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9 Banned Apps: 8. Obama Trampoline

8. Obama Trampoline
The defense: A game that has you bounce one of 18 politicians on a trampoline and have them pop balloons with their heads.
The complaint: Supposedly the Bill Clinton caricature was pants-less, in violation of Apple’s policy against content that ridicules public figures, and also may be considered personally defamatory.
Fairness of the judgment: Watching a video of the gameplay didn’t reveal what the offending material is, so we don’t see why this would have been rejected. Even if Clinton is depicted as not wearing any pants, it’s not something we’d consider wildly offensive.Though tired at this point, “Bill Clinton: womanizer” jokes are still staples of late night talk shows, and last we checked, no one was suing Jay Leno for defamation. Lame jokes, sure — he’s guilty as hell — but not defamatory.
Likelihood of appeal: With the presidential election season behind us, it’s doubtful the developer will file an appeal. And after watching the game play video, we’re not losing any sleep. Our iPhones already have enough overly simple games with poor control schemes.

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