[Ti] Apple's latest ipod commercial.

[Invasion of Piracy]

Your addressing the wrong guy. I didn't write that. I 
sent in the Lynndie iPod link. The original post was 
stupid. Anyone who dies because they were influenced 
by a web commercial is a good thing, one less idiot 
and it's one less car in front of me during rush hour.

--- Original Message ---
From: "M Burke" <mburke6225 at aol.com>
To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List" 
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Subject: Re: [Ti] Apple's latest ipod commercial.

>First, people have been jogging with head phones on 
for years.  I would 
>guess the number of people killed is incredibly 
small when compared to 
>the total number of people who jog with headphones 
on. Most people use 
>intelligence and caution when jogging with 
headphones on, ie: they don't 
>blast their ear drums.
>
>My kids tell me that their iPod ear buds are 
designed in such a way that 
>it is easy to hear external noise like a car horn or 
someone talking to you.
>
>So Loren, I think your concern for safety is 
commendable but making a 
>leap placing liability on Apple for encouraging what 
pedestrian have 
>been doing for years before Apple even invented the 
iPod is facetious at 
>best.  Let's move on.
>
>Loren Schooley wrote on 5/12/04, 11:55 PM:
>
> > > Apple should not be advocating walking around 
the street and crossing
> > > roads wearing headphones listening to music. 
People die every year
> > > doing this and Apple shouldn't
> > > be encouraging this practice just to sell a few 
more ipods.
>
>
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