Before you read this blog post, I recommend you take a look at this:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/exodus-international/id418794954?mt=8#
Now, if upon clicking that link you simply thought 'So what?' I recommend that you stop reading now.
I came to knowledge of this application, after it was mentioned on Twitter by actor Nicholas Pegg and my opinion somewhat replicates his.
I haven't come across Exodus International before, for which I'm very grateful, although I was aware that groups such as it would exist. However, it is not Exodus International that I am pinpointing today, but Apple, Inc.
The fact that Apple Inc, a well acclaimed and incredibly successful corporation, have approved an application which openly promotes homophobia is frankly, disgusting. Exodus International shouldn't even exist in the first place, and the fact that Apple have approved an application supporting this really loses me a lot of support for the corporation.
As anyone should know, homosexuality for one is not a disease, thus it has no need to be 'curable'. People are either born gay or 'become' gay depending on whether you believe the nature or nurture side of the debate... Or, hang on, they 'catch' homosexuality, like a disease it's passed from one person to another and can only be cured... with help from an iPhone app!
Ridiculous.
Personally I am unaware how the process of approving an application works at Apple, other than the fact that the application is analysed and tested for reliability, but the site likewise claims that the Exodus International application has been 'tested' and not only that has been rated 4 stars! Brilliant guys, this application is 80% likely to help anyone anyone you know on the path of curing homosexuality!
I think one can tell from the sarcasm in this blog post how preposterous I find the idea of an application based around Exodus International; and I sincerely hope that Apple will rethink what they're approving in what is now the 21st century (As if they need a reminder).
Saturday 19 March 2011
Thursday 3 March 2011
World Book Day
So, today is World Book Day.
Today is also my first blog post of 2011 so I'm going to try and make it interesting.
Because it is world book day, you may have guessed that this post is going to be relating to... Well, books.
Anyone who knows me will know how much I love to read, but unfortunately in the last year or so I probably haven't read much more than a dozen books.
A few years ago, a dozen books is about the amount I would go through in a month.
I'd love to tell you that the reason for this is due to my increased social life and the amount of time I spend going out with friends, but that would be a lie. And as this source is completely unbiased, I will be sticking to the truth (Historical Reference Number 1).
World Book Day is a yearly event, that was first celebrated back in 1995. Although traditionally on the 23rd April, we in the UK like to be different and so celebrate it on the first Thursday of March.
World Book Day is a fantastic thing when you're young. You get to attend school in fancy dress and receive one of those memorable £1 book vouchers, built to encourage us to read. But as one gets older, less emphasis is placed on what - really - should be quite a superb day. After all, where would we be without books?
For the last few years, I have done nothing for World Book Day. But this year was a little different, as my English Literature class decided to discuss favourite books and eat book cake...No fancy dress though.
In reality, this blog post has little point other than to add a bit of activity to my dying blog, commemorate World Book Day and despair over how little time I have to read now, due to the amount of school work I'm faced with.
Of course, I can't just blame school for my lack in reading over the past few years. When I was in Year Seven, I used to read more books simply so that I could fill up my reading log as fast as possible (ah, back in the days!), now; however, I always find other things to do, whether it be TV or skimming around the world of the internet, I simply do not read enough.
I aim to resolve this however! Even though it takes me months now to read a book that really is not /that/ thick, I feel it is important to have some time just to lie back and lose oneself in another reality.
So now, I'm going to hand over to you and ask anyone who reads this blog to recommend one book. Just one book that you think I should read. And I aim to at least attempt to read every book recommended to me before 2012 begins.
Happy World Book Day. :)
Today is also my first blog post of 2011 so I'm going to try and make it interesting.
Because it is world book day, you may have guessed that this post is going to be relating to... Well, books.
Anyone who knows me will know how much I love to read, but unfortunately in the last year or so I probably haven't read much more than a dozen books.
A few years ago, a dozen books is about the amount I would go through in a month.
I'd love to tell you that the reason for this is due to my increased social life and the amount of time I spend going out with friends, but that would be a lie. And as this source is completely unbiased, I will be sticking to the truth (Historical Reference Number 1).
World Book Day is a yearly event, that was first celebrated back in 1995. Although traditionally on the 23rd April, we in the UK like to be different and so celebrate it on the first Thursday of March.
World Book Day is a fantastic thing when you're young. You get to attend school in fancy dress and receive one of those memorable £1 book vouchers, built to encourage us to read. But as one gets older, less emphasis is placed on what - really - should be quite a superb day. After all, where would we be without books?
For the last few years, I have done nothing for World Book Day. But this year was a little different, as my English Literature class decided to discuss favourite books and eat book cake...No fancy dress though.
In reality, this blog post has little point other than to add a bit of activity to my dying blog, commemorate World Book Day and despair over how little time I have to read now, due to the amount of school work I'm faced with.
Of course, I can't just blame school for my lack in reading over the past few years. When I was in Year Seven, I used to read more books simply so that I could fill up my reading log as fast as possible (ah, back in the days!), now; however, I always find other things to do, whether it be TV or skimming around the world of the internet, I simply do not read enough.
I aim to resolve this however! Even though it takes me months now to read a book that really is not /that/ thick, I feel it is important to have some time just to lie back and lose oneself in another reality.
So now, I'm going to hand over to you and ask anyone who reads this blog to recommend one book. Just one book that you think I should read. And I aim to at least attempt to read every book recommended to me before 2012 begins.
Happy World Book Day. :)
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