Geographical Illiteracy

[kevin_standlee]

I have just had a very frustrating exchange with someone who is convinced that should Helsinki win their Worldcon bid, the convention will be invaded by an army of supporters of a certain Rabid One because his publishing company is in Finland, so of course there must be hordes of his supporters all over the country.

Look, I'm on the Montreal Worldcon bid; I'm one of the members of its Board of Directors. But I very much do not want people to vote against Helsinki just because a sociopath incorporated his business in that country. It's stupid.

I've been told that I'm not paranoid enough about the Danger of the Puppies Invading Worldcon. Well, if the danger is that big, we might as well just dissolve Worldcon right now and go crawl under our beds and suck our thumbs while curled up in a ball of fear.

Comments

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Even a small country is still pretty big and most of the people in Finland aren't driven by US culture war resentments--I doubt very much the Whining Canines have a lot of Finnish members.

Helsinki seems like a cool place to have a con and I think it's a pity people would freak out about Castalia house--I'm sure Beale dreams of having that kind of influence but I wouldn't advise just handing it to him.