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Re:Google changes Palestinian location from 'Territories' to... by dragonwriter on Friday May 03, 2013 @02:51PM (#5651878)
> I don't think companies should take a stance on political issues, which is what Google is doing here.

Every possible choice of wording for anything having to do with the area of land bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt involves taking a stance on a contentious political issue.

I don't think corporations (or anyone else) should avoid making such choices because they inherently require taking such a stance, nor do I think that they should avoid changing such choices because of that.

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Re:Google changes Palestinian location from 'Territories' to... by minopret on Friday May 03, 2013 @03:14PM (#5652038)
My maps show Lebanon with Syria to the north and east, the Mediterranean Sea to the west. I imagine yours do also.
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Re:Google changes Palestinian location from 'Territories' to... by dragonwriter on Friday May 03, 2013 @04:16PM (#5652374)
Yeah, yeah.

Edited: Turkey -> Lebanon

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Re:Google changes Palestinian location from 'Territories' to... by stevoski on Friday May 03, 2013 @05:58PM (#5652891)
Even those bordering countries/areas are unclear. cf Golan Heights (which resulted in Facebook being banned by the Syrian government); and the dispute between Lebanon and Israel on maritime borders.

Talk about messy...

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