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

[Dan Rosenthal]

Suggesting that people be moderated for proferring criticism is never  
a good thing.

-Dan
On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Aphaia wrote:

> Holding Wikimania in a given is never and should not a verdict which
> country is politically correct. This thread is totally irrelevant to
> the Wikimedia Foundation. I admit you're discussing something
> meaningful in a certain regime, but it is not relevant to this
> mailinglist and methinks the participants of this discussion should be
> moderated, if they continue it here.
>
> On 10/14/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>> On 10/13/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>>> Ben Yates wrote:
>>>> Look -- our own governments didn't treat GLBTs so well til recently
>>>> (see: forcing Allen Turing to take estrogen; turning a blind eye to
>>>> gay bashings; etc.).  This is an open wound -- it's not shrill or
>>>> "politically correct" to have serious issues with shrugging your
>>>> shoulders about a foreign system that your predecessors at home  
>>>> fought
>>>> desperately against.
>>> And some people in US government would like a constitutional  
>>> amendment
>>> to insure that a marriage is between one man and one woman.
>>>
>> Which brings up a good point.  How does Egypt treat polygamists?
>> Better or worse than Georgia?
>>
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