app for the “Marijuana Bible” wherein you can learn about local state laws from ALL 50 states. The promo for the app reads as follows:
“This is the most current and up-to-date listing available right now. Download now to learn dozens of interesting facts about the (most) commonly used illicit drug in the world! The Marijuana Bible is also the only app on the market that informs you of your constitutional rights to protect yourself from law enforcement.”
As a member of the large group of people who adhere to the revealed will of God in the Bible regarding sexual behavior, I am certainly offended by the instructional app featuring gay sexual position videos. The advertisement claims 1.2 million downloads, and features a “mature audiences” only warning.
By the way, the only age restriction on the R-rated apps is that users be at least 17 years old. One has to wonder if the age restriction is even enforceable.
It would seem that there’s an app for everything, including many things that many people find morally reprehensible and certainly offensive.
Because a “large group of people” cried foul, there is no longer an app for The Manhattan Declaration, which is a statement on the sanctity of human life, religious freedom and traditional marriage signed by nearly 500,000 people.
If you care to comment, maybe by complaining about the presence of the aforementioned offensive apps or advocating for the re-instatement of the Manhattan Declaration, send an e-mail to Apple CEO Steve Jobs at steve@apple.com. Yes, let us hear your comments as well.