[TYPES] R: ETAPS bars Russian researchers from attending

[Xuanrui Qi]

Or Israel. Not only that no one has ever called on prohibiting Israeli
scientists from participating in conferences (fortunately), but
conferences have also been held in Israel, which is a poor call and
unacceptable to me. (For instance, would participants of Arab descent
feel safe and welcome? I don't think so... Personally I don't really
want to go there either.)

It is wrong to ban people from participating in a *scientific*
conference based on their nationality, affiliation or political views.
It's especially wrong to prevent their attendance because they *fail to
express support for a certain view*, as some people have dangerously
suggested in this thread.

But we should nevertheless adopt an equal standard of scrutiny in all
cases, and when that's not possible, at least make the rationale (to
why equal standards could not be maintained) known.

-Xuanrui

On Thu, 2022-03-10 at 22:20 +0200, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:
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> 
> Hi people,
> 
> I would like to make a comment that is closely related to this
> ongoing
> discussion.
> Turkey is another country that has invaded a third country, namely
> Cyprus,
> but I
> haven't noticed a similar sensitivity against Turkey. Just for your
> information, Turkey
> invaded and still occupies 35% of the island in 1974. Their excuse
> was the
> one used
> by Russia: To protect people that they considered their own people.
> In
> addition,
> we should not forget that Erdogan is Turkey's Putin: He jails people
> with
> no excuse, he
> has invaded to Syria, he oppresses Kurds [speaking the Kurdish
> language is
> prohibited
> and giving the name Yoldaş (comrade in Turkish but a common Kurdish
> name)
> to a kid
> is like a crime...], he censors everyone and yet most "scientists"
> find all
> these quite
>  reasonable! This is the apotheosis of hypocrisy!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Apostolos Syropoulos
>