On the Foxconn suicides:
We are on top of this.
Over the last few days, I have been highlighting the terrible conditions that Apple's Foxconn employees have had to live under as a direct result of Jobs' maniacal demand for, and I quote, unparalleled security. I was, of course, attacked and libeled by the Apple astro-turf crew but one thing that is clear is that Jobs has just called those astro-turfers LIARS. The astro-turfers kept saying that this wasn't Apple's problem because Foxconn made products for lots of companies even though the news articles clearly stated that this was only happening at Apple's plant. If the astro-turfers were right, Jobs would have stated that the suicides weren't Apple's problem. He didn't. He knows that if he said that, he would instantly have been called on it and he didn't want to appear the fool. While it is sad that people had to die at the hands of Jobs and every iPad owner needs to be aware that they have blood on their hands, at least Jobs has been embarrassed enough by this terrible situation to start remedying it.
The rate is under what the US rate is
Which US rate? The US rate that includes all of the unemployed, bankrupt people whose houses got foreclosed? Or the US rate of people who are employed and have shelter? Let's compare Apples to Apples Jobs, not all of us lap up every word you say without applying some critical thinking to it.
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