Comments on: Google Hates the Troops!

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:03:49 +0000

National Review Online often changes their own logo to mark major holidays.

They did not for Memorial Day.

Jonah should really talk to the other editors at NRO before he starts pointing fingers elsewhere, I think.

By: Davebo

Davebo — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:07:21 +0000

Imagine Jonah blowing a gasket if Google had done a doodle showing the L replaced with a headstone.

But hey, when folks are desperate for a good old fashioned outrage nothing is really too trivial.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:15:15 +0000

Barry: The same technical glitch seven years in a row?

By: Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:48:52 +0000

Sounds more like a desperate flailing about for something to be pissed about than a real issue (like the War on Christmas).

And no one even considered the possibility of a technical glitch . . .

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:23:32 +0000

Now our dead soldiers have nothing to live for.

By: Pete_Bondurant

Pete_Bondurant — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:18:13 +0000

ask.com did something for Memorial Day on their site. Ever since I learned that Google was aiding the brutal Chinese government I have used ask.com. Give it a try. I see no difference between ask and google search wise.

By: DealBreaker.com

DealBreaker.com — Tue, 30 May 2006 12:54:16 +0000

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By: ticketplease

ticketplease — Tue, 30 May 2006 11:47:26 +0000

They don't "Do" Easter either

By: LJD

LJD — Tue, 30 May 2006 11:23:59 +0000

All assumptions aside...

Google is entitled to do whatever they want with their site.

However, it would be smart of them to devise some sort of not-so-cutesy, respectful logo to honor those who died making it possible for them to exist.

Persian New Year? WTF?

By: Danny Carlton -- alias "Jack Lewis"

Danny Carlton -- alias "Jack Lewis" — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:57:15 +0000

Google honors the memory of fallen soldiers...by ignoring them... Google's logo to honor the birthday of Louis Braille... Google's logo to honor Mozart's birthday... Google's logo to honor the......

By: Hellblazer

Hellblazer — Tue, 30 May 2006 02:50:52 +0000

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By: Hal

Hal — Tue, 30 May 2006 02:19:22 +0000

Yea, talk about PC. I thought the only saving grace of the Daddy party was the abhorrence of the PC police. Instead, what I find is that they are every bit as bad and quite whiny to boot.

My lord, what a sniveling bunch of hurt children.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 30 May 2006 00:55:26 +0000

Here go the PC police again! God forbid a company doesn't take EVERY single opportunity possible to honor the troops.

Sheesh. Get a grip. The whimsical logo explanation is most likely. Political correctness is annoying, no matter which side of the political spectrum it comes from.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Mon, 29 May 2006 22:26:05 +0000

You know, Google doodles are genrally whimsical and cute. I don't think Memorial Day lends itself to whimsical and cute.

I'd rather they left it alone, thanks.

By: carpeicthus

carpeicthus — Mon, 29 May 2006 21:58:26 +0000

Oh, for Pete's sakeâ�¦