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Yahoo gets festive today for Cinco de Mayo, while Google snubs the Mexican holiday for the seventh year running:
Olé, Olé, the Fifth of May.
Nothing on the American site...
...or on Google Mexico. ¿Dónde está el amor, Google?
This despite Google's previous celebration of Canada Day, the Chinese New Year, the Persian New Year, Bastille Day, Korean Liberation Day, Swiss National Day, and St. George's Day. So of course, someone started a boycott. Sensationalistic AP article in 5...4...3...2...
Yahoo [Home page]
Google [Home page]
Google Holiday Logos [Google]
Cinco de Mayo [Google Groups]
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Of course. It's not a secret that Google has been known as a silver-spooned Stanford-elitist bunch. Do they even *know* what Cinco de Mayo is?
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DOH.
5 de mayo is not widely celebrated in Mexico... it's mostly a US-corporate invention to sell more buckets or coronitas and jose cuervo margaritas however- it was celebrated at google. there was a mexican ska band (firme), authentic mexican food, and margaritas
They probably didn't celebrate Cinco de Mayo because it's nothing more than a day to drink beer. It has very little to do with Mexican pride or winning a battle, and Mexico doesn't even celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which is a dead giveaway that it isn't important. It's an excuse to drink, nothing more.
Why does Google have to "celebrate" any of these occasions? The French getting their asses kicked is nothing new, so what's the big deal...
5th May 1862 did not impact the US in any way, shape or form.
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