Google Remembers 9/11 By Doing Nothing

[Barbarus]

I'm not bothered by it at all. Sometimes a moment of silence is a more fitting reminder than a kitschy logo enhancement. That is more fitting for a celebration than a memorial.

Besides, it's not as though we have some sort of positive visual image associated with 9-11. The visual in my head associated with 9-11 is not one I'd want to see on the google homepage.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='Barbarus' post='1653140' date='Sep 11 2008, 07:12 PM']Besides, it's not as though we have some sort of positive visual image associated with 9-11. The visual in my head associated with 9-11 is not one I'd want to see on the google homepage.[/quote]
Yeah, that's a good point.

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='StColette' post='1653118' date='Sep 11 2008, 12:51 PM']I'm not particularly bothered by this. I don't expect every business or corporation to do something in honor of 9/11.[/quote]

i agree

[pan!c139]

[quote name='StColette' post='1653137' date='Sep 11 2008, 12:10 PM']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.[/quote]


That's true.

[dUSt]

I'm still mad at Google for stealing phatmass' ad click revenue without ever giving me a human response as to why.

[T-Bone _]

Because they thought they could spend it better than you?

[pan!c139]

THEY DID WHAT?!?!?!

*pouts*

[SpareTime]

I think google did the right thing. I mean, can you imagine if google had turned the two O's into the twin towers with a plane flying into them? People would have been OUTRAGED at the insensitivity.

[knightec]

Maybe google couldnt find a way that they felt was respectful enough to honor those lost on 9/11.

[BG45]

[quote name='Barbarus' post='1653140' date='Sep 11 2008, 03:12 PM']I'm not bothered by it at all. Sometimes a moment of silence is a more fitting reminder than a kitschy logo enhancement. That is more fitting for a celebration than a memorial.

Besides, it's not as though we have some sort of positive visual image associated with 9-11. The visual in my head associated with 9-11 is not one I'd want to see on the google homepage.[/quote]

Agreed. Like SpareTime said, I'd be outraged if I saw the Os as Twin Towers being hit. I can't think of a respectful image at all.

Edited September 11, 2008 by BG45

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='T-Bone _' post='1653125' date='Sep 11 2008, 09:05 PM']Except Google does special things for everything else under the sun...[/quote]

Does Google do anything for Sinterklaas?

[Noel's angel]

I don't recall google ever doing anything for all the people killed in the troubles. I don't think they had anything for the anniversary of the Omagh bomb, but so what? It's not really their job.

[Excelsior1027]

[quote name='BG45' post='1653226' date='Sep 11 2008, 03:20 PM']Agreed. Like SpareTime said, I'd be outraged if I saw the Os as Twin Towers being hit. I can't think of a respectful image at all.[/quote]
Um, how about this:

[img]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9813/2848813736b556c69ef7pk5.jpg[/img]

I know, I know, we've established that Google isn't required to do anything about it anyway, so at this point I'm only posting this for the sake of argument.

[rizz_loves_jesus]

... What about an American flag? They could have done [i]something.[/i]

Edited September 11, 2008 by rizz_loves_jesus

[Lounge Daddy]

[quote name='prose' post='1653115' date='Sep 11 2008, 01:41 PM']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?[/quote]
They have specially designed home pages for users from different countries. Different users from around the world see different content.


Nice that they had a "lights out" page for a man-made global warming activist day. But nothing for 9/11.