In the last 24 hours, Apple has declared war on sex. Kinda sorta. Makers of apps that feature sexual content (that is to say, revealing but not nude) have gotten notifications that their apps are being removed from the App store. And only the App store. But if you want to buy films that feature nudity from the iTunes store, that’s A-Okay! Where to begin?

When it comes to the App Store, Apple usually likes to remain extremely quiet about any issues that may arise and then address them through subtle updates on their website. For example, they have recently added a queue time for developers to see how long their app will take to get accepted. However, when it comes to a $1.99 dictionary app named Ninjawords, Phil Schiller, the senior vice president of Apple, had quite a bit to say.

The nuttiness that is the iPhone App Store has finally reached the destination it’s been heading towards: Apple has banned an eBook for containing dirty words.

CNET’s own David Carnoy has a new detective thriller out called Knife Music, but you won’t find it on the App Store.

That’s because when Carnoy enlisted a software developer to submit the book to the App Store, Apple rejected the book for containing “objectionable content,” citing a clause in the iPhone SDK that states: “Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.”

Let’s all pause for a moment to think about the idiocy of this…