On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 05:06:24PM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: > Emile van Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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