Boycott IETF 127

Post by Aeolun » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 8:19 AM UTC

_2d30 wrote: post #28

oldgradstudent wrote: post #23

Is this a parody? > Beyond problems at the border, the current Secretary for Health and Human Services - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - has said that he will send those with ADHD to camps. Source: Futurism. What he actually said: > "I’m going to dedicate that revenue to creating wellness farms — drug rehabilitation farms, in rural areas all over this country," he said during the podcast. "I’m going to make it so people can…

Yes and some of the links to the “traumatizing” deportations are for people who are clearly in violation of their visas. I had a friend deported from Denmark when he overstayed his visa and it was basically the same thing. Some of these look really bad and could be sensible justification for the proposed boycott/cancellation (see French scientist eg) but a lot of it looks completely hysterical.

Post by klausa » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 8:21 AM UTC

josephg wrote: post #203

billfruit wrote: post #173

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And since many US airports do not have facilities for 'sterile transfers', people will require a US C1 Transit Visa to travel connecting through US.

Are they hard to get? I’d expect transferring through the US to be significantly easier than travelling into the US for a conference.

Post by BriggyDwiggs42 » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 8:21 AM UTC

silisili wrote: post #110

croes wrote: post #90

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People are still killed for being different, they just aren’t called witches. >But I'll never insult someone for trying, no matter the method. No matter the method is a bad take, that’s how we got gruesome people doing gruesome experiments on people who need treatment. And the camp thing is pretty old and they always end the same: abuse of power.

> No matter the method is a bad take Perhaps, but I have family going through this and it just makes you so mad. I'd pay to send him to a camp where he's beat with a bullwhip every day if I knew it could cure him. Perhaps it clouds my judgment a bit, but the alternative is just watching him die, which I'm not stoked about.

Post by BriggyDwiggs42 » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 8:23 AM UTC

lynx97 wrote: post #94

silisili wrote: post #40

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If you talk to a parent of a child who OD'd, most commonly of fent these days, they all have this thought. What if I took them somewhere remote where there are no drugs and didn't let them leave? My heart hurts for them, but I have no idea if it's a good idea or not. Regardless, I think his heart is in the right place. Time will tell whether or not it's actually useful.

Not just parents. Its a method that actual addicts employ. I have heard this not only once. "Moved a few months to a rural place where I had no access to the stuff to get my system clean" is a tactic that people turn to. Heck, one example I am thinking of even moved from the USA to Europe in the 90s to get rid of his crack addiction.

Post by jeltz » Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 8:23 AM UTC

hackpelican wrote: post #208

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