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Subject: Re: 12th WCCC, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, July 4th-12th 200

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:03:33 12/02/03

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On December 02, 2003 at 04:03:17, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On December 01, 2003 at 11:24:20, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Is the ICCA going to supply flak jackets or do participants have to bring
>>their own?
>
>With several well known and well respected posters here facing that
>danger EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIFE, I have rather strong feelings about
>you making this kind of sarcastic comment.

I think the comment is quite reasonable.  They live there because
they choose to live there, just as I live here by choice.  However,
I would think twice about going to a place where violence is a normal
occurrence, and Americans are a "target of opportunity".

That was my only point.


>
>And save extraordinary circumstances, I will be there. And you will
>have yet another excuse.

I might consider entering, although after this year's WCCC I am not sure
I would ever want to enter another ICGA event, given the level of incompetence
shown in Graz.




>
>--
>GCP



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