> -----Original Message----- > From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eliot Lear > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:50 PM > To: Melinda Shore; Ted Lemon > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IETF 100, Singapore -- proposed path forward and request for > input > > > > On 5/25/16 10:44 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: > > On 5/25/16 12:36 PM, Ted Lemon wrote: > >> It's probably easier to enumerate who's excluded than who's included: > > > > No, it's still not really working. > > > > Would we, for example, be willing to meet in a place that criminalizes > > Muslims or Jews or Hindus? I sincerely hope not, and I don't think > > that we would. > > Criminalizes? Probably not. Makes it difficult for them to adhere to the > precepts of their religion? We've already done that (perhaps some of it is > unavoidable, by the way). > > Eliot > I've been following the conversation with interest but haven't commented up to this point because I normally don't attend IETF meetings except through jabber. I normally only participate in the working groups dealing with email authentication and can't justify attending in person. I had been thinking that about the only venue that might be neutral would be Switzerland but then I read Melinda's comment and coincidentally saw this article - http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/25/swiss-authorities-overule-teacher-handshake-ban/84899900/. With that I think I'll go back to lurking. Mike