From: Steve C <xxx@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T05:24:50+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyConf 2005 Preregistration now open!

Rob . wrote:
> Thanks to the organizers for the work they put in to make RubyConf
> happen. Unfortunately I won't be attending this year, because I don't
> trust the USA govt with my f'ngerprints. On principle I disagree with
> any government holding b'ometric identification information on
> citizens or visitors, it gives them too much control over us.
> Corporate totalitarian systems like that of the USA may use such
> information, if they're not already, to aid in suppressing political
> dissent. Avoiding my details entering USA's b'ometric identification
> database was part of the reason I left the USA last year.
> 
> I'll probably be attending EuRuKo instead.
> 
> Rob
> 
I agree with this too. I will not be attending any conferences in the US 
due to current travel polices of the US govt. I am planning on attending 
a few in Canada and Europe this year however.