Google Criticized as "Anti-American" for Tetris Logo

[scotth266]

Gotta love the Anti-American sentiments that have popped up on this thread, all due to the actions of VUN UND PRECIZELY VUN person.

Erm... 65 is a unimportant number. 25 is much more impressive.

 

[Ghostkai]

*facepalm*

Pretty much sums up this article.

And also the person in this thread who said WWII could have been won in 5 seconds. Idiot.

 

[MasterSqueak]

This is why I get treated bad for being American...

 

[13lackfriday]

He further noted that while company representative Sunny Gettinger said in 2007 that the special logos "tend to be lighthearted and often scientific in nature," Google has in the past used poppies [http://www.legion.ca/Poppy/campaign_e.cfm] to mark Remembrance Day and honor the war dead of Canada, Australia, Ireland and the U.K.

Yeah, those were basically my thoughts...

Google tends to avoid more mature topics when it comes to commemoration with its homepage, predictably to avoid controversy and stay family-friendly.
But seeing as how they've found more roundabout ways to observe military holidays, it's a pretty huge failing of theirs' to ignore WW2, pretty much the "last great war" this country has fought.

 

[systhicsfg]

As said earlier "anti-American"? What about all the British and Canadian troops.
Just a little quote to educate everyone. I know it did for me on the sheer scale anyway:

On D-Day, the Allies landed around 156,000 troops in Normandy. The American forces landed numbered 73,000: 23,250 on Utah Beach, 34,250 on Omaha Beach, and 15,500 airborne troops. In the British and Canadian sector, 83,115 troops were landed (61,715 of them British): 24,970 on Gold Beach, 21,400 on Juno Beach, 28,845 on Sword Beach, and 7900 airborne troops.

11,590 aircraft were available to support the landings. On D-Day, Allied aircraft flew 14,674 sorties, and 127 were lost.

In the airborne landings on both flanks of the beaches, 2395 aircraft and 867 gliders of the RAF and USAAF were used on D-Day.

Operation Neptune involved huge naval forces, including 6939 vessels: 1213 naval combat ships, 4126 landing ships and landing craft, 736 ancillary craft and 864 merchant vessels. Some 195,700 personnel were assigned to Operation Neptune: 52,889 US, 112,824 British, and 4988 from other Allied countries.

By the end of 11 June (D + 5), 326,547 troops, 54,186 vehicles and 104,428 tons of supplies had been landed on the beaches.

And when people say ignorant comments such as "WTF is D-Day. Isn't that gay". I'm sure it is more important than a computer game even if it was a landmark. Thousands dying to stop a reign of terror spreading and basically ending a war that had already been going on for 5 years at this time... or a computer game... I hope you can see the winner.

ended? get real, man. the war was won by the soviets long ago on the eastern front. D-day is seen as important, but compared to many other operations (Barbarossa etc) it was small scale, and with relatively few losses

 

[FloodOne]

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.

Most people are to lazy to stand up and try to change anything in America.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Google's for the world, not just for America.
Why should they have to force America's holidays down everyone's throats?

 

[sabotstarr]

umm they aren't a strictly American company, so don't celebrate an American holiday that isn't an official holiday.

 

[SnowCold]

Meh, the tetris logo sucks anyways

 

[sneakypenguin]

I think it would of been a lot nicer if they would have at least acknowledged the service of those in the largest amphibious assault that lead to the (much quicker) downfall of a terroristic regime.

Hmmm one of the most significant if not the most battle of the 20th century or a computer game. I think i'll side with something that is actually significant in the grand scheme of things.

 

[systhicsfg]

stop saying D-Day is so significant! numerous other battles were far more important, unfortunately they were fought by the Russians. does this make them unimportant? do their sacrifices, their lives mean nothing, simply because they aren't American? you are as bad as them.

 

[megapenguinx]

Yay for someone being an asshat! Seriously, I'd rather have a nerdy celebration that everyone can partake in, rather than celebrate a day several people in the world would choose to forget.

 

[zahr]

Anonymous 06/07/09(Sun)21:37:28 No.4403838

>>4403781

> How does it feel knowing without America you would all be speaking German right now?

Irritating. I'm currently forking out 45 quid a fortnight for German lessons, which I wouldn't've had to bother with if the USA had minded its own business.

 

[sabotstarr]

stop saying D-Day is so significant! numerous other battles were far more important, unfortunately they were fought by the Russians. does this make them unimportant? do their sacrifices, their lives mean nothing, simply because they aren't American? you are as bad as them.

but the Americans opened that second front to relieve pressure on the Russians who then kicked the Germans Asses. What about that? But ya it still wasn't a very big battle in terms of actual fighting compared to other battles(the Bulge)

 

[Panzer_God]

God I wish I was Eurpoean right about now. Google's international and noone besides my great nation give a damn anymore abut D-Day.

 

[systhicsfg]

the Red Army was already pushing the Germans back strongly. the Germans never had a chance after Kursk, which was before d-day by quite some months. while d-day may have quickened the end of the war, it really wasn't hugely important other than in a symbolic manner. sure, less troops for the Russians to face, and more pressure form Stalin to get to Berlin first, but the ruskis were doing brilliantly of their own

 

[zahr]

I doubt America would have stepped in if Japan didn't provoke them, and I imagine if England or another Ally had provoked them, they'd have stepped in happily on the side of the Axis.

That said I don't really care which side won - if the Nazis had won, what of it? Even if they did end up setting an oppressive regime over the world (and there's no guarantee of that) we would have seen culture change anyways. Just like the oppressive Christian influence on America has been slowly wearing down over time.

And I have a feeling Russia would have taken them out anyways, given time.

tl;dr I don't thank america for joining the Allies.

 

[SilentHunter7]

Fucking American government. I like Americans, but I hate America if that makes sense.

It's not the government. It's blowhards with too much time on their hands, and access to public radio. Nothing to see here, move along.

 

[RicoADF]

Make's me really sad to be an American.

You do realise the D-Day landings we're done by other forces as well? I'm over the bloody American version, how about a tribute to the British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand etc troops that died? Sorry but seriously, google was atleast staying out of the topic, instead of picking sides or trying to cram them all in.

the Red Army was already pushing the Germans back strongly. the Germans never had a chance after Kursk, which was before d-day by quite some months

True, but even the soviets were calling for a 2nd front to get the Germans to spread their forces. Sure russia was winning, but they were paying dearly for it, atleast the Battle of Normandy gave some reprive for the soviets and allowed the other Allied nations to pitch in.