On 6/30/22 18:20, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
When Ted Hardy got up to the microphone to protest the choice of Singapore as a venue on account of the bar on homosexuality there, I am pretty sure that there wasn't a single attendee who imagined we might be seriously considering the possibility that we might have to cancel plans for a future meeting in Texas on account of that consideration.
There was at least one, though I didn't have Texas specifically in mind. I've never been under the illusion that the US would stick to its core principles if the political situation became too polarized. The idea that "might makes right" is far too entrenched in US culture, even if there's not widespread agreement on what version of "right" must be enforced by "might".
Keith
