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>Not to be that guy - but why should the brazilian-peruvian group have gotten it instead?

News flash: You're being that guy.

They have a far more legitimate claim because they administer the majority of the geological zone known as the Amazon Basin, and have since long before Amazon the company was a twinkle in Bezos' eye?

I mean... I'm hoping you were being tongue-in-cheek... Nowadays it seems to be getting more difficult to separate the jokers from those who just haven't quite thought through things long enough before posting.

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akerl_6y ago

Notably, it’s not called “the Amazon Basin” to the people who live there (given that English is not their primary language).

walrus016y ago

You may be talking about the indigenous languages of the region, but the whole region is literally called "Amazonas" in Spanish and Portuguese.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amazonas

privateSFacct6y ago

The word Amazon is an English word from Latin from Greek. It goes WAY back before peruvian groups were calling the Amazon the Amazon.

Secondly, the idea that peruvian groups called the Río Marañón and Rio Solimões the Amazon before it was called the Amazon in english seems a bit unlikely.

salawatOP6y ago

Given the tech world seems to have centralized around English as the lingua franca as it were, I believe this argument can be safely dismissed.

Further, if they didn't want it, they were free to not contest it. They contested it. Given the circumstances, I see no leg to stand on to deny a more legitimate claim being held by Peruvians.

ailideex6y ago

> Further, if they didn't want it, they were free to not contest it. They contested it. Given the circumstances, I see no leg to stand on to deny a more legitimate claim being held by Peruvians.

I'm not sure I see why someone contesting it makes them have a valid claim.

ailideex6y ago

> They have a far more legitimate claim because they administer the majority of the geological zone known as the Amazon Basin, and have since long before Amazon the company was a twinkle in Bezos' eye?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/25/amazon_domain_kindl...

> And this week, we got to see the end result of those negotiations. According to a letter [PDF] sent by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization's (ACTO) – which has been in talks with the mega-corporation for more than a year - Amazon offered to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Cooperation_Treaty_Orga...

> Established 1995

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)

> July 5, 1994;

Got them beat by at least some months ...

kabwj6y ago

Someone who disagrees with you is either a joker or someone who hasn’t thought through things long enough.

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akerl_6y ago

Notably, it’s not called “the Amazon Basin” to the people who live there (given that English is not their primary language).

walrus016y ago

You may be talking about the indigenous languages of the region, but the whole region is literally called "Amazonas" in Spanish and Portuguese.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amazonas

privateSFacct6y ago

The word Amazon is an English word from Latin from Greek. It goes WAY back before peruvian groups were calling the Amazon the Amazon.

Secondly, the idea that peruvian groups called the Río Marañón and Rio Solimões the Amazon before it was called the Amazon in english seems a bit unlikely.

salawatOP6y ago

Given the tech world seems to have centralized around English as the lingua franca as it were, I believe this argument can be safely dismissed.

Further, if they didn't want it, they were free to not contest it. They contested it. Given the circumstances, I see no leg to stand on to deny a more legitimate claim being held by Peruvians.

ailideex6y ago

> Further, if they didn't want it, they were free to not contest it. They contested it. Given the circumstances, I see no leg to stand on to deny a more legitimate claim being held by Peruvians.

I'm not sure I see why someone contesting it makes them have a valid claim.

ailideex6y ago

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/25/amazon_domain_kindl...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Cooperation_Treaty_Orga...

> Established 1995

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)

> July 5, 1994;

Got them beat by at least some months ...

kabwj6y ago

Someone who disagrees with you is either a joker or someone who hasn’t thought through things long enough.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse