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Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:02:22 AM   
Marc2b


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Go to the Google search engine.

Type in buddhism is and look at the suggestions in the drop box.

Erase that and now type in christianity is. Again, take note of the suggestions in the drop box.

Erase that and then type in islam is.

Huh?

Looks like somebody's afraid of something.

ETA: Also try judism is and atheism is. No problem getting suggestions for those.



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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:04:29 AM   
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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:07:29 AM   
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Has anyone else heard about this?

Go to the Google search engine.

Type in buddhism is and look at the suggestions in the drop box.

Erase that and now type in christianity is. Again, take note of the suggestions in the drop box.

Erase that and then type in islam is.

Huh?

Looks like somebody's afraid of something.



I'm going to need you to be more specific. I did those things and don't get what your talking about. It worked fine.


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:10:07 AM   
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i guess i don't know why the shock?


I’m not really shocked.

More like disappointed in how gutless some people can be.

“Oh me oh my. Let’s not upset the Muslims lest they blow us up or something.”


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:12:38 AM   
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i guess i don't know why the shock?


I’m not really shocked.

More like disappointed in how gutless some people can be.

“Oh me oh my. Let’s not upset the Muslims lest they blow us up or something.”


Given that the print media has no balls over that, why on Earth should Google be expected to show any?

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:14:33 AM   
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I'm going to need you to be more specific. I did those things and don't get what your talking about. It worked fine.


Type the word that I italici... ital... that I made slanty directly into the search box (you don't need to itla... make them slanty, I just did that to differentiate them from the rest of my comments). No quotation marks, no plus marks or anything else.

DO NOT HIT ENTER!

Just look at the suggestions that are in the drop box that appears.

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:19:42 AM   
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Given that the print media has no balls over that, why on Earth should Google be expected to show any?


Because if you allow yourself to be intimidated by the mere possibility of violence from some over sensitive, self rightous, dickheads, you can never be free.

Hell, it might not even be the possibility of violence, maybe they are just afraid of public critisim - of appearing politically incorrect.

Either way it's gutless.

And sad.

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:20:09 AM   
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Islam channel
Islamic bank of Britain
Islamic relief
Islamic finder
Islamic calendar 2009

To name a few, what do you get?


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:22:40 AM   
Icarys


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(in the pop down box)

Islam finder
Islam religion
Islam calendar
Islam calendar 2009
Islam holidays
Islam way
Islam art
Islamicway.com
and so on.

Unless I'm doing something wrong..I don't get it..Maybe it's not google and it's your browser that's limiting your search..Microsoft maybe?


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:25:55 AM   
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The suggestions in the drop down box are based on what other people look for per region I get:

Islam channel
Islamic bank of Britain
Islamic relief
Islamic finder
Islamic calendar 2009

To name a few, what do you get?


If I recall correctly, you're in Britian? I tried checking your profile but...

Perhaps the powers that be at the British version of Google aren't nearly as gutless as the American one.

That would be doubly dissapointing.

Anyway, here in America it appears, the phrase islam is provides ZERO sugestions unlike the one for other religions which include such suggestions as christianity (or judism, or buddhism) is bullshit, is not a religion...

ETA: are you typing in the word is after the word islam?

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:27:24 AM   
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I typed Islam.


Type: islam is

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:29:21 AM   
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Can you post what you get so we can flail our hands in disgust as well?


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:30:17 AM   
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'Is' alluding to Islam gets 86,900,000 results.

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:33:44 AM   
SL4V3M4YB3


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Now that is censorship because I get 'Portsmouth' and I know people aren't using the internet to find that.


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:36:29 AM   
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All I know is that when you type in christianity is you get several suggestions in the drop box starting with: christianity is bullshit.

buddhism is produces a top result of: buddhism is not a religion.

Similar results for the others EXCEPT for islam is... which causes the drop box to disappear.

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:39:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		ahh Now I see but perhaps nobody is typing that to find results?

Try putting in 'Muslims do' and you'll find more 'don't' than 'do' items, this system reflects what people search for.

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:40:46 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Marc2b

Maybe it's a regional thing, i dunno.

All I know is that when you type in christianity is you get several suggestions in the drop box starting with: christianity is bullshit.

buddhism is produces a top result of: buddhism is not a religion.

Similar results for the others EXCEPT for islam is... which causes the drop box to disappear.


Actually I get what your saying now.

Maybe it would be better if you were more specific in what you were eluding to.

Yes I guess it is censorship in a way but who searches like that anyway. It would seem that the majority of the findings would be either in praise of or against a certain thing.

Islam is awesome... or Islam is the devil. Maybe also Islam is helping others?


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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:44:50 AM   
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ahh Now I see but perhaps nobody is typing that to find results?


Given how cantakerous humanity can be, I seriously doubt that.

Besides, if you type in "islam is bullshit" WITH the quotation marks AND hit enter, you will get lots of hits.

The suggestions drop box is being censored.

Why, and what they hope to accomplish, I can't say with any certainty.

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 8:51:46 AM   
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http://www.google.com/trends?q=islam+is

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RE: Censorship at Google? - 1/13/2010 9:00:08 AM   
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That also produces no result.

Obviously the Google people are as afraid of us as they are of the Muslims.

(You know, I've always suspected Greedy of being a mad bomber).

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