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Google & Memorial Day

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:26 pm
by Sonny
Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.

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www.google.com

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Re: Google & Memorial Day

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:55 pm
by Hackalicious
Sonny wrote:Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.


They've never done one for Memorial day, Veteran's day, Christmas, Hanukkah, or Ramadan.

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

I don't think memorial day would fit into their theme of cutesy cartoon graphics.

But, let me guess. Liberal conspiracy, right?

Re: Google & Memorial Day

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 4:03 pm
by Sonny
Hackalicious wrote:They've never done one for Memorial day, Veteran's day, Christmas, Hanukkah, or Ramadan.

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

I don't think memorial day would fit into their theme of cutesy cartoon graphics.

But, let me guess. Liberal conspiracy, right?


But MLK, Jr day is OK a cutesy cartoon?

I guess to some -- Arthur Doyle's birthday is more important to recognize then Memorial Day.

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:00 pm
by OAKS
It looks like Thanksgiving and July 4th are the only holidays that are pretty exclusive to the US that I can see. Everything else seems to be pretty international.

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:01 pm
by bste_lax
I can't wait until No Pants Day gets one......

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:25 pm
by UofMLaxGoalie11
bste_lax wrote:I can't wait until No Pants Day gets one......

I have a few ideas for that one already...

PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2006 10:21 pm
by sohotrightnow
Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.


Jesus, did Bill O'Reilly log into your account today?

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:25 am
by Hackalicious
sohotrightnow wrote:
Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.


Jesus, did Bill O'Reilly log into your account today?


It's all part of the liberal media's war against memorial day.

My god, they've even gotten to USLIA.com!

What will the troops think when they check out the latest Eckerd College vs. Appalachian State photos and see that we've forgotten Memorial day?

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:52 am
by Lax_Stats
You should have gone to www.dogpile.com which combines google, yahoo search, msn search, & ask.com. They had their little doggie logo in front of the wall in Washington DC.

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:53 am
by Lax_Stats
sohotrightnow wrote:
Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.


Jesus, did Bill O'Reilly log into your account today?


Jesus???? Is the Savior now posting in this forum??? :shock:

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:12 am
by Sonny
OAKS wrote:It looks like Thanksgiving and July 4th are the only holidays that are pretty exclusive to the US that I can see. Everything else seems to be pretty international.


Well they found the time to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Korean Liberation Day, Canada Day, Bastille Day, Dragon Boat Festival, and several other holidays from other countries in years past.

Is it really that hard to display a simple US flag? (If I had an army of editors and graphic designers at my disposal, I think I could find the time....) Nah, the flag would probably offend someone. We couldn't have that.

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:34 am
by DanGenck
Hackalicious wrote:
sohotrightnow wrote:
Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.


Jesus, did Bill O'Reilly log into your account today?


It's all part of the liberal media's war against memorial day.

My god, they've even gotten to USLIA.com!

What will the troops think when they check out the latest Eckerd College vs. Appalachian State photos and see that we've forgotten Memorial day?


Won't somebody please think of the troops? (In my Helen Lovejoy voice...)

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:19 am
by Hackalicious
Sonny wrote:Is it really that hard to display a simple US flag? (If I had an army of editors and graphic designers at my disposal, I think I could find the time....) Nah, the flag would probably offend someone. We couldn't have that.


They display the flag on July 4th.

They also US display a flag motif all year round here: http://www.google.com/unclesam

So, there goes the "they're scared of offending someone" argument.

My take is that they stick exclusively to celebrations or honoring famous individuals (Arthur Conan Doyle, Motzart, MLK). The national holidays they've featured like the 4th of July and Bastille Day are celebrated as days of independence.

Not once have they ever put up a logo for a somber day of rememberance.

But I hear the Kazahkstanis are upset that they didn't put up a logo memorializing the Tishnek massacre.

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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:02 pm
by Joe Oakland
sohotrightnow wrote:
Google has a tradition of changing their logo to reflect "important" days. Apparently Memorial Day doesn’t make the cut.


Jesus, did Bill O'Reilly log into your account today?



that was hilarious

PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 3:27 pm
by Tim Whitehead
I would think that there are much more important things than this to get all up in a tizzy about...