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

From: Danny Yee (danny@anatomy.usyd.edu.au)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 22:47:12 EST

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> > 'No two countries that both have a McDonalds have ever gone to war'.

Ash Nallawalla wrote:
> India and Pakistan both have McDonald's.

I'm sure Argentina must have had McDonalds before the Falklands War
happened.

> 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).

Actually declaring war is rather out of fashion these days.

Danny.

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