[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimedians at Wikimania in Alexandria.

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Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> You may have your opinion but imho you are wrong. My sister has been now
> twice to Iran. She tells me she feels safer there then in the USA. When you
> talk to her about this, she tells it is quite straightforward; you dress in
> the way that is appropriate, you know a few of the first things there are to
> know and you are good. The first time she went, she took her son with her.
> The most annoying thing to him was that people were amazed at how blond and
> white he is.

I think you're still missing the point.  If your sister was homosexual,
she would feel FAR safer in the United States than in Iran.  Also, we
cannot rely on mere anecdotes for the safety of our attendees.  We need
a rigorous analysis of the venue, including that statistical likelihood
of problems arising (i.e. a sample size bigger than one).

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Ben "Cyde Weys" McIlwain    ( http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/ )
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