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Re: Remote only meetings? [Re: Concerns about Singapore]

2016-04-13 16:10:52
Difficulty?  Why do you think that is getting worse?  There was an increase 
in hassle shortly after 9/11, but I haven’t experienced any greater 
difficulties now as opposed to 10 years ago. Why do you think it’s set to 
become more difficult?

You live in a country that's had very strict airport security since the 1970s
(and since I lived in Geneva then, I also remember when Geneva airport was
almost a military encampment, caused by exactly the same events). London got
tough in the 1970s too, for a different reason. It slowly spread across Europe
and the world, with the US remaining amazingly lax until 2001. There was 
certainly
a step function after 9/11 but it's really been a constant trend since ~1970.
I think you'll find that Paris and Brussels have recently got a lot tougher.
Now it's becoming an issue for long-distance trains in Europe. Expect more.

Regards
   Brian

On 13/04/2016 23:31, Yoav Nir wrote:

On 13 Apr 2016, at 5:08 AM, Brian E Carpenter 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

Cherry-picking a few points:
On 13/04/2016 00:46, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
...
And the difficulties/expense of travel are only going to get worse
for the forseeable future: they're not going to get better.

That is indisputable.

OK, I’ll bite. 

Expense goes up and down with the price of oil, competition, regulation and a 
zillion other factors. 

Difficulty?  Why do you think that is getting worse?  There was an increase 
in hassle shortly after 9/11, but I haven’t experienced any greater 
difficulties now as opposed to 10 years ago. Why do you think it’s set to 
become more difficult?

Yoav

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