Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.

• Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s not at all what you just said. Because it’s not renaming.

  I honestly don’t know how to make this any simpler to digest for you. The EO changes the way the Gulf of Mexico is referenced in official correspondence for the Federal Government. It does not change the name for anyone but the federal government. That’s not the same as renaming it. The US doesn’t own it and can’t rename it.

  Google is a Government contractor and is required to follow US policy to keep those contracts, which is why they’ve also changed it…

  Truly I can’t make it any simpler.

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  • JustARaccoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I said it renames the part the US controls, this argument of renaming the entire thing is a figment of your imagination, or you’re replying to the wrong message. Replace “renamed” with “named” in my sentence and then you have no leg to stand on. Your example is stupid, china is not “a part the US controls”, please do not engage in replying to my comments if you’re just going to strawman me.

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    • Xanza@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I said it renames the part the US controls

      Okay, and yet again (and for the last time) this is incorrect. It doesn’t rename anything.

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