Shake a Baby for 99 cents... and this supposed to be funny?

[JrsMommy07]

For the most part I am pretty open minded liberal person.. however somethings are just not funny EVER!

Apple recently pulled the Baby shaker app -which cost 99 cents from their iphone stores.. not soon enough imo.. The game (video above) showed a picture of a baby that was crying and you had to shake your phone to make red x's appear in the babies eyes as fast as you could..at the bottom was tiny disclaimer "never shake a baby"

 Disclaimer or not- what kind of person would even THINK of this? it is NOT funny in any way shape or form ..

 just to show how NOT funny this is (im sure you know already but still:)

One shaken baby in four dies.
Some studies estimate that 15% of children's deaths are due to battering or shaking, and an additional 15% are possible cases of shaking.

Of the 37 children that died in Florida in 1995-96 13 died from a combination of Shaken Baby Syndrome/ Head Trauma.

 

Of the thousands that survive death, serious injury usually occurs.
"SBS" victims range in age from a few days to a few months old; the average is six months.

More than 60% of the victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome are male.

Almost 80% of the perpetrators of Shaken Baby Syndrome are male

AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT?? COME ON APPLE I THOUGHT YOU WERE SMARTER THEN THAT!

Here is how one reporter (and mother) feels about it:

 

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opdic2412688862apr24,0,1424475.story

 

 i understand this app is gone now.. but why was it ever allowed in the  first place?

I am seriously rethinking buying ANY apple product anytime soon if this is the kind of stuff they promote...

so thoughts anyone?

[trentonsmommie]

Apr. 24, 2009 at 1:52 PM

I saw this on the news the other night and was completely horrified.  How can it be that a South Park app. (which I'm not a South Park fan anyways) could be turned down because of it's adult language, but this be allowed to be downloaded?  It is disgusting and yet another of the downfalls of our society.

[TheLostMuppet]

Apr. 25, 2009 at 10:32 AM

Who was the sick fu@k that thought of that game!!!!!
Thats seriously messed up!