Google Snubs American Vets

Discussion in 'Google' started by yaffer, Nov 11, 2006.

  1. paradoxic

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    #41
    They should realize this holiday, without remembering those who gave lives to protect US freedom their precious company wouldn't exist.
     
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  2. Ohene

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    #42
    Google is a publicly owned corp. They can do as they please. Don't like it? Don't use them, simple as that.
     
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  3. yaffer

    yaffer Active Member

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    #43
    Ohene, if you don't like what i have to post, then go to a different forum. That's pretty lame logic, no?
     
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  4. visio

    visio Well-Known Member

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    #44
    I agree. As individuals they vote and support our country the way they feel best but as a company I don't think it is a duty to do anything. Not making a logo doesn't mean there views have changed does it?
     
    visio, Nov 15, 2006 IP
  5. ladybiker

    ladybiker Peon

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    #45
    Honoring veterans, their service, and their sacrifice, is neither political nor religious, neither conservative nor liberal, and neither democratic nor republican. It does not honor only the troops who died from the war in Iraq. It honors veterans of all eras.
    For you Europeans who have professed hatred of Americans, our Veterans Day honors those who, with allies, liberated Europe and the world from Hitler and the Nazis in WWII. Have you forgotten them? It also honors all combatants from our own civil war, north and south. Veterans will be the first to tell you that war is a terrible thing.

    I am a flag-waving veteran and patriot who constantly published opposition to the plans to invade Iraq, spoke against the President, and opposed a protracted stay. Anyone who thinks far right conservatives have a monopoly on flag-waving, patriotism, and support of troops and veterans, does not understand. Waving the flag and supporting the troops and veterans is NOT a show of support for the politics or religious views of the present executive branch.
    I just wish there was a good reason to bring my flag out of half-mast. It has been at half-mast since 2004. Someone famous died,..I think it was the Pope, so the President ordered half-mast. I suppose the Pope was a good man. On that same day, four American soliders died in Iraq, yet the President made no mention of them. My flag is at half-mast for the many not-famous soldiers who are dying every day.
    Those troops are there because they were ordered there. Again, they do not make policy. I hold the policymakers responsible for failed policy and lack of planning. Not the troops.
    As for Google, I defend their freedom of expression, and do not read anything into a lack of display. If they are of the attitude that posting a flag would show support for policy they disagree with, they misunderstand the meaning of veterans day, as do some of the people reading this topic. No offense meant...I hope what I have written helps you to understand.
     
    ladybiker, Nov 16, 2006 IP
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  6. visio

    visio Well-Known Member

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    #46
    I am also a patriot of freedom and think very highly of those who thought in the world wars and over in iraq at this time(they aren't being treated right by our people. If we don't like the war we should still support OUR TROOPS)
    I agree with most of what you said. Good post!

    However I disagree in Bush. I hate some of things he does but he believes in this war and he does what he believes and even if that is wrong atleast he does it for a good reason. Other presidents like Kerry(ok only a wannabe), Gore(wanna be), Clinton and others I highly doubt the same could be said of.
     
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  7. nddb

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    #47
    Interesting question... And to all the people who are saying "I'm from X country, I don't care about America's Veteran's Day"... do you care about the rest of the holidays they change their logo for?

    http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html

    Why would a non us citizen care about the following :

    Independence Day - July 4
    Martin Luther King Day - January 16
    Thanksgiving - November 24
    Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday - June 8
    National Teacher Day - May 3
    National Library Week - April 10
    VOTE - November 2

    I mean, there's a lot of holidays they have put up that aren't international holidays. Why the uproar from the non-american folks over another?

    Not to mention, they obviously use geo-location. I'm sure they do different holidays on different sites. They could do a Veteran's Day graphic just for US IPs.

    Also, Independence Day (in many countries) was the end of a war, that was fought by soon-to-be veterans. Even if your opinion is that war is evil and unnecessary, in a lot of countries it took war or violent revolution for them to achieve their independence.

    Not to mention, that when they celebrate various religious holidays, then they are offending various religious groups... easy example is Christmas.

    kkibak,

    Hilarious, reminds me of when I moved from the northeast to the southeast, one of my teachers in the south told the class that people from up north never had eggs or bacon for breakfast. And that is within the same country, I can't imagine what you hear from Europeans... we should start some myths. We all carry guns and shoot at anyone who looks at us funny, welcome to America!
     
    nddb, Nov 16, 2006 IP
  8. nddb

    nddb Peon

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    #48
    It really doesn't have anything to do with it, but such is the state of America right now, pretty harshly divided.

    People will see it as political if they put up a logo, the leftists will see it as honoring war, which is evil, which connects to iraq, which means supporting bush.

    Others see it as political that they DON'T put up a logo, the righties, who see it as liberals snubbing veterans because they are leftists and therefore don't support the war or the president, and therefore hate veterans.

    It's basically everyone repeating the same tired lines they are fed by the leaders of their respective parties and of the political pundits connected to those parties. The Republican right calls the Democratic left communists, and the Democratic left calls the Republic right nazis and fascists. And the rest of us, the majority of us, are caught in the middle, in a place where you can't even have a conversation without someone getting upset.

    Regurgitation, it's what's for dinner.
     
    nddb, Nov 16, 2006 IP
  9. ladybiker

    ladybiker Peon

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    #49
    Let's have a Veterans Day logo making contest. We send the winning logo to Google, with a quick, simple, and polite suggestion that they remember to honor Veterans. I am no artist, but will volunteer to write the note.
     
    ladybiker, Nov 16, 2006 IP
  10. yaffer

    yaffer Active Member

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    i think a google logo with the flag raising at iwo jima in the background would be a great logo, but my graphic skills are limited. any creative types want to give that a try?
     
    yaffer, Nov 16, 2006 IP
  11. Design1

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    #51
    Perhaps we should create our own holidays. World Wide Web Holidays! Celebrate the greatness of all of our countries combined regardless of race and views.
    .. I'm still waiting for Webmaster Appreciation Day ;)
     
    Design1, Nov 16, 2006 IP
  12. Ohene

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    #52
    thats a horrible idea. Google will never have a logo celebrating war.
     
    Ohene, Nov 17, 2006 IP
  13. Turpentine

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    #53
    I think google can make an image for whatever it wants.
    veterans day is a pretty stupid holiday. can't we just put it all in the fourth?
    you know
    and call it america day.
     
    Turpentine, Nov 18, 2006 IP
  14. nddb

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    #54
    It's celebrating veterans. Hence the name "Veteran's Day". But hey, why read a whole thread?
     
    nddb, Nov 18, 2006 IP