It's their party, and they can kick out anyone they don't like. But Apple blocking a political cartoonist from the App Store points out how the iPad isn't the salvation for newspapers. If Apple can decide what does and doesn't appear, then they can block anything unfavorable about Apple. Or any of their friends.
Sorry, Steve, but you've gone too far. It's one thing to have technical specifications (even tyrannical ones) and maintain control over the working of your device to assure high performance. But your control obsession has extended to the content, and that's not how a free society should work.
Update: The fact that Apple has asked the cartoonist to resubmit doesn't fix the problem. Doing the right thing when everyone is paying attention is easy. And letting famous journalists say whatever they want doesn't show courage. Real free speech is for all people, not just the ones we've heard of.
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