Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Not in My Backyard

Without comment or judgement:

India and Pakistan are neighbors.  Neighbors with a bit of a property dispute, to say the least.  As one example of how seriously they take the conflict, in this week's The Economist, someone (probably government-related) opened your correspondent's copy and stamped in a disclaimer:

























When publishing the same article in The Hindustan Times, they change the map entirely so as to leave the disputed area out:
















Things certainly look different when you're not an ocean away.

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