[Foundation-l] (Flashback) A short (and revised) FAQ about Wikimania in Alexandria

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Apr 19 04:32:28 UTC 2008


Thomas Dalton wrote:
> On 19/04/2008, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> What kind of question is that? Seriously?  The report suggests that
>>  Jews should not wear yarmulka. It does not suggest anything about the
>>  palestine conflict. Are you having trouble with seeing the problem
>>  that the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a conference, with the
>>  warning "Oh by the way, don't "look" jewish, you might get hurt"?
>>     
> You go to a country which is involved in a conflict and wear something
> which shows an affiliation with the other side, you may get into a
> spot of bother. That's common sense. 
Another term for it is "street smarts". 

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