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What3Words are offensive
Never mind that what3words has real technical, logistical, practical limitations... Let's look at some of the dark, libellous, illegal and/or downright offensive combinations of /// addressess that their word lists can result in:
* https://what3words.com/mistakes.cost.lives
* https://what3words.com/troll.under.bridge
* https://what3words.com/burn.that.school
* https://what3words.com/lorry.catches.fire
* https://what3words.com/shank.that.police
* https://what3words.com/hang.puppy.quick
* https://what3words.com/master.whips.slave
* https://what3words.com/bullets.into.head
* https://what3words.com/hung.from.tree
* https://what3words.com/females.escape.kitchen
* https://what3words.com/tomb.this.school
* https://what3words.com/rent.this.school
* https://what3words.com/cuts.down.trees
* https://what3words.com/drain.that.lake
* https://what3words.com/farmer.keeps.slave
* https://what3words.com/salt.that.field
* https://what3words.com/melt.that.tower
* https://what3words.com/shut.them.down
* https://what3words.com/sunk.that.ship
* https://what3words.com/prime.pays.badly
* https://what3words.com/cars.crash.quick
* https://what3words.com/badly.touched.dogs
* https://what3words.com/unfed.school.pupils
* https://what3words.com/stop.ladles.working
* https://what3words.com/rent.police.officers
* https://what3words.com/life.less.kitten
* https://what3words.com/drank.bleach.neat
May be one of the few occasions where I'd encourage our American friends, to "do their own research" and then sign on to a frivolous law suit to shut it down.
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