Google Remembers 9/11 By Doing Nothing

[Lil Red]

+J.M.J.+
[url="http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/09/google-remembers-9-11-too-by-doing-nothing"]http://www.cassyfiano.com/2008/09/google-r...y-doing-nothing[/url]

really really sad. the link also notes that they did nothing for veterans day or memorial day.

they recommend [url="http://www.dogpile.com/"]http://www.dogpile.com/[/url]

[prose]

Well, (this is no excuse for 9/11), but maybe the other ones are because Google is a worldwide engine, and those holidays are American?

[Excelsior1027]

<sarcasm> Yep, that's Google, always a class act. </sarcasm>

[Selah]

I like what a commenter said: They had a supercollider image this week, but nothing for 9/11.

Just stupid.

[StColette]

I'm not particularly bothered by this. I don't expect every business or corporation to do something in honor of 9/11. If people are that sensitive to Google not doing something in honor of 9/11 then they should have an issue with Yahoo as well because they aren't displaying anything either. I've done some looking through popular search engines and the only one with any mention of Sept 11th is dogpile

[puellapaschalis]

I'm not sure that Martin Luther King Day is anything other than USAn.

[Winchester]

They might feel funny about doing something for that. It's sort of a touchy subject.

[StColette]

[quote name='Winchester' post='1653120' date='Sep 11 2008, 01:59 PM']They might feel funny about doing something for that. It's sort of a touchy subject.[/quote]

That's what I'm thinking. Yahoo, Ask.com, AltaVista, etc. don't have anything on their main search screens either.


And I did a search about Google logo and Veterans Day. They did something that day. The had the red poppy flowers as one of the o's. The red poppies actually bloomed across many of the battlefields during WWI, which is why the salvation army uses the red poppy as a symbol around Veterans day.

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='StColette' post='1653118' date='Sep 11 2008, 11:51 AM']I'm not particularly bothered by this. I don't expect every business or corporation to do something in honor of 9/11. If people are that sensitive to Google not doing something in honor of 9/11 then they should have an issue with Yahoo as well because they aren't displaying anything either. I've done some looking through popular search engines and the only one with any mention of Sept 11th is dogpile[/quote]

Except Google does special things for everything else under the sun...

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='Winchester' post='1653120' date='Sep 11 2008, 11:59 AM']They might feel funny about doing something for that. It's sort of a touchy subject.[/quote]

Yep

[pan!c139]

They should still do something at least a little bit in remembrance - they look like they're the only ones who don't care.

[StColette]

[quote name='T-Bone _' post='1653125' date='Sep 11 2008, 02:05 PM']Except Google does special things for everything else under the sun...[/quote]

Maybe it hasn't occurred to anyone at Google. I didn't realize what day it was until I saw this thread. A little compassion folks before we start jumping to conclusions that we may regret. I don't think Google not putting something for 9/11 on their logo is going do any harm or any good. It's not up to Google to remind us of today it's up to us to remember.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='StColette' post='1653124' date='Sep 11 2008, 07:04 PM']And I did a search about Google logo and Veterans Day. They did something that day. The had the red poppy flowers as one of the o's. The red poppies actually bloomed across many of the battlefields during WWI, which is why the salvation army uses the red poppy as a symbol around Veterans day.[/quote]
And why I try to wear a poppy pinned to my coat. Mine wore out, so I'll have to wait until October/November when they start selling them everywhere again.

[StColette]

[quote name='pan!c139' post='1653131' date='Sep 11 2008, 02:08 PM']They should still do something at least a little bit in remembrance - they look like they're the only ones who don't care. [/quote]

Again Yahoo, Ask.com, AltaVista, etc. don't have anything on their main search screens either. So it's not like Google is the only one not doing anything.

[StColette]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' post='1653135' date='Sep 11 2008, 02:10 PM']And why I try to wear a poppy pinned to my coat. Mine wore out, so I'll have to wait until October/November when they start selling them everywhere again.[/quote]

I get one every year on my birthday, which is Veterans Day