RE: [LINK] RFI: McDonalds Franchises and [Non-]War

From: Ash Nallawalla (ash@melbpc.org.au)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 22:03:08 EST

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> From: Roger Clarke

> Can anyone run this epithet to ground for me?
>
> 'No two countries that both have a McDonalds have ever gone to war'.

India and Pakistan both have McDonald's.

Had the original writer said "subsequently gone to war" the situation might
be different for those two countries, as Pakistan got its franchise in 1998.
(Skirmishes don't count).

- Ash

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