[governance] curious note on nairobi and brussels...

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear c.a.

Yes.. good question.  Let's hope that we don't have the same paranoia
emerge again when the IGF is being hosted in Kenya.

Anriette


On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 13:22 -0300, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> Dear people,
> 
> When ICANN proposed to hold their meeting in Nairobi, there came an 
> avalanche of reports and fears -- above all, a statement from the US 
> government warning all of us not to go due to serious security concerns.
> 
> The ones who went (I was there) found a wonderful people, a nice 
> country, we learned a lot visiting museums and other places -- above 
> all, we were at least as safe as in our home towns.
> 
> Now, in Brussels, one of us had its bag forcefully stolen at the central 
> train station. Nothing of this sort happened in Kenya. Our NCUC friend 
> Marcelo Fernandes Costa had about Eu5,000 in equipment and money stolen 
> in the capital of Europe. When he approached a policeman to report the 
> robbery, the Belgian shook his shoulders as if saying "nothing new...".
> 
> Why didn't the US government and other "mandarins of worldwide security" 
> warn us about the serious risks we run when in civilized Europe???
> 
> --c.a.
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