On 10/11/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
But why should Wikimedians have to worry about sharing a double room with their partner at a Wikimania conference?
To avoid offending the locals. We may not agree with their beliefs, but to avoid trouble, it's often best just to go along with them. Is it really a big enough issue to prevent us going to Egypt?
Well when you're expecting people to pay a lot of money, for something they don't *need*, where they will have to pretend to be something they aren't, yes, it might make people less excited about going.
Is it a big enough issue to prevent everyone from going? Certainly not. But probably some people.