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

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 13:42:51 12/02/03

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On December 02, 2003 at 14:22:38, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>>If you don't want to participate in any event outside Alabama, that's fine, just
>>say it. But don't give stupid excuses, especially that you know very well that
>>New York has been the primary victim of global terrorism, and that visiting
>>Tel-Aviv is not any more dangerous than visiting New York.
>
>This is just silly.  New York is arguably more dangerous than Tel-Aviv, but it
>has more to do with crime rate than terrorism :)  The difference is that NY's
>death total came from one incident that (probably) will not occur again, while
>Israel is under constant threat from Arab militants.  I also do not understand
>why the ICGA selected a spot right in the middle of an ongoing ethnic conflict.
>Why don't we have the WCCC 2005 in Chechnya next year?  How about East Timor?
>Even if one accepts your argument about NY v Tel-Aviv, it seems that there are
>many sites which have no terrorist history at all . . . .
>

How about Damascus or Teheran ? No terrorists have ever targeted either.

Amir




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