Google has taken the unusual step of apologizing for its search results. But only, it seems, for results obtained by searching on the word “Jew,” the results for which have been deemed offensive.

Linked from the top result obtained by searching the word “Jew” by a link entitled “Offensive Search Results,” the apology starts off by saying “An explanation of our search results - If you recently used Google to search for the word “Jew,” you may have seen results that were very disturbing. We assure you that the views expressed by the sites in your results are not in any way endorsed by Google. We’d like to explain why you’re seeing these results when you conduct this search.”

Aunty found this entire thing a bit odd. Why should Google apologize for its search results? I mean, isn’t that what they… you know… do? Return search results? And why for the search results for “Jew,” but not for the search results for other words that may be taken as either epithet or endearment, like “fag” or even, gasp… the N-word? (Or… hey… “spammer.”)

Well, with a bit more digging, there are three things…

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