On 4/24/06, Arik Baratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/24/06, Yonah Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Google is a bunch of Anti-Semites. You can read the details on my blog: > > > > http://www.yonahruss.com/2006/04/google-supports-terrorism.html > > I do believe, Yonah, that you might be jumping to conclusions here. In > fact, I think what you have written above is calumniatory, defamatory, > denigratory, libellous and slanderous. Had I been Google I would have > sued you for that.
It's a good thing you aren't Google ;) > > > I suggest everyone write an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > complaining about this injustice. > > Here is a sample email for your use: > > ----------------------------------------- > > To whom it may concern, > > To Google Analytics Support > > > It has been brought to my attention that Google, much like Hamas, > > refuses to recognize the Sovereign State of Israel. I find this deeply > > disturbing, especially in light of the fact that countries like Iran, > > Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Korea (the likes of which threaten the > > existence millions on a daily basis) are listed in your Analytics > > service without prejudice > > This is a demagogic statement, meant to illogicaly tie Google to the > Hammas. You took one fact - that Israel's time zone is missing - and > built a mountain of logically inconguant statements that cannot be > proven or even strongly tied to the original fact. This is not meant to tie Google to the Hammas- it's meant to say that not including Israel in the list of Countries (yes the name of the field is "timezone, country, or territory" so I guess Israel doesn't even merit a timezone or a territory when placed next to the PA) is a gross oversight to the point of being insulting. Even more than that- since several people have informed me that in the not-to-distant past, when they signed up for analytics, Israel was included, I must believe that Israel was removed from the list on purpose. Which makes it alot harder to believe that this was an oversight as opposed to a policy decision. > You completely > ignore mitigating factors - like the existence of google.co.il, of > news.google.co.il, the Hebrew interface language and the Hebrew > language translation project, and the fact that they have an office in > Israel and hiring Israelis. Oh, don't let reality get in your way to > righteousness. I don't ignore them. They just don't make a difference to me. The fact that Israel is not on the list while "palestinian territory" is insults me regardless of the fact that there is a google.co.il which I never use or the fact that google is willing to hire Israelis when it suits them and insult them when it suits them. If I worked for google in Israel, I would likely have quit after seeing this. > > Please correct this immediately and may I suggest that a public > > apology to Israel and the Jewish people would be appropriate. > > That's rich, considering you send your email messages from GMail (yes > I checked the headers) and use their Analytics service. Actually I don't use their analytics service- I do use GMail, and even Blogger to publish my blog. As I wrote in the "sample email" I will wait for a response before I choose to boycott services other than analytics. > > If this goes uncorrected, I'm afraid I will have to boycott Google's > > services. > > Were I Google I would have closed all your accounts after that email. > But I think that they will follow Hanlon's Razor [1], which you should > have followed when you discovered that missing timezone: > > - Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity. If it was a mistake, then I'm sure google will make a public apology. Unfortunately, I doubt it was a mistake. yonah > > -- Arik > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_Razor > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
