The Baby Shaker episode: Let’s move on

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Don Tennant and Computerworld

I was very glad not to see Don Tennant in the last couple of issues of Computerworld. I hope that this communist agitator is gone from Computerworld for good. Maybe he found a position in the Obama administration!

Get over it

People need to get over it. People will always find humor in things that others find offensive. No amount of "punishment" for those types of individuals are going to correct this. The app obviously was not targeted at those that find the subject abhorrent. Those that do find perverse humor in this app certainly are not going to be more likely to harm babies in real life. So yes, it's harmless. Get over it. I'm sick of reading about how someone got offended at someone else's jokes. All jokes are offensive! Go away!

In fact, I believe this app is actually beneficial. If you don't already understand that shaking a baby is harmful, the joke simply isn't funny. Everyone that says, "I don't get it," will soon have it explained to them. They will either say, "Oh, that's horrible," or, "Oh, I get it now." Either way, they've now been educated and maybe a life will be saved as a result.

Not so much contrition from Sickalosoft

Did you READ their statement in full? It's not an apology, it's a tongue-in-cheek exasperation with a "thickness of some people". Consider this: "While GTA is a video game that pushes the limits, it is still yet to have a baby shaking mini game in it". Yeah, and there are lots of FPS games, and still we can see a palpable difference between Call of Duty and this crap. No, let's not move on. Let's agree that you can't and shouldn't promote criminal behaviour - that would be a good lesson.

Please tell me you did not

Please tell me you did not just say this. family' organizations blaming video games

You made a really bad joke, right?

When you tell me about the people from Sikalosoft and Apple that are currently unemployed, I MAY consider you an actual writer. Everyone from the idiot at Sikalosoft that had the idea to the idiot at Apple that approved it should be currently unemployed. Not only that, they should have enforced counseling if they want to collect unemployment. For that matter, you should have enforced counseling if you wish to publish any more opinionated writing, whether paid or not (I pray not!!). You are one sick puppy to even think of letting this go without some heads rolling. If I were to screw up this bad at work, I would definately be on public assistance right now. Yes, everyone makes mistakes, but most mistakes do not make light of torturing innocent babies.

I am so glad you think this should be just let go. Glad for you, but sorry for everyone you love because if something happened to them, you just told them you would not care.

Have a wonderful life. I will pray for your family.

Move on and miss two perfect opportunities

1 SJBF has a perfect opportunity to exploit the mistake of two companies and hold them for ransoms so to speak, maybe get some donations and free publicity for their cause. Why shouldn't they try?
2 Apple, on the other hand, has a perfect opportunity to exploit this mistake and turn it into a positive, by making a sizeable (and public) donation to this foundation, and even giving them some airtime, perhaps ending a commercial with "SJBF and Apple want you to know about the dangers of ... For more information or to donate, visit apple.com/sbs." In that way, they give the foundation the exposure they want, and Apple comes out smelling like sweet fruit indeed.

pragmatist

There are a few issues here that I think you got wrong.

Firstly, as others have already pointed out, mothers are not the primary perpetrators of SBS. On the other hand, it probably would be a good idea to provide information for mothers (and other concerned folks) on how to spot signs that another care-giver is shaking a baby.

It's true that a major goal of this foundation is to prevent SBS, but the dismissive tone of the email you quote - especially the the idea of a "free ride" and putting "family" in quotes shows that the writer of this email is, at best, simply clueless. SBS is frequently lethal, and even when it's not, the effects are generally lifelong and debilitating. Again, others have already posted some stats. Would you so easily dismiss the work of an organization devoted to preventing a different kind of murder? That's exactly what we are talking about here.

Last, but not least, is that Apple's apology is lamer than lame. Apple's vetting process is notoriously tough. It took tons of outrage for it to allow "offensive" apps like the ones that make rude noises. What kind of "mistake" could allow an app like this through ANY vetting process, much less one that needs to make "exceptions" for the merely rude, to respond to public outrage.

Yes, Apple DOES owe the world more that a lame "I'm sorry, we made a mistake." It needs to explain how such an app could get through, and what is being done to keep something like that from happening again.

As usual, Americans need

As usual, Americans need their daily dose of "outrage" to distract themselves from really important issues. This, too, will pass.

Baby Shaker episode

As the father of a child who was shaken, I agree with Janice.

It's been a bit over eight years since he died, so I can approach this with a small bit of dispassion.

I am curious to know the answers to a few questions: how many times this app was actually downloaded; does it actually require that an iPhone be shaken in the same violent manner that results in the injuries that come to medical attention 1400-1600 times a year; what thought process led anyone to think this was a good thing to develop or sell?

As far as the recommendation that the Foundation expend its resources on education for mothers instead of holding Apple to account, it suggests that Mr. Tennant is not familiar with the fact that males are most frequently the perpetrators who cause shaking injuries, or with the economic reality that many males have to be involved in child care arrangements. Perhaps things were different in his day, or in his parenting arrangements.

At any rate, the annual budget of parent advocacy groups like the SJB Foundation tend to run in the $25-100K range. New York State's current budget allocates $180,000 for its first statewide SBS Awareness Campaign. With 254,000 births a year, and an average of 6 caregivers besides the parents for each baby, figure how far even the state's resources will go...

So in a strange way, I do appreciate the fact that Apple released this app on April 20. It's the same day that the Senate adopted a resolution recognizing this week as National SBS Awareness Week. This app has certainly brought greater awareness of the issue.

That coincidence also makes me doubt that Mr. Tennant is a complete cynic. Although the logic of his column is infected with 'blame the victim' syndrome, a true cynic would have suggested that the developer and the Foundation must have conspired with Apple to develop and release this app on that day.