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Iran Threatens Legal Action Against Google For Not Labeling Gulf 'Persian'
New submitter PantherSE writes with an article at CNN about the geopolitical importance of labeling, excerpting thus: "Iran has threatened legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf on its maps. 'Toying with modern technologies in political issues is among the new measures by the enemies against Iran, (and) in this regard, Google has been treated as a plaything,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Thursday, according to state-run Press TV. He added that 'omitting the name Persian Gulf is (like) playing with the feelings and realities of the Iranian nation.'"
Is the Persian Gulf unlabeled? Is it labeled "Gulf" (sounds stupid, but no reason for a lawsuit)? Is it labeled something else?
It's labeled Israeli Freedom Pond.
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No. Google is moving to a sponsorship system. It is now "The Persian Gulf, brought to you by Budweiser".
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Have gnu, will travel.
It's got a big banner that says, "Getting first post is more important than adding to the discussion".
But I'm sure you knew that already.
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In your case, there still is no English language at all.
[...] fighted against Persia [...] when there was not even English language at all.
Oh, yes </asshole-mode>
Upward mobility is a slippery slope - the higher you climb the more you show your ass.
My suggestion for Google,
Searches for "Persian Gulf" on Google.ir are going to return:
"Did you mean: 'How to violently overthrow an idiotic, oppressive regime'?"
Don't just game, Dungeoneer
Sorry that name was taken after my 10 year old's last pool party.
Makedonsky was nothing. Genghis Mongolovski was more greater. Guess who he fighted? The EVERYBODY! He maked Turks very pride, so now Persian jealous and not call it real name, Mongol Gulf.
your thin skin doesn't make me a troll
Better yet. Label it 'Persian Gulf' in Farsi, 'Arabian Gulf' in Arabic and 'Greater Israel Mega Fjord' in Hebrew.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Nah, it's because the proper pronuniciation of "Louisville" involves the omission of all of the vowels and most of the consonants. It's hard to come to a consensus on exactly which spelling will accurately reflect how the residents pronounce the name of their city.