Apple rejects NAKED HIPPIE ebook, despite apple coverup A Danish author's ebooks documenting freewheeling hippie nudity have been rejected from Apple's iBookstore in that country, even after the author and publisher covered up the offending naughty bits – with images of ripe red apples. "Apple founder, Steve Jobs, marketed himself as a child of the hippie movement," author Peter …
It's not that weird, picking pubes out of your mouth is tedious.
Actually, it's one of those voyages of discovery with a new partner.. "ok, no topiary, so far, good start... well hello there interesting piercing" (none of which is said out loud, if you value you life- and in any case have your mouth full, too).
Never quite understood the idea that you turn your body into something that should, by rights, only really be attractive to a paedophile - pubic hair indicates puberty has been reached after all.
As for big breasts try the all male macho bar in the pub...
By your argument you must refuse to shave your beard off for your sexual partner...
Dilapidation has been practiced around the world for generations, and the primary reason was hygiene...
And while pubic hair may appear at puberty (hence the name pubic hair), removing hair alone does not make someone look like they've not reached puberty, and being bare has advantages for your partner...
(although the hollywood look is barren and boring...)
"By your argument you must refuse to shave your beard off for your sexual partner..."
Correct.
"Dilapidation has been practiced around the world for generations, and the primary reason was hygiene."
Wrong; fashion and religion have been the prime reasons.
"And while pubic hair may appear at puberty (hence the name pubic hair),"
Wrong way around. Puberty is so named for appearance of the pubic hair.
"removing hair alone does not make someone look like they've not reached puberty"
No, but it is enough for me to question their motivation.
"although the hollywood look is barren and boring"
Agreed. Like so much of Hollywood.
I'm guessing this is a case of
1) Apple not getting that pictures of people with no clothes on is no big thing in Scandinavian countries.
2) Apple getting that sticking apples on to cover the alleged naughty bits is the authors taking the piss out of the aforesaid uptight company
Or its a case of a fairly dull book, that no-one much buys, getting a shit-load of free publicity in Denmark! Its easily available already as a epub (e.g.from saxo.com) (danish publisher), has been for yonks, and its funny how this happens JUST before christmas present buying time.
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Are we to suppose that the reasoning is that Apple are themselves too embarrassed by these pictures, or object to them on some principal grounds?
Cause I doubt anyone would object much to them from Danish side?
I of course realise that the reason must be some general rule that got them rejected the first time.
Second time probably just Apple being mad at someone slightly taunting them.
Years ago the front page girl on the news papers has good looks and great tits etc..
And now - "OOOOhhhhh fuck no!!! TITS - got to BLACK THEM OUT - cause people might be offended!!!! Ohhhhhhh Noooooooo!"
AKA Janet Jacksons nipple flick that went live to 80 million American homes - where peoples eyes were bleeding after they saw it!!!!
Ohhhhhhh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.... a NIPPLE!!!!!!!
Blowflies share about 97% of our DNA, and our sexual habits too.....
Except for the moral neurotics - blow flies don't have closets to masturbate in, nor shame, guilt and rosary beads.
blow flies don't have closets to masturbate in
Maybe that's the real driver for all this nano technology: build blow fly closets.
I'm a tad puzzled by the (IMHO very, very artificial) US attitude to nakedness - unless they are busy banning breastfeeding as well, I can't see a way to avoid kids knowing what a female nipple looks like..
Exactly, Americans are big prudes...
When I was a lad, I discussed the artistic merits of nude photos in an art book I had with my teachers, they were not offended, and this was a British State school!
(although for some reason they did not let us have a life art class, that was disappointing..)
delirious knowing that millions of Fanbois' puerile minds are protected from seeing Nature's handiwork.
Not surprising when you consider Apple found t necessary to make their latest connector non-polarised as they believe their clients can't figure how to mate USB connectors.
The decision is about the Apple branded store, not about the book. You could say Apple was being inclusive by ensuring their book store is acceptable to a wide range of cultural norms. I bet you can't find this book in most book shops. But does Apple care if you want to buy and study this on your iPad? Of course not.
Oh right, Apple can joke around with a court ordered admittance that Samsung didn't copy, but can't take a joke when someone uses the Apple as a modern fig leaf.
(hey, nice reversal - maybe the fig leaf is an allusion to marijuana leaves and knowledge, while Apple is the uptight skinphobic deity police censor, peel intact. It is the Jesus phone after all, and Jobs is God from what we've gathered. I can imagine emblazoning Apples on all the Roman and Greek statues - so aesthetic and sleek)
I can't see who Apple is trying to protect (apart from their own image). You need an Internet connection to use their bookstore, and it is not exactly hard to find sexually explicit images on the Internet.
I would much prefer warning labels ("This work contains nudity, swear words and violence" and so on) and a rating system. The default could very well be that you are only shown works with a "child-safe" rating, but you should be able to set the filter details yourself, so you, for example, can avoid violence but accept nudity (or the reverse, which seems to the American standard).
And, yes, I'm Danish, so censorship offends me more than nudity.
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