Re: Concerns about Singapore

"John G. Scudder" <jgs@bgp.nu> Fri, 08 April 2016 01:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: Concerns about Singapore
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On Apr 7, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Ladislav Lhotka <lhotka@nic.cz> wrote:
> Yes, and speaking of myself, I am prepared, to a reasonable degree, to adjust my behaviour to those laws (and cultural habits as well).

It's wonderful for you if you are always able to do so. Not everyone has that luxury. I don't think I can say this better, so I'll just quote:

On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org> wrote:
> The legal environments of the various countries we consider for venues
> obviously must be a general consideration for our selection criteria.  For
> most considerations, these are "here are thing you do not do - they are not
> legal".
> 
> For this particular issue, the consideration is whether the people themselves
> are the thing that is illegal.

--John