[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

Thu Oct 11 22:28:10 UTC 2007

You are obviously more OK with it than we are.

On 11/10/2007, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/10/2007, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Should I avoid being Jewish while I'm at it? Why not, it's a choice
> > just like being gay is right? Or if being gay is not a choice (TBH I
> > don't know what the prevailing viewpoint is), should I attempt to
> > avoid being black? Should I be stoned for being a single mother out
> > of wedlock? Oh what a slippery slope we're on here, and the fact that
> > people are ok with it is really scary.
>
> I don't think anyone is "ok" with it. You just have to pick your
> battles. No-one has presented any evidence that anyone would be in any
> real danger, so it isn't that big an issue. It would be great is
> people were more open minded, but the world is not perfect, and
> there's not a lot we can do about it. Our key aim of spreading
> knowledge should help, but I can't see anything we can do making a big
> difference in the next year.
>
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