A new religion, devotion through donation.

Again, my musings turn to the world's largest company, the one and only Apple. There have been a few stories relating to this situation (like here BBC article), I'm sure you have seen it due to the importance of the implications and the fact its another by product of Western culture.

Well in case you have not or could not remember, I refer to some residents of that large country in the east, you know the one, its one that makes all the Apple products.  It's a place where people work hard to help us poor westerns accumulate computer wizardy to enhance our pathetic lives with non-meaningful assets.  Yes its true, people and even children are selling their body parts (like organ donations) so that they can buy iPADS's and such like.  This is truly amazing for 2 reasons, the first would be they are risking their health and indeed the article mentions someone having renal failure, which obviously means vast sums of money in care (no such free health care remember).  The second reason is, its only a computer, at least buy a car or something more worth while, a flight to somewhere else?

Obviously an appalling situation to us in the west, with our moderate wealth, most of us could not say the Ipad is beyond our financial means, sure its expensive but so are new televisions and computers.  So let's delve deeper, is there more here than meets the eye?  Think about the philosophical angle of this situation, where on this earth would people donate body parts to come away with something useful to them, something they could admire, use and devote their time to.  Is this sounding like religion, hours devoted to a cause, you believe in something, just like these poor individuals believe the Ipad will benefit their lives in some way.

Therefore, does owning a Iproduct compare to religion or a cult?  Most religions rely on people parting with donations to help the greater good, i am not sure Apple can be defined as the greater good.  I therefore submit to these policies and look forward to discussing their Adonis - the great Jobs!!!