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If you avoid any country that has bad laws/policies, you're going to be left with a pretty short list.


So? Seems to me that encouraging people to visit and spend money in countries that have done the right thing isn't a bad policy.


True, but can you name a country that has all their policies right?


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Well, assuming you support euthanasia (NL), or like visiting a country which let the Wermacht pass through it into Russia (SW) and speaks about its “200 years of peace”, one that makes simple possession of drugs illegal (DEN), one in which surprisingly there is 0% incidence of Down’s syndrome (ICE), and too tired to look for something in FIN.


None of those are policies which discriminate against potential attendees of a conference or would cause them hassle.

>Wermacht pass through it into Russia

Very relevant 70 years ago.

edit: You seem to be confused about the difference between "policies I personally don't like" and "policies which aim to hurt a certain group that is attending this conference."


Mmmh it depends on: age and health of the visitor; whether he carries stuff considered “drugs”, or if he or she visits with a child with Down’s and is frowned upon (not unlikely).

So being proud of the acts to keep peace (whatever they are) is irrelevant.

Come on, acknowledge the facts.




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