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"Lebanon"? Lebanon because it looks bombed out? Not really PC. Most non-PC naming by Americans since calling UBL "Geronimo"

martey 12y ago
Since a proximate meteorite is called Littleton, http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/mars/lebanon-meteorite-curiosity.html http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/mars/lebano... , my guess would be that both are named after towns in Colorado.
ceejayoz 12y ago
Or it could be named after one of the dozens of Lebanons in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_(disambiguation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_(disambiguation)
- shankysingh 12y ago
  Wow, so many cities with same name. Must give rise to loads of issues when geo-locating "Lebanon". I wonder how Google maps figures out which "lebanon" I searched for.
  - lbotos 12y ago
    I assume that it assumes based on your GeoIP location which to show first. (Guessing)
geetee 12y ago
It must be really depressing to find something offensive in the most mundane details.
- sliverstorm 12y ago
  Being offended gives some people a rush. He could just be an addict.
  - limsup 12y ago
    I'm offended you assumed the commenter is male.
    - ultimatedelman 12y ago
      I'm offended it was assumed the commenter was human.
    - sliverstorm 12y ago
      Take it up with English, and maybe while you're at it you can invent a gender-neutral pronoun better than "zhe" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented_pronouns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented...
      - eru 12y ago
        They?
        sliverstorm 12y ago
        At least in modern usage, "They" is flawed. For starters its plurality is ambiguous.
        dragonwriter 12y ago
        > At least in modern usage, "They" is flawed. For starters its plurality is ambiguous. In the cases where it is used in a gender-neutral but expressly singular sense, this is false. In cases where whether the number of the referent is ambiguous and might be either singular or plural, the use of the plural they has been acceptable longer, and has never been objected to even by the prescriptives who have tried (and are still trying, though their influence has waned somewhat from its late 19th Century height) to force generic he in place of singular they as part of their effort to impose Latin-inspired grammar rules on English.
hrttrht 12y ago
Or because lebanon balogna is so delicious.
fit2rule 12y ago
Being offended about what words are used to name things is exactly how war and other atrocities start. Get over it, and you take a step towards peace for the species.

martey 12y ago

Since a proximate meteorite is called Littleton, http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/mars/lebanon-meteorite-curiosity.html http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/mars/lebano... , my guess would be that both are named after towns in Colorado.

ceejayoz 12y ago

Or it could be named after one of the dozens of Lebanons in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_(disambiguation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_(disambiguation)

shankysingh 12y ago
Wow, so many cities with same name. Must give rise to loads of issues when geo-locating "Lebanon". I wonder how Google maps figures out which "lebanon" I searched for.
- lbotos 12y ago
  I assume that it assumes based on your GeoIP location which to show first. (Guessing)

geetee 12y ago

It must be really depressing to find something offensive in the most mundane details.

sliverstorm 12y ago
Being offended gives some people a rush. He could just be an addict.
- limsup 12y ago
  I'm offended you assumed the commenter is male.
  - ultimatedelman 12y ago
    I'm offended it was assumed the commenter was human.
  - sliverstorm 12y ago
    Take it up with English, and maybe while you're at it you can invent a gender-neutral pronoun better than "zhe" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented_pronouns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Invented...
    - eru 12y ago
      They?
      - sliverstorm 12y ago
        At least in modern usage, "They" is flawed. For starters its plurality is ambiguous.
        dragonwriter 12y ago
        > At least in modern usage, "They" is flawed. For starters its plurality is ambiguous. In the cases where it is used in a gender-neutral but expressly singular sense, this is false. In cases where whether the number of the referent is ambiguous and might be either singular or plural, the use of the plural they has been acceptable longer, and has never been objected to even by the prescriptives who have tried (and are still trying, though their influence has waned somewhat from its late 19th Century height) to force generic he in place of singular they as part of their effort to impose Latin-inspired grammar rules on English.

hrttrht 12y ago

Or because lebanon balogna is so delicious.

fit2rule 12y ago

Being offended about what words are used to name things is exactly how war and other atrocities start. Get over it, and you take a step towards peace for the species.