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

[Dan Rosenthal]

No matter how much I prepare myself to defend against being blown into  
sub-atomic particles, the odds of that happening are significantly  
higher in Egypt than it is in New York. Preparation can never  
substitute for poor location.

-Dan
On Mar 3, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Pedro Sanchez wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:49 PM, White Cat
> <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am divided in this. The second you turn wikimedia conferance to a  
>> G8
>> meeting you fundamentally hurt the goal of 'free encyclopedia'.  
>> Then again
>> being blown up to sub-atomic particles isn't exactly helping the  
>> goal of
>> free encyclopedia. You can't really let terrorists rule your life.  
>> New York
>> is no more 'safe' than Egypt.
>>
>> Security at the hotels and stuff, now I may agree with that. But I  
>> do not
>> wish wikimedia conference itself to become a military base.
>>
>>   - White Cat
>>
>>
>
> The again, not necessarily you will be blownu up to subatomic
> particles. Of course if you a priori assume it will happen, then your
> options get narrowed
>
> -drini
>
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