Google Criticized as "Anti-American" for Tetris Logo

[The_Echo]

Google's part of the Internet. Where is the Internet? EVERYWHERE. Who was involved in Normandy? AMERICA AND EUROPE. Where does Tetris remain? EVERYWHERE.

It only makes absolute sense.

 

[Credge]

A war that divided the world < A game that transcends cultural divisions.

As iGoogle Quote Of The Day says (poignantly) today:

"Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons."
- Bertrand Russell

Is that quote supposed to tie in with WW2, because nothing about WW2 was trivial. It wasn't a war fought JUST 'CUZ.

 

[olicon]

Some people need to get a life... I'd prefer Tetris than 'Google' spelt out in dead bodies of people on a beach for fuck sake.

That would be a good compromise. Google, please do this next year.

 

[dumblydore16]

Ok Todd LEARN WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH 1.google is more used by techies then vets 2.if you think that its anti American your WROOOONG! 3.because other countries were in the war thats why its called WORLD WAR II not the nazi war or some shit like that 4. how were they gonna honor it spell google with dead bodys on a beach 5.its much better to remember something that has brought joy and happiness to children then oh i dont know HUNDREDS OF DEATHS

 

[Epifols]

That guy replied to me this

From: "Warner Todd Huston" <[email protected]>
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Thanks for the message. I love to see the old adage lived like you did. You know, the one that says "don't remain quiet and let people think you are an idiot. Speak up and prove it to them."

Have fun

 

[dumblydore16]

I accept American lives were taken, but if I remember my history correctly weren't they mainly British and Canadian?

No, actually. It was 946 Canadians, 2700 British, 6603 Americans.
http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm

In fact, more American soldiers died during WW2 than British soldiers because of fighting in the Pacific. More British people died in total though because of civilian casualties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#Casualties_by_country

And yes, I did just look up all of those statistics 30 seconds ago. I'm not that much of a history dork.

I worship your mastery of the search bar or typing im not sure which

 

[tkioz]

My grandfather's brother was an RAAF Airman who flew at D-Day, he hardly ever spoke about it, my grandfather himself who was in Asia during the war hardly ever spoke about the war himself.

When the 50th and 60th anniversary s rolled around there was a lot to be said about them, both here in Australia and overseas, but honestly, making a big deal over the logo on a website?

I myself could be called "Anti-American" and have in the past, but I don't consider myself one, I look at the issues objectively, I consider Americans decent people, I count some Americans as friends, but just because I don't agree with what their government is/has done on some issues and called them out on them, doesn't make me "Anti" anything, it makes me a friend.

When you friend does something you don't agree with, it is your duty as a mate to tell him! A friend isn't a yes man, a mate has your back, but not blindly.

The article posted disgusts me.

 

[Dalisclock]

I think D-Day has gotten it's fair share of attention over the last 60 years. I doubt celebrating tetris on google is hardly "unpatriotic".

 

[Lord Of Cyberia]

Conservative Columnists make me want to drop a comet into Earth and start over with Amoebas.
It is just pitiful how they call anyone, who doesn't wave flags all day and talk about how kickass the US is and how Europe is a bunch of losers HAWHAWHAW, "AntiAmerican". Sorry, it just REALLY irritates me.

 

[BGinsanity]

Ya know I always try to defend my fellow Americans saying "We arent all stupid!!" or "We arent not all assholes!!" but this..... man....god damnit its really hard to defend us when this shit pops up every two seconds.....

 

[tkioz]

The phrase "If you don't like my country, get out", makes sense. If you don't like someplace, don't fucking be there. For both common sense and the national defense. I wouldn't want people who didn't like my house in my house. They might break some thing or something of that class.

Hold on here, I'm from Australia and there are sure as hell some things I don't like about my country, and I'm well within my rights to work to change these things, I don't know how things are done in America as I don't know much about your laws other then what you see on TV shows, but it was my understanding that you had those same rights as well.

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

Hmm... I do think it's stupid that these journalists even brought the whole "anti-american" thing up. Don't deem all of America retarded because of some journalists. I'm American and live in the South for that matter and I find these journalists ridiculous(the whole media for that matter).

If you think about it though... D-Day was pretty important for the whole world... If America hadn't gotten involved in World War 2, a lot if not all of the world would be controlled by a fascist dictator. Or to put this bluntly, the Allied forces would have not won WW2 if America hadn't joined in. The Allies were getting their asses kicked.

But, being that Google is an international company. Technically, D-Day would be more important to commemorate BUT since it was a 65th anniversary, which isn't commonly celebrated, the 25th anniversary of Tetris appeared better to celebrate.

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

They just hating on Tetris because it's Russian.

 

[Bat Vader]

Some people need to get a life... I'd prefer Tetris than 'Google' spelt out in dead bodies of people on a beach for fuck sake.

That would be pretty cool though.

 

[Low Key]

I'm surprised Google didn't have at least the yellow ribbon on their homepage, but to get pissed off at something as trivial as this is asinine. And I'm a conservative.

 

[Neotericity]

So the Yanks were the only ones that died and fought in D-day well than, I have been taught wrong. Tetris is more positive anyways.

 

[lava_lamp]

*hides the fact im American*

 

[Ironhell]

even if google did use logos to memorialize amirican holidays, milestones, memorials, etc. they would still get heat for not being respectful of non-americans. its really a no win situation, and honestly another step in the decline of the world into socialism.