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Known to acknowledge obscure holidays Google seems to have forgotten the flag the flies over it's multi-million dollar empire. Read article: Google Ignores Flag Day, while rival Microsoft celebrates | ...
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    csaanv is offline Senior Member
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    Default Google Disses Flag Day

    Known to acknowledge obscure holidays Google seems to have forgotten the flag the flies over it's multi-million dollar empire.

    Read article: Google Ignores Flag Day, while rival Microsoft celebrates | Fox News

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    Default Re: Google Disses Flag Day

    For a moment, I also wondered why Google didn't have a Flag Day doodle. Then, I did a Google News search for articles and reports about flags. After that, I didn't wonder so much. I've read numerous articles like these:
    Local veterans upset over McDonald's flag | JCFLORIDAN
    McDonald's will not take down its flag | JCFLORIDAN
    American Flag Wall of Shame

    Which deal with issues brought up in several threads in this forum:
    US Flag and Compnay Flags on the Same Flag Pole
    What can fly on the same pole with the US Flag?
    American Flag and restaurant flag flown on same halyard?

    For Google, I can't help but think it's like the "Kobayashi Maru." It's a no-win situation. If Google doesn't use a flag in a doodle, it is accused of ignoring the holiday. If Google does use the flag in a doodle, then some veterans group or Flag Code martinet will accuse Google of violating the provisions of the Flag Code which deal with text over the flag and use of the flag in advertisements.

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