Posted on 04/01/2013 6:19:42 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Google’s decision to mark Easter Sunday with a doodle of leftist icon Cesar Chavez atop its search engine angered some users in what they see as a snub of Jesus on the day Christians mark his resurrection.
However, Google executives offered quick apologies for the snub, issuing this statement: "We at Google honor Easter and are mortified that our Doodle of Chavez in any way upstaged this Holy Christian Holiday. We are reviewing the way Google Doodles are chosen on a go-forward basis."
The statement appeared to appease some high-profile Christian figures. "I'm not much of a fan of Google," remarked Cardinal Timothy Dolan, "but I appreciate their apology. It shows a sense of respect for Catholicism and Christianity."
The newly-elected Pope is expected to chime in to the controversy later today.
Google has created more than 1,000 doodles since 1998, when the concept was born when company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin altered the logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.
“Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists,” a Google website reads.
All the advantages of a Google search, and none of the surveillance disadvantages, plus you're not helping Google generate any revenue.
Dittum.
I recall - a bit - that there was a tribute of sorts for some ME holiday.
Guess I need to Google it - wait no! - ixquick it, or bing it.....
They knew exactly what they were doing with the snub - it was deliberate. They just didn't grasp the magnitude of the push back and their apology is a typical liberal non-apology.
I just went to Firefox and Bing
that snub was last stray
they do this all the time
run by a bunch of hipster prog freaks
and worse they stack lib orgs no question
I don’t give them credit, to me it is not that they did it that bothers them; more like they didn’t expect the backlash. More or less like many caught doing wrong; not sorry they did it, just sorry they got caught.
There is a search engine bar at the top of the browser beneath the tabs. Click on the left side button, and a drop-down menu will appear. At the bottom, click on “Manage Search Engines...” A small window will open that allows you to add or delete anything from the list of search engines.
The very first thing I do when I get a new computer is install Firefox and delete the Google search. Then I get Firefox’s ad-blocker add on that automatically blocks “Google analytics.”
“We at Google honor Easter and are mortified that our Doodle of Chavez in any way upstaged this Holy Christian Holiday. We are reviewing the way Google Doodles are chosen on a go-forward basis.”
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APRIL FOOL!!!
And, "he sure plays a mean pinball!"
Did I get ya?
Maybe you should get a Ping List together and put every single one of us that fell on this!
Maybe not......
Good one my friend.
Who is the ‘artist’ who creates these horrible drawings? I see them everywhere.
Ahhh, another one from the same ‘artist’ I must have missed it when I wrote to Laz.
Where are these things coming from?
However Socialism is a religion, where Man is god.
So the doodle was indeed religious.
Rage Comics.
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