(Circle added by me.) So a 16-year-old is not allowed to buy a book-reading application, because some books contain sex or swearing? Oh Hey-Zeus.
Why is this warning not on web browsers then? Or on the door in book shops? Children should really not be allowed in book shops! :-)
Putting on the warning is much cheaper than settling a lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteIf you know it will be cheaper for them to settle than go to court, sue 'em! In the US, the loser in a suit rarely pays the winner's legal costs.
Yes, it's a mad, mad, mad, litigious, mad world out there.
Me so litigious!
ReplyDelete"Common Sense" is just about the uncommonest thing in the universe.
ReplyDeleteEinstein said, "The commonest element in the universe is not Hydrogen but rather stupidity."
Harlan Ellison said that, not Einstein. "The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity."
ReplyDelete"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
ReplyDelete-Albert Einstein
Anyone who's dumb enough to spend their money on Apple's stupid products deserves the crippling limitations that come with it. Serves you right. The world will be a much better place if young people stop reading.
ReplyDelete@ Dave Nielsen -
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave - I stand corrected.
My memory's not as good as it used to be, it seems.
@ Hentai -
"The world will be a much better place if young people stop reading."
What makes you think they are reading now? Why do you suppose there are so many pictures in our most popular media these days?
Most young people today couldn't spell "shit" if they had a mouthful of it.
Thanks, Dave - I stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteMy memory's not as good as it used to be, it seems.
Don't worry, it's not your fault. It's Google's, apparently. ;-)
I didn't remember it was Ellison, I just knew it wasn't Einstein.
Genitals should be confiscated from all children by their legal guardians/the Government until they reach the legal age of 18 years ("21 in some States", 56 in Sicily) when they are lawfully allowed to use them.
ReplyDeleteRay,
Einstein also said it was unfair that human INTELLIGENCE has limits, because stupidity doesn't. :-P
Actually, the two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidium.
"The world will be a much better place if young people stop reading."
And if everybody stops thinking, according to some politician whose name I have methodically forgotten in order to comply. ;-)
"Thanks, Dave - I stand corrected."
Scoliosis can be SO annoying, doesn't it?
Congrats on getting your correction, Ray!
(Did you remember to get their free bonus pecs silicone implants?)
"@ Hentai -
What makes you think [young people] are reading now?"
Not anymore! Not since they've made the Harry Potter books into convenient MOVIES! LOL.
"Most young people today couldn't spell "shit" if they had a mouthful of it."
Well, I sure couldn't pronounce "hot roasted persimmons stuffed with mashed potatoes and parsley" if I had a mouthful of it!
I'd have to swallow first. Far more convenient... and more socially proper! (^_^)
"I didn't remember it was Ellison, I just knew it wasn't Einstein."
So... then, it wasn't Eisenstein? I thought film-makers made quotes a-plenty...