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geni wrote:
On 23/02/2008, Ben McIlwain cydeweys@gmail.com wrote:
Sweet Christ, can anyone remind me how in the hell we ever decided on Egypt in the first place? Was that when the probability of being killed by terrorists was equally rated with the desire to not host Wikimania on the same continent two years in a row?
The Egyptian government is not going to allow tourists to get killed by anyone. Have you any idea what it would do to their economy?
Your statement presupposes that governments are omnipotent, omniscient, and competent. The very thought is laughable.
Incidentally, September 11 sure as hell wasn't good for our economy either, yet it happened anyway.
- -- Ben "Cyde Weys" McIlwain ( http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/ )