[SketchySeaBeast]

The article says that guests can't attend because of the travel restrictions, so it's moving to accommodate those individuals. Are you saying that the conferences shouldn't be allowed to move because "almost the majority" of Americans made a decision? The tech industry, a very small group with specialized interests spread across a global theatre, and specifically, a particular set of conferences, an even smaller sample, is beholden to the almost will of the almost majority in one nation?

[magduf]

You totally misunderstood the intent of that comment; it looks just like a comment I would have written myself. He's correct, Trump was democratically elected, so his policies represent the will of the people. If people outside the country don't like this, it's their prerogative (and in fact their duty) to take their conference and its 25000 attendees and all the tourism dollars that entails to a location that's more welcoming. I'm sure the people who elected Trump will be more than happy to see all these foreigners not coming to the US.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Thank you for the clarification. In that case I absolutely agree. If the US and the "Will of the People" (which is largely decided through apathy it would seem) decide that they really don't want tech minds from around the world in their midst, I'm sure Canada will gladly take that on.

[lolc]

> Are you saying that the conferences shouldn't be allowed to move because "almost the majority" of Americans made a decision?

I didn't read it that way. I think the intent was to say that if anybody is to blame for this, it's the people who voted for Trump. And that their will will be respected when conferences are held somewhere else.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Yeah, I didn't get that from their statement, seemed a "well, this is the will of the people, so put up with it" sort of thing. Hopefully they'll clarify, because, yeah, I could be totally off base, and I don't want to mindlessly add to the hostility for an unwarranted reason.