Tim, The government of China is NOT the host of the meeting. Beyond normal courtesy as you cross the border (unless you want to be detained), I wouldn't expect you to act in any particular way towards government officials.
Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Sun, 20 Sep 2009, Tim Bray wrote: > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Marshall Eubanks <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Politeness and respect towards the Host, yes, of > > course. Censorship of technical discussions, pre or otherwise, no. > > Perhaps you'd like to rephrase that. It is an incontrovertible fact > that there are many people who feel the PRC government is corrupt > and authoritarian, sends its armed forces to shoot down peaceful > protesters, brutally oppresses national minorities, invades some > neighbors and threatens to invade others, kidnaps and locks up > people for expressing their opinions; is essentially barbarous and > thus has forfeited any right to respect from civilized people. To > be fair, you can find people who have a gripe with any government in > the world, although China's is unusually controversial. In any > case, respect for any particular governing body really can't be > imposed as a precondition of attending any meeting anywhere. > > -Tim _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
