[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

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hmm i see a lack of europe...

mark

On 10/10/07, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bogota is not a country.
>
> And forgive my language but you are talking out of your ass!
>
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
>
> U.S. is clearly #24. Columbia ranks number one, and Bogotá is the
> capital of that country. I _personally_ am comfortable living in or
> travelling to a country as long as the murder rate is below 0.15/1000
> people.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate
>
> Colombia is #3 (behind Venezuela and South Africa) due to some good
> hard work of local police forces since the other data, but US is still
> far behind the two.
>
> In fact, if safety were our only concern... per-continent we should
> prefer these countries in this order:
>
> (For Asia)
> Singapore
> UAE
> Hong Kong
> Qatar
> Bahrain
> Kuwait
>
> (For Africa)
> Morocco
> Tunisia
> Algeria
> Mauritius
> Côte d'Ivoire
> Namibia
>
> (For N. America)
> Bermuda
> Canada
> Dominica
> United States
> Costa Rica
> Barbados
>
> (For S. America)
> Chile
> Bolivia
> Peru
> Uruguay
> Argentina
> Suriname
>
> &c
>
> Mark
>
> On 10/10/2007, Waerth <waerth at asianet.co.th> wrote:
> > Carlos Thompson wrote:
> > > Mark Williamson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> I personally object to the decision of the jury and hope the
> > >> location is changed and the decision overturned on the following
> > >> basis:
> > >>
> > >> Safety of conference participants, namely transgendered and
> > >> transsexual individuals. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals
> > >> are at a significantly lower level of risk.
> > >>
> > >> The risk for T. individuals is so great that it would be totally
> > >> unsafe for them to enter the country at all.
> > >>
> > >> This is not a matter of boycotting a country because we disagree
> > >> with its politics, this is a matter of not holding a conference
> > >> in a country because we cannot ensure the safety of ALL
> > >> participants.
> > >>
> > >> Just because you are not transgendered or transsexual yourself
> > >> does not mean it is not your responsibility to ensure that people
> > >> who wish to participate who ARE are not as safe as possible.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Bye bye my plans for a Wikimania in Bogotá.  There is a very small
> risk, but
> > > certainly not null, that any people who want to participate would face
> > > unsafety conditions.
> > >
> > > It was a nice idea, though.
> > >
> > >
> > It also means no more wikimania in the United States as it has the
> > highest murder rate in the world ..... higher than Bogota ;)
> >
> > Waerth
> >
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