On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Robert Elz
<kre(_at_)munnari(_dot_)oz(_dot_)au> wrote:
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:29:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ole Jacobsen <ole(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
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<Pine(_dot_)GSO(_dot_)4(_dot_)63(_dot_)0909181236360(_dot_)12080(_at_)pita(_dot_)cisco(_dot_)com>
| Whether or not we should meet in China based on principles of
| free speech and such is, I think, something we need to come to
| at least a rough consensus on.
Actually, no, we don't, and shouldn't. If we were to start down
that road we'd need to start analysing the policies of countries on
all kinds of sensitive issues, such as religious freedom, the right
to "bear arms", compulsory military service provisions, whether
or not abortion is permitted, adherence to the Kyoto pact on
climate control, ....
Going down the path of banning meetings in various locations due to
ideological issues could rapidly create a dilemma that Berkeley,
California found itself in.
The Berkeley city council banned purchasing fuel for the city vehicles
from various suppliers due to human rights issues, among others. They
at some point found out that they had banned all possible suppliers,
and therefor could not purchase fuel. They had to compromise on their
stance in order to keep the community running.
kre
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