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Is Google trying to be Politically Correct ?

Is Google trying to be politically correct?

  • Yes, it's obvious they want to avoid a specifically Christmas image

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • It could be. I didn't see any Hanukkah ones either this year, come to think of it...

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • I doubt it, why would they do that?

    Votes: 5 26.3%

  • Some Athiest probably complained and Google caved.

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Total voters
    19
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This is Google's Christmas Day image.
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They don't even say Merry Christmas today, which is Christmas Day. They have an extremely bland, generic, and vague image.

Previously they've had really nice Christmas images for their homepage.

What do you think?
 
It seems to me that they have been becoming more so for about the past 5 years.
 
lizzie said:
It seems to me that they have been becoming more so for about the past 5 years.
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I used to enjoy their various images. They seemed to honor special holidays from various faiths.

This image is pathetic. I might change my search engine and drop them a note.
 
I think I don't care what they say. Happy Holidays works for me.
 
A spaceship and an upside down broken cross ..hmmm
 
I don't blame them for doing this. Google is a business and businesses need to cater to the largest demographic possible, especially on a global internet. Not everybody celebrates Christmas. For example, Jews don't but they celebrate Hannukah, and the Chinese don't because they generally aren't Christian.

It's not that they are trying to be politically correct; it's more that they are trying to connect with the widest demographics possible, so being generic generally helps in that.
 
samsmart said:
I don't blame them for doing this. Google is a business and businesses need to cater to the largest demographic possible, especially on a global internet. Not everybody celebrates Christmas. For example, Jews don't but they celebrate Hannukah, and the Chinese don't because they generally aren't Christian.

It's not that they are trying to be politically correct; it's more that they are trying to connect with the widest demographics possible, so being generic generally helps in that.
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They used to have images on Hanukkah, Ramadan, Chinese New Years, etc. I didn't mind Jewish or Muslim images. Now it seems they've decided to play it totally safe and avoid anything.

I find that sad. Are people that intolerant that they can't handle seeing images from various Holidays of various peoples?
 
MyOwnDrum said:
I used to enjoy their various images. They seemed to honor special holidays from various faiths.

This image is pathetic. I might change my search engine and drop them a note.
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The Bing search engine by the evil Microsoft is a pretty good one.;)
 
And they've done an about face on what was previously a Google tradition that helped build their company.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
They used to have images on Hanukkah, Ramadan, Chinese New Years, etc. I didn't mind Jewish or Muslim images. Now it seems they've decided to play it totally safe and avoid anything.

I find that sad. Are people that intolerant that they can't handle seeing images from various Holidays of various peoples?
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When you have religious Christians making an outcry over how a business that answers the phone with "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" and when you have non-Christians making an outcry over how a business that answers the phone with "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays," yeah, people are that intolerant of others.
 
samsmart said:
When you have religious Christians making an outcry over how a business that answers the phone with "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" and when you have non-Christians making an outcry over how a business that answers the phone with "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays," yeah, people are that intolerant of others.
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This is different than that. Previously Google honored all the holidays on their own day, now they are obviously afraid to go there. They didn't just honor Christmas, but had icons for Jewish and Muslim holidays on the days on which they occurred. Today is specifically Christmas Day, yet they are now afraid to honor that day like they previously did. They also used to honor Chanukah. I didn't see that this year.
 
samsmart said:
I don't blame them for doing this. Google is a business and businesses need to cater to the largest demographic possible, especially on a global internet. Not everybody celebrates Christmas. For example, Jews don't but they celebrate Hannukah, and the Chinese don't because they generally aren't Christian.

It's not that they are trying to be politically correct; it's more that they are trying to connect with the widest demographics possible, so being generic generally helps in that.
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That's just absurd. What a load. . .Google is showing more pathetic political correctness or more correctly political cowardice and idiocy. Not surprising as they are owned by gel haired, left-wing limp wristed nutless wonders.

Celebrating a federal holiday in their own country should hardly be seen as somehow not trying to connect with a wide audience or somehow an insult to foreigners.

This Google logo is a classic example of illiberalism. Illiberals think diversity and multiculturalism is always a good thing unless it has to do with celebrating America and its traditions. If it's about America then they bend over and grab ankle trying not to offeeeeeeend other people. It's laughable. :roll:

Google was founded by Americans, is an American company, and should have no problem celebrating one of the country's federal holidays. I don't expect foreign companies to strip their presence of any references to their nation's customs and traditions; I enjoy the cultural differences as the characteristics that make a nation what it is rather than some generic meaningless blankness.
 
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ScummyD said:
This Google logo is a classic example of illiberalism. Illiberals think diversity and multiculturalism is always a good thing unless it has to do with celebrating America and its traditions. If it's about America then they bend over and grab ankle trying not to offeeeeeeend other people. It's laughable. :roll:

Google was founded by Americans, is an American company, and should have no problem celebrating one of the country's federal holidays. I don't expect foreign companies to strip their presence of any references to their nation's customs and traditions; I enjoy the cultural differences as the characteristics that make a nation what it is rather than some generic meaningless blankness.
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Then why is Christmas a federal holiday but the days of Hannukah aren't?
 
I guess these are supposed to be Christmas cards? Eh, not one of my favorite of their logo changes, but, I can't see getting upset about it.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
I used to enjoy their various images. They seemed to honor special holidays from various faiths.

This image is pathetic. I might change my search engine and drop them a note.
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That's kinda shallow.... and you can strike out the kinda
 
MyOwnDrum said:
This is Google's Christmas Day image.
holiday09_5.gif


They don't even say Merry Christmas today, which is Christmas Day. They have an extremely bland, generic, and vague image.

Previously they've had really nice Christmas images for their homepage.

What do you think?
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I say good. I'm glad that they aren't pandering to those who celebrate a pagan roman holiday that didn't even originally have to do with Jesus' birth. They shouldn't have acknowledged Xmas at all IMO ;)

"Christmas is not Christian, from an evangelical Christian pastor"

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MyOwnDrum said:
They used to have images on Hanukkah, Ramadan, Chinese New Years, etc. I didn't mind Jewish or Muslim images. Now it seems they've decided to play it totally safe and avoid anything.

I find that sad. Are people that intolerant that they can't handle seeing images from various Holidays of various peoples?
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No...but apparently you are so intolerant that you can't handle NOT seeing images from your favored holiday, to the extent that you want to switch search engines over such a petty thing. 'Tis the season to be offended. :roll:

samsmart said:
When you have religious Christians making an outcry over how a business that answers the phone with "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" and when you have non-Christians making an outcry over how a business that answers the phone with "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays," yeah, people are that intolerant of others.
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I have never in my entire life encountered a non-Christian who got offended by "Merry Christmas."

ScummyD said:
Google was founded by Americans, is an American company, and should have no problem celebrating one of the country's federal holidays. I don't expect foreign companies to strip their presence of any references to their nation's customs and traditions; I enjoy the cultural differences as the characteristics that make a nation what it is rather than some generic meaningless blankness.
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Google is an online company, and as such they operate in MANY countries around the world. Not just the United States.
 
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MyOwnDrum said:
I find that sad. Are people that intolerant that they can't handle seeing images from various Holidays of various peoples?
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Yeah, pretty much. Have you not been reading DP for the last couple days?
 
ScummyD said:
That's just absurd. What a load. . .Google is showing more pathetic political correctness or more correctly political cowardice and idiocy. Not surprising as they are owned by gel haired, left-wing limp wristed nutless wonders.

Celebrating a federal holiday in their own country should hardly be seen as somehow not trying to connect with a wide audience or somehow an insult to foreigners.

This Google logo is a classic example of illiberalism. Illiberals think diversity and multiculturalism is always a good thing unless it has to do with celebrating America and its traditions. If it's about America then they bend over and grab ankle trying not to offeeeeeeend other people. It's laughable. :roll:

Google was founded by Americans, is an American company, and should have no problem celebrating one of the country's federal holidays. I don't expect foreign companies to strip their presence of any references to their nation's customs and traditions; I enjoy the cultural differences as the characteristics that make a nation what it is rather than some generic meaningless blankness.
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Only Google doesn't just cater to Americans. It caters to the 1-2 billion internet users around the globe. Money takes the driver's seat over "AMERICA! **** YEAH!".
 
samsmart said:
I don't blame them for doing this. Google is a business and businesses need to cater to the largest demographic possible, especially on a global internet. Not everybody celebrates Christmas. For example, Jews don't but they celebrate Hannukah, and the Chinese don't because they generally aren't Christian.

It's not that they are trying to be politically correct; it's more that they are trying to connect with the widest demographics possible, so being generic generally helps in that.
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well considering about 1/4-1/3 of the world claims christianity as their religion, so connecting to the widest demographic would probably be connecting to christianity
 
spud_meister said:
well considering about 1/4-1/3 of the world claims christianity as their religion, so connecting to the widest demographic would probably be connecting to christianity
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And they connected by putting pictures of things like snowmen and Christmas trees on their image. The only people who are offended by it are the crazies who demand that everyone else not only worship Jesus, but wear their faith on their sleeve as well.

Somehow I can't imagine Jesus getting pissed off that people wish each other Happy Holidays, or use pictures of snowmen and Christmas trees instead of him.
 
Hatuey said:
Only Google doesn't just cater to Americans. It caters to the 1-2 billion internet users around the globe. Money takes the driver's seat over "AMERICA! **** YEAH!".
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It's a corporation. Corporations aren't people and, with rare exceptions, don't belong to nations.
 
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