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Is it even possible to build a database of countries without making political statements? Taiwan is one example where you can either use the ISO database and pi
by gurkendoktor 14y ago
Is it even possible to build a database of countries without making political statements? Taiwan is one example where you can either use the ISO database and piss users off (and they will perceive it as a political statement), or you can make a change to the ISO database and make a political statement the other way around.
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- stevoski 14y agoIndeed, a database of countries is politically tough. IIRC, the Syrian government banned Facebook from Syria, because Golan Heights (occupied and annexed by Israel, but not recognised by most (or any?) other countries) was listed in Facebook as being in Israel.
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