On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 6:12 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <jordi.palet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I don’t agree it makes a difference if it is a stare-rule of and environmental thing, also because as we need to contract the venue 2-3 years in advance, both situations can change in that period of time.+1That is not a distinction we make now: at present, there are locations we avoid at least in part because they are not as safe as the locations to which we presently go.
I believe we do distinguish this now, and that we should continue to do so. There are classes of activity (visa issuance, to take an obvious example) which are reserved to the state, and we have to treat those differently.
You might feel safer in one area of Paris than another, to take the example given above, but the Loi interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l'espace public will effect you equally in both.
Ted Hardie