[governance] And yet Google again: Online petition against GoogleMaps

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Strange... for us here in BR it had always been the Persian Gulf, and
continues to be so. How did this change happen?

--c.a.

Rui Correia wrote:
> One thing is for sure: good or bad, Google is getting more than its fair
> share of publicity!
> 
> We, the undersigned, through this letter, protest your irresponsible,
> unscientific actions, and demand an immediate and unconditional deletion
> of “Arabian Gulf” from Google Earth.
> 
> Arbitrarily designating the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf is an
> irresponsible violation of all historical and International standards
> and would undermine the integrity of Google Earth.
> 
> 1.197.422 signatures
> 
> http://www.petitiononline.com/sos02082/petition.html
> http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?sos02082
> 
> You can read about the naming dispute here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rui
> 
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> 
> Rui Correia
> Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant
> Angola Liaison Consultant
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> Horison
> Roodepoort-Johannesburg,
> South Africa
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Carlos A. Afonso
CGI.br (www.cgi.br)
Nupef (www.nupef.org.br)
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