ANTI-MAC DISCRIMINATION
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James Joyner | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 |
Bryan at Arguing with signposts seems inordinately disturbed that some service for downloading Christian themed digital music files, LifeWay, is unavailable to Mac users even though they advertise that no special software is required:
BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A PEECEE!! AND SINCE WHEN IS WINDOWS MEDIA format not “special software”? If you go to the Web site to download a file, you find out that you *do* need special software to download. [Windows 98 or better] *** WHAT ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE MACINTOSHES? ARE WE NOT ENTITLED TO FREE CHRISTIAN MUSIC DOWNLOADS? MUST WE SUFFER UNDER SUBSTANDARD, UNSECURE OPERATING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO LISTEN TO REBECCA ST. JAMES AND AMY GRANT?
Indeed, now that the Berlin Wall has fallen and Apartheid ended, this may be the most pressing social crisis facing mankind.
And Bryan’s complaint doesn’t cover the half of it: You also have to own a computer. And have access to the Internet. What about poor Christians in the Third World who can’t afford a computer?
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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You know, some people say that those who do not have computers and Internet connections will be led to understand the hope of legal downloads through special revelation.
...or maybe that's salvation for those who don't have the Bible.
You're right after all. I guess I'd better get back to that 8,000 word treatise on the virtues of renewable energy sources and means-testing for Medicare.
That would be the right thing to do, certainly.
Bryan.
Easy there. First go to the Apple downloads and see if they have an OS X version... and if not just run the linex version of it as an applescript.
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