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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