January 27, 2006

A Tale of Two Googles

Google Image Search, USA:

A search for 'tiananmen' returns a page of imagery from the crackdown after the pro-democracy protests of 1989

Google Image Search, China:

A search for 'tiananmen' returns a total absence of pictures of tanks

(Idea via Brett)

Posted to nerd at January 27, 2006 04:24 PM
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What must be done.. must be done...

Posted by: Ivan Minic at February 5, 2006 11:09 PM (#link)

I can imagine that Germany would like to do the same with WW2 and the Holocaust.

-"This pamphlet doesn’t have any information on events between 1939 and 1945."
-"Nozhing happened zhen! Everyone went on vacation, end of story, next question!"

Posted by: Hudson Pridham at February 11, 2006 09:30 PM (#link)

Hudson: Why do you say that? Germany's been really good about recognising the events of the second world war. While I'm sure it's something they'd _like_ to be able to forget, they've shown no inclination to want to take the easy way out. Most of the hardcore Holocaust denial seems to come from outside Germany.

Posted by: Charles Miller at February 12, 2006 08:10 AM (#link)
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