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A country can specify use of an official name internally.
Which is not renaming. That’s not what that word means.
But a leader could tell the government that he runs to use it.
Yes, this is exactly what I’ve said. Trump spent tens of millions telling his own Government to change the designation of a location that we don’t own, and people suck his dick like he did something amazing. He quite literally wasted everyone’s time and money for nothing.
Even in the US, private organizations are not legally-required to call it “Gulf of America”.
This is incorrect. Google, a private organization is legally required to call it the Gulf of America because they’re a defense contractor.
It’s not that unusual for names to differ across countries.
This isn’t a difference in language. It’s been called the Gulf of Mexico globally since 1550. So for 475 years every single country in the world has called it by its proper name, and now, for no reason whatsoever, we call it something different. The sheer ignorance and stupidity of it is positively baffling–most of all because people pretend like it’s not a big deal.
Which is not renaming. That’s not what that word means.
Sure it is. It’s altering the name that the federal government uses – that’s a rename. It’s not renaming it from Mexico’s standpoint. There is absolutely nothing about “rename” that requires it specify what some other entity uses. Trump can rename the thing from the US government’s standpoint, and the Mexican government can rename it from their standpoint.
Google, a private organization is legally required to call it the Gulf of America because they’re a defense contractor.
Ah, fair enough, that might be true…though I suspect that that’s not true of what it does outside of government contracting. Not generally true of private stuff, though.
EDIT: No, I’m pretty sure that you’re incorrect. I can’t find reference to any ties to their contracting status, and Google’s saying that it’s their choice here:
The company said it has a “longstanding practice” of applying name changes when they have been “updated in official government sources” and for the U.S. that would be the names displayed by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
I quite literally don’t have the mental fortitude to fight with your incompetence. It absolutely amazes me that we live in a day and a time when people like you don’t understand what renaming something is. It makes me want to fucking cry–how we could have fallen so far as a civilization…
See my analogy about the school principal. I pray you’re smart enough to connect the dots, but I’m not holding out hope.
I can’t find reference to this, and Google’s saying that it’s their choice here:
Of course it’s their choice. In the same way that it’s your choice whether or not to pay taxes. That doesn’t mean there’s no consequences if you don’t.
Which is not renaming. That’s not what that word means.
Yes, this is exactly what I’ve said. Trump spent tens of millions telling his own Government to change the designation of a location that we don’t own, and people suck his dick like he did something amazing. He quite literally wasted everyone’s time and money for nothing.
This is incorrect. Google, a private organization is legally required to call it the Gulf of America because they’re a defense contractor.
This isn’t a difference in language. It’s been called the Gulf of Mexico globally since 1550. So for 475 years every single country in the world has called it by its proper name, and now, for no reason whatsoever, we call it something different. The sheer ignorance and stupidity of it is positively baffling–most of all because people pretend like it’s not a big deal.
Sure it is. It’s altering the name that the federal government uses – that’s a rename. It’s not renaming it from Mexico’s standpoint. There is absolutely nothing about “rename” that requires it specify what some other entity uses. Trump can rename the thing from the US government’s standpoint, and the Mexican government can rename it from their standpoint.
Ah, fair enough, that might be true…though I suspect that that’s not true of what it does outside of government contracting. Not generally true of private stuff, though.
EDIT: No, I’m pretty sure that you’re incorrect. I can’t find reference to any ties to their contracting status, and Google’s saying that it’s their choice here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/01/28/google-maps-will-show-gulf-of-america-and-mt-mckinley-to-us-users/
I quite literally don’t have the mental fortitude to fight with your incompetence. It absolutely amazes me that we live in a day and a time when people like you don’t understand what renaming something is. It makes me want to fucking cry–how we could have fallen so far as a civilization…
See my analogy about the school principal. I pray you’re smart enough to connect the dots, but I’m not holding out hope.
Of course it’s their choice. In the same way that it’s your choice whether or not to pay taxes. That doesn’t mean there’s no consequences if you don’t.