The Week contest: Apple lawsuit

One man's struggle with Internet pornography

Apple staff members cheer before the Oct. 20 opening of the new Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing.
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Last week's question: A Tennessee lawyer is suing Apple on the grounds that the company failed to warn him that watching porn on Apple devices would give him unrealistic expectations of sex and leave him desiring "younger, more beautiful girls" instead of his wife, "who is no longer 21." (His wife has left him.) Who else should he sue?

Results:

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Gregory Castillo, Yuma, AZ

SECOND PLACE: Ponce de Leon, for failing to find the Fountain of Youth

Dave Whiddon, Wadsworth, TX

THIRD PLACE: The state of Tennessee, for allowing him to pass the bar exam

Carla Holtz, Stanardsville, VA

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The FDA, for not posting expiration dates on wives

Larry Fish, New York City

Forever 21 clothing store, for false advertising

Sonja Amadae, Columbus, OH

His wife, for no longer being 21

Robert Louis Perea, New York City

His broadband company, for providing enough speed to watch videos

Ashley Kent, Patrick Air Force Base, FL

Congress, for not banning the aging process

Dick LaVine, New York City

His lawyer, for losing his case

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

Himself, for age discrimination

Michael Giannotta, Marietta, GA

His law school, for giving him his degree

Ken Schroeder, Los Altos Hills, CA

God, for aging his wife

Peggy Fletcher, Santa Barbara, CA

Charles Babbage, for inventing the first computer

Paul Binder, Bellevue, WA

The porn sites, for giving him carpal tunnel

Robert H. Kleinkauf, Greenfield, MA

His wife's parents, for having her too soon

Judy Baber, Maumee, OH

Victoria and her "Secret," for misleading him into believing everyone should look like a supermodel

Rafael Maletti, Jackson Heights, NY

The Wizard of Oz, for not having given him a brain

Daniel Gandor, Chicago, IL

His optometrist, for failing to warn him that 20/20 vision would make the difference between his wife and 21-year-old women obvious

Teresa Swenson, Mount Olive, IL

Every female who is younger and more beautiful than his wife, for being part of the problem

John Becker, Whippany, NJ

His torts professor, for allowing him to pass with such a pathetic understanding of responsibility and liability

Roy Lasris, Seaford, Va.

His electric company, for supplying the power to his Apple device that allowed him to watch porn

Lindsay Weiss, Cheshire, CT

The manufacturer of his mirror, for failing to warn him that he would look like an idiot

Katie Herzog, Los Angeles, CA

Hallmark, for promoting birthdays

Gabrielle Heyel, Pittsgrove, NJ

Al Gore, for inventing the Internet

Karen Milliorn, Las Cruces, NM