So sick of the "make america safe" argument. If you want to ban muslims then let's ban all white males since they are the ones who have done 95% of the worst mass killings in this country.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Immigration Executive Order: 'It is Not a Policy We Support'
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So sick of the "make america safe" argument. If you want to ban muslims then let's ban all white males since they are the ones who have done 95% of the worst mass killings in this country.
What's your hand-writing expert? Does it involve a play button and a girl called Candy while practising it?
Seriously, you make me laugh with your suggestions that you know it all better then scientist. Thank you.Wait, why on earth do you think that's a defence? One person in the conversation is actually talking about the present. You're so mad about the past that you can't see what's in front of you. The USA is in deep deep trouble. If you want to keep saying 'Oh, but Obama...but Hilary would have...' then be prepared to be called out on that. It's easy really. Talk about the current predicament, or talk about transgressions of past Presidents. One thing is for sure though - Trump is a problem for a hell of a lot of people who are making themselves heard and inspiring people to action around the globe. If you want to hide from that, fine. But don't pretend to know what you're on about.
People with VISA's who were properly vetted trying to enter the country were stopped. Apple operates in many countries and has people flying all over the world on business that were potentially stranded and/or prevented from doing their jobs in the future. This is a valid issue for a CEO to send an internal memo to their employees. And every major tech firm commented on it. There is no need to be a Trump apologist.
As long as Trump continues to enforce laws his predecessors would not we'll be just fine.
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And a judge lifted that ban. Moving on.
Hilarious, you make it sound as if Saudi Arabia might be put on the list in a later stage while the real reason why Trump is only nitpicking on certain countries, and not on Saudi Arabia, is pure business interest. Nothing more and nothing les.. This, by exception, is no rocket science.
How about you stay home on this one:
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/internat...ement-and-terrorist-travel-prevention-act-faq
Or maybe become familiar with our imigration laws. Those countries were already on the list. Presidents don't make law, Congress does. Executive orders, as this one does, should remain within the confines of those laws. I know this is seems like a new concept after 8 years of Obama and 8 years of Bush, but people will get used to it.
I don't agree with everything Trump is doing. But if one thing is certain it's that Washington is not operating like people are used to. Trump said he would do things and he's done them. People are so used to Washington saying something and then it's talked about for years and bipartisan committees are formed and comprehensive legislation is proposed and then more and more talk...and in the end that thing they were talking about doesn't happen and is forgotten.
Please take a deep breath and become informed about US imigration policy:
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/internat...ement-and-terrorist-travel-prevention-act-faq
How can one NOT agree with what Tim just said?
I admit I hardly ever agree with what he does or says. But this one is a no-brainer really.
At least something Apple trolls and fanboys can agree on...
I admit I hardly ever agree with what he does or says. But this one is a no-brainer really.
At least something Apple trolls and fanboys can agree on...
yup - moving on to the next moronic, un-American thing the Oompa Loompa has up his sleeve.
If these people are that easy to radicalize it sounds like Trump made the right choice and should make it permanent. Also there is nothing in the constitution that says the US has to take in immigrants from all countries. The only interactions with courts was detaining/deporting people with valid visas and that is only a stay.
I just can't for the life of me understand why anyone would object to this. We are at war with Islam and those people are trying to get into our country to carry out acts of terrorism. It is only logical to limit their entrance into our country until we have a handle on the situation. Do you think that Roosevelt allowed Germans and Japanese to freely enter our country during WWII? If this was peace time and the Islam faith didn't want us all dead, I'd say let everyone in through the proper channels.
Just did. I see that it was indeed written into law in 2002 by the patriot act bunch. I appreciate the link because I now see it was indeed there. I just don't think it's wise and/or legal to ban entry from an entire region because a minority of their population can be considered terrorist.
Everyone should just trust that trumps "extreme vetting" will do enough.
Sorry I missed your link earlier, you either added it after I replied or MR didn't show it because it wasn't there
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Go for the home run, take the triple they give you. Trumps done nothing that's "in-American", unless ticking off the left is someone "un-American" now. It appears this is the case.
He should be thinking about revving macs that have been left to wither or hand the job to someone who will.
That's not why it's being done, the problem is fake passports are rampant and the visa review process is a mess. These are the only places he can lawfully do this or there would have been others. Would you rather they come here and get held and sent back or hold them there until proper proceedures can be adhered to?
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Dear God. At this point I'd just take a major update for Safari.
You know why you can't understand? Because some of us - especially CEOs of large multinational corporations - are much more intelligent, educated, and better traveled than you are. Have you visited the Middle East? How many Muslims have you ever actually met? I'm going to take a wild guess: none.
You are mistakenly confusing the actions of terrorist, non-state groups with being at war with nation-states. We are not at war with an entire religion. Trust me. If that were the case, we'd have lost long ago.
This isn't your fault; you just don't have access to enough information to make a reasonable assessment of the situation. And you aren't alone: the idiocracy is stronger than ever.
Your post has to be the scariest thing I've read all week, because you are representative of the sheep that blindly follow Trump and his Republican counterparts. We are not at a war with ISLAM. We are defending ourselves against terrorists. And your comment about America not allowing people to enter during WWII is especially offensive this week, with the Holocaust remembrance day occuring Friday. Starving, beaten down Jewish refugees were also not allowed to enter. I wonder how many innocent people are going to suffer badly under this horrific Republican administration.
You're claiming it's a fact that Apple doesn't employ a single person living in the USA who has citizenship from Iran or one of the other six? That's an absurd claim and you must not be a software engineer because there's lots of particularly Iranian engineers in the US. Google has them and says so, so obviously Apple has them too.
This isn't the 50s... And he was born here.
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He was born in California...
If you're so insensitive to not buy a product because the CEO is championing an issue which hurts his employees, then you're probably part of the tiny minority and Apple doesn't give a **** about you.
Look at how Trump has given these racists the opportunity to come out of the shadows
this country is in a downward spiral
this country is in a downward spiral