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.
hummingbird - guilty - promised I'd stop that, but here I go, again!
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I’m very mindful of what day it is on April 1, but I’m still enjoying your thread immensely, my dear friend.
Worry not.
Great, I was afraid it was associated with the cheezeburger site and it is. All those poor cats seeing bad art, what to do? I need to get a grant to study this, won’t take more than a decade to finish my report.
Just curious, because I hear this “hate Microsoft” all the time, could someone tell me what Microsoft has done that Jobs and Apple have not done in spades? Why is Microsoft hated and Apple revered?
no-to-illegals, it sounds funny, but where can I find the backstory on a "raging monkey"!
hummingbird
Go look now.
I expect my Thai Favors now.
LOL
I have a raging monkey.
Which is another way to say.... something.....
Only I don't view myself as magnificent.
It would be much more appropriate to shake your fist and yell, "LAZ, YOU INSIGNIFICANT BASTARD!!!"
*snicker*
no pictures Laz of the monkey with certain information best left to the imagination.
I take this to mean that this is a joke, that there was no apology from Google?
Actually, I thought it was a joke from the headline, because good Democrats never apologize in the first place.
-PJ
They did it on purpose, knowing Christians would be upset, and then they would pretend to be sorry. I mean, seriously, it is just to much of a coincidence that C. Chavez's pic was there on Easter. If, instead, they had done something that represented Spring, or even selected any other person to honor, not one so associated with Socialism...I would accept that, as they say, their policy was not to celebrate any religious holidays. But the selection of Chavez's picture, and having it appear on Easter Sunday, was planned.
Also, I think this was done in response to the popularity of the TV series "The Bible." The secularists just cannot stand that so many are watching that and have religious beliefs. They are doing all they can to end any display of religion anywhere in the U.S.
There is a pattern starting in America...it is called - do something offensive, on purpose, then follow with an "apology" to try and make people believe what was done was a mistake. It is happening all too often. Not swallowing it.
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Would you put me, hummingbird on #1 - I'm feeling sassy!
But, if not, can I be last?!!
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Internet geek stuff is not my thing........
Nope. TheOldLady will death-cagematch you for that position.
And the monkey ain't talking!
You got GOT. :)
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