On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 05:06:24PM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> Emile van Bergen <emile-deb@evbergen.xs4all.nl> a tapoté :
> > On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 10:39:02PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06, Miles Bader wrote:
> > > > You mean the iraq war? What's the point? How is avoiding the
> > > > U.S. going to help anything, regardless of how strongly you feel about
> > > > the U.S. governments acts or positions?
> > >
> > > When tourism goes down the hotel, entertainment, and airline industries
> > > suffer. If enough people boycott the US because of this then it'll keep the
> > > American economy down.
> > >
> > > If the US economy stays down long enough then the current government won't
> > > last. Rhetoric about imaginary enemies in Iraq doesn't satisfy people who
> > > lose their jobs because of the economy sucking.
> >
> > Hm, as could be seen in Iraq, boycotts only strenghen the position of
> > the rogue leaders ("See? They are all against us! We need to protect
> > ourselves! You need a strong man to protect you!" Etc.)
> Both points of view make sense.
> Fact is selecting a location for an event which is outside USA seems a
> good compromise for everybody.
The sponsors aren't *offering* to sponsor a conference outside the US.
Most of the arguments against holding a conference in the US are
therefore irrelevant.
--
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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