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You know how you change opinions in those places? By interacting with them. Exporting your culture, like conferences and such. Shunning does nothing to accompli
by hackinthebochs 3y ago
You know how you change opinions in those places? By interacting with them. Exporting your culture, like conferences and such. Shunning does nothing to accomplish the goal of a more open society. Engagement moves the needle.
- pierat 3y agoIts not my job to fix another peoples' terrible government or laws. And in most cases, the terrible laws/govt is representative of the peoples' views. (Note, the USA has done the type of foreign intervention that time and again, to terrible effect. Me? I'll just stay the fuck away from countries that want to execute me for being.) Tanzania is exactly that case, with a 2007 Pew survey finding that 95% +-4% that "believed that homosexuality is a way of life that society should not (be) accept(ed)". Let them fix their own problems first to a point that *being* isn't criminalized with lifetime prison or execution.
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- hackinthebochs 3y agoObviously you have no obligation to fix other people or countries. I wouldn't set foot in any of these countries either. The point is that western organizations shunning these countries is counter-productive. You seemed to disagree upthread that conferences organizers should support conferences in such regions despite their backwards laws. But this only harms the spread of modern ideals in these parts of the world. The only way they change is with more contact with the west, not less.
- rbanffy 3y ago> By interacting with them. Exporting your culture, like conferences and such It's probably safer to start with TV shows first, or hosting conferences in safer places nearby, until the culture is changed. I would strongly discourage anyone at risk from visiting a country where their existence is a crime from visiting such country.