Ondrej Holzman "Something very dangerous is happening in the states of this country," he started your contribution on the editorial page of the paper The Washington Post Tim Cook. Apple's CEO could no longer sit back and watch discriminatory laws spread across the United States and decided to speak out against them.
Cook dislikes laws that allow people to refuse to serve a customer if it is in some way against their faith, such as if the customer is gay.
“These laws justify injustice by pretending to protect something so many care about. They go against the fundamental principles on which our nation was built and have the potential to destroy decades of progress toward greater equality,” Cook said of the laws currently in the media spotlight in Indiana or Arkansas.
But it's not just the exceptions, Texas is preparing a law that would reduce the pay and pensions of civil servants who marry same-sex couples, and nearly 20 other states have similar new legislation in the works.
There's something very dangerous happening in states across the country. http://t.co/QJTkCuZVdo
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) March 30, 2015
“The American business community has long recognized that discrimination, in all its forms, is bad for business. At Apple, we're in the business of enriching customers' lives, and we strive to do business as fairly as possible. Therefore, on behalf of Apple, I stand against the new wave of laws, wherever they appear," said Cook, who hopes that many others will join his position.
"These laws that are being considered will really hurt jobs, growth and the economy in those parts of the country where the 21st century economy was once welcomed with open arms," said Apple's chief executive, who himself has "tremendous respect for religious freedom." .
A native of Alabama and successor to Steve Jobs, who never interfered in such matters, he was baptized in a Baptist church and faith has always played an important role in his life. "I was never taught, nor did I ever believe, that religion should be used as an excuse to discriminate," Cook says.
"This is not a political issue. It is not a religious issue. This is about how we treat each other as human beings. It takes courage to stand up to discriminatory laws. But with the lives and dignity of so many at stake, it's time for us all to be brave," concluded Cook, whose company remains "open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, who they worship or who they love."
I'm also against discrimination, but at the same time I don't like it when the discriminated party uses racism at every opportunity just to get its way. Everyone should have the same rights, and anyone who violates those rights should face the same consequences. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work that way in practice.
In short, we are all different and there are things that cannot be influenced, whether it is gender, skin color, and yes, wonder, even sexual orientation is not a matter of choice. Even a religion, even if it is a belief (i.e. not about genetics), is problematic in the sense that it is difficult for someone to just renounce it, when the philosophy is "hammered into his head" by his parents and those around him all his life.
I agree with this opinion
It is true that since Obama is the American president, "something very dangerous is happening not only in the USA, but all over the world"!
Agreement.
The owner should have the right to reject anyone even without reason. But not because of sexual orientation or religion - simply because the person does not suit him for whatever reason (which he does not have to divulge). If someone confesses to murders and becomes violent, then he must not flaunt the fact that someone does not want to entertain him. Excuses for racism are completely out of the question - after all, if two random people are next to each other, they will not be of the same race... We are already so mixed...