By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Yesterday Iran threatened to sue Google.
From the Iranian point of view, the suit has great merit and touches upon a critical issue. It involves Iran's identity and her pride.
It is about her history and about her name.
In their Google Maps section, Google has renamed the peninsula that had once been called the Persian Gulf and Peninsula. They are now calling it the Arabian Gulf and Peninsula.
This battle over names has been an ongoing and fierce fight in the region. It was the cause the cancelation of the Pan Islamic games.
Arab countries in the region insist on calling the water and region the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula. Iran thinks otherwise.
The reality is that Google can call it whatever name it wants - provided it is an established name. And Iran has the right to block Google and Google Maps and prevent it from being received on Iranian computer networks.
But that is, to their chagrin, all the recourse available to the Iranians.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
Yesterday Iran threatened to sue Google.
From the Iranian point of view, the suit has great merit and touches upon a critical issue. It involves Iran's identity and her pride.
It is about her history and about her name.
In their Google Maps section, Google has renamed the peninsula that had once been called the Persian Gulf and Peninsula. They are now calling it the Arabian Gulf and Peninsula.
This battle over names has been an ongoing and fierce fight in the region. It was the cause the cancelation of the Pan Islamic games.
Arab countries in the region insist on calling the water and region the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula. Iran thinks otherwise.
The reality is that Google can call it whatever name it wants - provided it is an established name. And Iran has the right to block Google and Google Maps and prevent it from being received on Iranian computer networks.
But that is, to their chagrin, all the recourse available to the Iranians.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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