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The Google policy of using official government policy for naming places is reasonable exactly so they don't have to fight an internal civil war over every (dumb) move like this.

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This is exactly right. I'm not sure who should get to decide what the name of the gulf should be, but it shouldn't be Google.

"Don't Be Evil" was also once a Google policy.

The name change is stupid, but not sure how it could qualify as evil.

If Trump renamed it to like "The Gulf of Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" then sure, pick a fight. "Gulf of America" is a nothingburger.

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