On May 25, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson
<swmike(_at_)swm(_dot_)pp(_dot_)se> wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2016, Melinda Shore wrote:
Perhaps we should regard this as an opportunity to talk about which forms of
bigotry we'll accommodate and which we won't.
We're accomodating bigotry all the time.
Compare:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Singapore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_States#Visa_exemption
Now tell me how many more participants enjoy a lot less hassle in order to
attend Singapore compared to attending a meeting in USA? Notice also that
this isn't theoretical or low risk hassle, this is actual hassle of having to
go through a visa application process with all that means.
I went through a visa application process to attend the meeting in China, and
there was no point in that process where I was concerned that I might be
imprisoned for my race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or gender
expression…
Is that a real risk for IETF attendees who are applying for visas to attend
U.S. meetings? If so, in what way? Or are you talking about annoying
paperwork?
Margaret