On 11/10/2007, Ilya Haykinson <haykinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Wikimedia's conferences are not meant to be places
where only people
who share your particular values attend. There are plenty of people
in different parts of the world who would not want to attend
conferences in the U.S. due to some commonly held perceptions of its
treatment of Muslims or people who look like Arabs, and the risks that
this carries to visitors. In fact, there are cases where people try
to hide their "Arab look" in order to avoid harassment in the U.S.
I don't think anyone has suggested that Wikimedia's conferences are
meant to be places where only people who share your particular values
attend. The point is that Wikimedia's conferences are meant to be
places where people of many values and lifestyles are free to attend
without having to hide themselves.
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Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)