Red Apple iPod?

it would be a good PR move and good for raising awareness. good move, if true.

Missing from this story is a very important detail: His Steveness was involved in developing the (product)RED concept.

Rants about personal choices aside...:rolleyes: I think this is a pretty good idea; branding a charity like 'Red' may provide a higher profile for those in need, and better/more visible support from other companies.

AIDS kills millions of innocent people worldwide yearly. Women, Men, Young, Old, Infants. This is not a political issue. This is something that any human being should be sensitive to, and support research and treatment until a cure / vaccination is found.

To all those who pretend this only happens to "bad" people, I sincerely hope you never have to face the heartache of losing a friend or loved one to this devastating disease.

I hope apple is going to support this. It will help raise tons of money for a worthwhile cause, plus a red iPod would look pretty cool.

-alywa

the fund doesn't cover only AIDS, but malaria and TB as well. Condoms won't do much for those.

If it had to get political, I'm glad it was over with in 2 posts (hopefully) and so hilariously :D

My stance may offend some people but here it is: working to save the lives of millions of men, women and children is a great cause and all, but... a red iPod would just plain be too cool! :)

It's the first color I'd have requested if they went back to colors.

alywa - well said.

anybody who continues to think the ignorant things some people do about AIDS need to wake up and look at the world around them. It's a common thing in rural african communities, people are so ignorant about the disease that men who have AIDS think that if they have sex with a virgin they will be cured, so they go and rape them. Voila... you now have not just some idiot with AIDS, but you've also got a woman pregnant and both her and her baby have AIDS. (I won't go into what happens next because that would be getting too "political")
Ive heard that in some areas the infection rate is as high as 60%. Imagine that. Right now, look up from your desk. Imagine if 6 out of the next 10 people you see had AIDS. How would you feel?

A couple days ago I was sitting in a restaurant with my friend, and we overheard the conversation of the guy in the booth next to us. it was pretty appalling. Im reposting this from his blog:

Today as I sat doing today's Sudoko in the Sun Times I got to hear an interesting conversation. I wouldn't call it scholarly but it was definately informative. For around ten minutes I got to hear this guys theory on why AIDS isn't sexually transmitted. Yes folks, I was suddenly transported back to 1985. So I'm siiting there trying to do a maddening number puzzle but completely bewildered by this dude and his reason. The base of his argument to which his lunchmate could not find fault was that since Magic Johnson's wife didn't have AIDS the disease isn't sexually transmitted. What? I remember that over the years it's been said that condoms can stop the transmition of the virus but this man obviously hadn't heard the same **** I have. Maybe he lives in a cave or has been in prison since 1988 which would explain his two inch high flat top. But come on. Then he went on to say that a person could probably live longer if they had AIDS! What?! I don't expect a lot out of people that have lunch at the Yellow Ribbon, myself included, but this was really a huge ball of nonsense. I thought about saying something to him, just to set him straight, but I don't like being the person that butts their ass into a conversation. Plus, I don't think it would have made any difference. Today I found out why AIDS continues to spread. UGH!


so yeah... a red iPod, and 40% towards AIDS research? Fantastic idea, and I'd support it in a heartbeat.

so yeah... a red iPod, and 40% towards AIDS research? Fantastic idea, and I'd support it in a heartbeat.

I agree with everything you said! There is a point to be had though that the money would be put to much better use if a portion of it was used to educate people about AIDS and abstinence rather then only fund AIDS "research." While the research should be done, we can do things now to stop the spread!

I could have sworn I heard a cure was found at some university here in the States a couple months ago. That there was 100% success in mice and some other animal and that they were going to get cleared for testing on people.

I could have sworn I heard a cure was found at some university here in the States a couple months ago. That there was 100% success in mice and some other animal and that they were going to get cleared for testing on people.

Not sure if that was for AIDS, but the "100% success in mice and some other animal" sounds like you might be referring to the avian flu vaccine.