Folks,
I don’t want to comment on the specific issues brought up by the most recent
emails. But I think it is of course necessary to consider things that affect
the ability to enter, safety (possibly including usual human activities that
people do outside meetings anyway, families travelling along), etc. Those are
factors that have a direct effect on attendees. Some of these issues may affect
parts of the community, others may affect the whole community. But all of those
are very valid concerns. We do not have an ability to avoid _all_ issues, but
we definitely should try our best.
However, there is another category of issue that I would classify as
in-principle issues. I might for instance have some opinions about a country’s
policies or practices, but me visiting that country am reasonably not affected
by those policies. I hope when we evaluate meetings for the practical can-meet
aspect (with everything that is implied by that), not for the long list of
in-principle issues.
Jari