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- Google is a perfect example of the banality of evil.
- [dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947
- Don’t do evil…by dotcoma
- This is a good moment to remind everyone that the USA is not "America". Not even North America. Just a part of it.by carra
- It's not so bad. Schoolchildren merely have to change the acronym they use to memorize the Great Lakes from HOMES to SHAME.
Edit: It seems others have figured this out before I did.
- I think this is a great startup idea and unique opportunity - create Google Maps competitor on promise to have Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico named correctly, along with a promise to ignore other possible renamings in future. :)
- Inside the US. In the rest of the world, it shows the correct name.by whh
- While they show Lake Ontario (Lake America) in the rest of the world, I would like to suggest that they apply a more patronizing treatment to the alias:
Lake Ontario ("Lake America")
The quotes add a certain.. je ne sais quoi.
I think overall it's not Google's job to decide the names of things. Half of America voted for the circus, enjoy!
by lwansbrough