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nihilistic_kid say it.
"It just strikes me that a disinvite actually works a bit better for a bunch of reasons:
1. it doesn't turn every Muslim at the con into The Topic. (Though I suppose it might be too late anyway.)
2. it allows people to actually chill a bit rather than having to spend the next few months revving up for a bad scene.
3. it keeps the GoH position as one of honor."
http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1538354.html?thread=22068018#t22068018
#1, to me, is the most salient point. Especially with the release of the official statement, it feels too much to me like we are again asking the people most hurt to do the heaviest of lifting. And that's not sitting well with me today.
nihilistic_kid say it."It just strikes me that a disinvite actually works a bit better for a bunch of reasons:
1. it doesn't turn every Muslim at the con into The Topic. (Though I suppose it might be too late anyway.)
2. it allows people to actually chill a bit rather than having to spend the next few months revving up for a bad scene.
3. it keeps the GoH position as one of honor."
http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1538354.html?thread=22068018#t22068018
#1, to me, is the most salient point. Especially with the release of the official statement, it feels too much to me like we are again asking the people most hurt to do the heaviest of lifting. And that's not sitting well with me today.
