Google Doodle of Caesar Chavez Lays an (Easter) Egg

WaltC said:
No doubt Chavez not only didn't celebrate Easter but wouldn't have been able to describe the holiday with any accuracy had he been asked.

Once again Google drowns us in ignorance--it's really too darn bad as the Internet is full of such nonsense
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yeah, those darn Roman Catholics and their ignorance of Easter

ROFL
 
All this hate for Jesus and Christians. He must have really been a evil guy.:eek:

I gotta read that bible sometime.
 
ravx25 said:
It was still a sorry move by Google. Celebrate the day as a religious day or the just the straight holiday it is, it eclipses this sole man's birthday. Not that I believe in all the religious stuff, but I'm fairly sick of the minority groups getting a say in what happens to the majority groups in this country. Change isn't made on the back of slander, but on truths and faith. Everyone has faith, even agnostics.
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As someone has said, Easter doodle hasn't exist for more than a decade now. Why is this a problem now? It's not about picking that guy over Easter, because Easter doodle doesn't even exist to begin with. IIRC, Google don't do religious holidays anymore.
 
Well as we continue to see the moral decline of the USA what do you expect.
 
UrielDagda said:
I just thought it was funny because it was fun to see the same people who say "they're a corporation they can do whatever they want" otherwise, would have a complete and utter meltdown about how evil they are not to have some huge flowery celebration for their Christian holiday, lol.
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ouch
 
Hmmm fake dead socialist or real dead socialist. This is a tough decision.
 
ramrod126 said:
Easter eggs, and the rabbits, are a hold over from the pagan holiday Ishtar. Christianity hijacked the date of ishtar for the easter celebration. Ishtar was the celebration of fertility (eggs) and sex/procreation (rabbits). Christians kept the symbols and the date but changed the fundamental reason for the holiday.

As for the google doodle. I could not give less of a shit.
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BS...making up shit aren't you? Ishtar is not a 'holiday' that occurs on a given date, but the actual name of the pagan love and war god Ishtar.

Easter is called the 'Pasch' or Pascha', which happened to occur near the date of the Jewish Passover and the Easter egg was used as a symbol of the empty tomb. Jesus gave the Passover meal a new meaning...the timing was under Jesus's control, not the Jews (which probably pissed off the Pharisees)
 
I initially didn't even think about the Easter aspect of it when I saw it. I just saw Cesar Chavez and thought that was bad enough.
 
BBA said:
BS...making up shit aren't you? Ishtar is not a 'holiday' that occurs on a given date, but the actual name of the pagan love and war god Ishtar.

Easter is called the 'Pasch' or Pascha', which happened to occur near the date of the Jewish Passover and the Easter egg was used as a symbol of the empty tomb. Jesus gave the Passover meal a new meaning...the timing was under Jesus's control, not the Jews (which probably pissed off the Pharisees)
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See, now there is no need for that. There are two different legends. One is of an actual goddess named Ishtar and one is of a holiday called Ishtar that celebrated the resurrection of Tammuz, believed to be the son of the moon-goddess(Ishtar) and sun god.

"Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made.
It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs. "

That quote is actually from a christian website...so you know, grain of salt and all that.

I suppose next you are going to tell me that christmas has nothing to do with saturnalia even though it has been "proven" that Jesus was supposedly born in the summer.
 
I'm no christian, but the christian bashing going on in this thread is instilling within me a reactionary desire to become one.

Dammit guys, stop being assholes; I don't want to be religious!
 
Kuraudo said:
I'm no christian, but the christian bashing going on in this thread is instilling within me a reactionary desire to become one.

Dammit guys, stop being assholes; I don't want to be religious!
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You don't have to be religious, just forgiven. Knock, and you will be answered. Ask, and you will receive. You just have to believe, pray for salvation, and not be an asshole. It's as easy as rolling off a sofa. As long as you mean it.
 
mope54 said:
as soon as a wingnut can explain to me the connection of easter eggs to Christ I'll begin to care about the rest of what falls out of their mouth on the topic
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Because eggs are symbols of life and rebirth even used as a literary device in films today, so the symbolism was adopted by some Europeans to help celebrate Easter.
 
Kuraudo said:
I'm no christian, but the christian bashing going on in this thread is instilling within me a reactionary desire to become one.
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Yep. Despite the fact that so many on here seem to be atheistic or agnostic, the fact of the matter is that millions of people around the world are Christian and for Google to honor Chavez is kind of a slap in the face. If there had been no doodle, it would have been better and people probably wouldn't have complained.
 
jpm100 said:
Because eggs are symbols of life and rebirth even used as a literary device in films today, so the symbolism was adopted by some Europeans to help celebrate Easter.
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Uh-huh, right. And what about rabbits, then?
 
all the nasty Christian bashing in this forum sounds alot like the foul drivel coming out of the mouths of the westbro babtist church funeral protestors. You both seem to take some pleasure spewing your own brand of poison. So what is next? you want christians to sit at the back of the bus, use seperate water fountains?
 
I expect this behavior of Google. The insulting part is the fact that it was a really shitty doodle. Had they made a little game or something like they do a lot of the time, then it wouldn't be as big of a deal. Had they not had a doodle at all it wouldn't have been a big deal. But to do a shitty doodle of someone of relative insignificance on an insignificant birthday on a day when a ton of people, many of whom are nonreligious, are still celebrating a holiday... is dumb.
 
I'm waiting to Microsoft to take this, run with it and do a new TV ad for Bing, focusing on this.
 
Hornet said:
As someone has said, Easter doodle hasn't exist for more than a decade now. Why is this a problem now? It's not about picking that guy over Easter, because Easter doodle doesn't even exist to begin with. IIRC, Google don't do religious holidays anymore.
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I will concede that in looking it over Google does indeed not provide doodles for religious holidays, but putting this doodle out on the same day as a significant holiday was still wrong. I don't take issue with Cesar Chavez at all, but for an insignificant birthday, it could have just been left alone to avoid any controversy at all.

Kuraudo said:
I'm no christian, but the christian bashing going on in this thread is instilling within me a reactionary desire to become one.
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Haven't you heard? That's the vogue thing to do now days! Christian bashing is where it's at. Because they are ALL like the Westboro Baptists. Now is a great time in the USA because you sir, as a minority group, can slander the majority group with absolutely no repercussions. You can affect what other people can and cannot do even though you might be vastly outnumbered. So let's hop on our high horses and lay waste to the Christians, white people, heterosexual people and any other majority group we can think of. We can force our opinions that matter only to the handful onto them all. If only it were this easy back in the middle ages!
 
Kuraudo said:
I'm no christian, but the christian bashing going on in this thread is instilling within me a reactionary desire to become one.
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as good a reason as any to embrace the invisible sky daddy
 
They should have just had a cartoon of a zombie Jesus ambling out of his tomb.. That would have at least recognized Easter, and pissed people off all at the same time!
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Right. Google missed a real opportunity there. They could have taken care of three events with one doodle - zombie Jesus looking like Caesar Chavez. Nice tie in for Christians, Chavez's birthday, and the season finale of the "The Walking Dead."
 
aireyc said:
But to do a shitty doodle of someone of relative insignificance on an insignificant birthday
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ravx25 said:
putting this doodle out on the same day as a significant holiday was still wrong. I don't take issue with Cesar Chavez at all, but for an insignificant birthday, it could have just been left alone to avoid any controversy at all.
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The two of you should crack a book open and actually read about the person you're calling insignificant and about the multi-state holiday that you're calling insignificant.
 
UrielDagda said:
I just thought it was funny because it was fun to see the same people who say "they're a corporation they can do whatever they want" otherwise, would have a complete and utter meltdown about how evil they are not to have some huge flowery celebration for their Christian holiday, lol.
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Ah, if only such a person actually existed.
 
The ironic thing is that Google often finds themselves on the receiving end of criticism over their doodles, primarily for dissing things that routinely are celebrated by the people in the country where Google was created (likely the ONLY country where it COULD have). Microsoft has taken to being the anti-Google in this regard.

If you search for Google doodle controversy, this is hardly the first one. They aren't particularly fond of celebrating things involving the military, despite the fact that the ultimate sacrifices people have made on their behalf allow them the freedom they have today.

And, yes, I'm quite sure Google expected the controversy. I just don't know how "intentional" it was. I don't doubt for a second that there are execs at Google that are just as bigoted about Christians as some people in this thread are.
 
mope54 said:
The two of you should crack a book open and actually read about the person you're calling insignificant and about the multi-state holiday that you're calling insignificant.
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Maybe you should learn to read things in context. I specifically stated I had no issue with the man himself and I know exactly what he did. What I did say was insignificant was this particular birthday. 86 is of no relevance for anything in this world to point it out. As someone previously stated, maybe if it were his 85th (which, to me, is still not near as significant as 75 or 100) birthday it would hold more relevance. I don't care if t was Abraham Lincoln or Benjamin Franklin. 86 is of no relevance.
 
McFry said:
Well since Easter is built around the premise of a fairy tale, I for one welcome Google actually celebrating something that really happened rather than some religious nonsense.
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That's your opinion and a minority one. In reality Google's penchant for celebrating leftists isn't exactly a secret. However, their 'safe' celebration of a politically correct dead Marxist labor activist is their right as a company to do, but let's not sugar coat what is really going on here shall we?
 
more than half of the world does not celebrate easter. why should the minority here get all angry when a corporate didn't "celebrate" their god?
 
mope54 said:
as soon as a wingnut can explain to me the connection of easter eggs to Christ I'll begin to care about the rest of what falls out of their mouth on the topic
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The Easter egg symbolizes the birth and resurrection of Christ, but it has been so secularized that it fosters a comment like yours. But painting hardboiled eggs predates Christianity. It's the representation of new life, birth, and renewal. Is that to wingnutty for you?
 
I wonder when Google is going to show the face of Mohammed in celebration of Ramadan?
 
not gonna lie, I skimmed the title and thought this was something about little caesars. now im hungry.
 
xX_Jack_Carver_Xx said:
Chavez is a real life American hero vs a fictional bible story that barely anyone can even agree on in specifics. Tough choice. :rolleyes::eek::p
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Get your facts straight please. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is a historical fact, not fiction. Please, take the time to find things out before you decide to say what is what.
 
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