[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimedians at Wikimania in Alexandria.

[Mark Ryan]

On 02/03/2008, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
*snip*
>
> When people come to Alexandria and insist on bringing their cultural baggage
> and make a point of it, it will increase the risk. When people come
> primarily to the conference to meet and talk about Wiki related stuff it
> will not impact the risk to the conference and its attendees.
*snip*

Have you missed the whole Muhammad images controversy? Attending a
conference about Wiki stuff is probably the biggest risk factor at all
right now. Cultural baggage fades into insignificance.

~Mark Ryan